Rockwell Automation, Inc. will showcase its innovative technology and services with its partners at the Hannover Messe 2024 trade fair in Germany.

Rockwell will collaborate with its PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem, among them Microsoft and Cisco. Particularly, they will demonstrate solutions that address a variety of challenges for industrial companies. These include modernizing operations, achieving sustainability goals, and accelerating digital transformation.

“Our partnerships embody a shared vision of building and delivering the best solutions to drive digital transformation in the industry and enable intelligent factories,” said Malte Dieckelmann, vice president, enterprise software sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Rockwell Automation. Moreover, Dieckelmann said, “We do this by simplifying how manufacturers design, operate and maintain their operations. (In addition), empower their people in a secure, connected enterprise.”

Expansive Network of Partners

Rockwell will present technology and services that help solve complex challenges with solutions for the entire value chain of a digital transformation journey. Most importantly, Rockwell will present these innovations in collaboration with Cisco, Ericsson, Microsoft, ODVA, the OPC Foundation, and NVIDIA. Artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous operations, 5G and cybersecurity are among the key technologies that help manufacturers accelerate their digital transformation.

According to Rockwell’s recently published 9th annual “State of Smart Manufacturing Report,” industrial companies around the world cite artificial intelligence as their top priority for new investment over the next 12 months.

At the Microsoft booth, visitors will see the latest technology integrations between the two companies, including how AI is transforming manufacturing through a customer-inspired digital twin of a quality inspection process using artificial intelligence, highlighted by a real-world simulation of product sorting and autonomous material handling.

Following a recently announced collaboration with NVIDIA, Rockwell will share how it is integrating NVIDIA Ominiverse Cloud APIs into its Emulate3D. Hence, bringing users data interoperability and live collaboration for designing and operating industrial-scale digital twins.

At the Cisco booth, Rockwell will present how they are securing connected industrial environment. Particularly, leveraging Rockwell’s Converged Plantwide Ethernet^TM reference architecture (CPwE) with its co-developed industrial ethernet switching. In addition, they will also show their partnership in cybersecurity solutions such as Cisco® Cyber Vision, which enables network segmentation, asset discovery, and security monitoring.

Wireless Industrial Automation

Rockwell will highlight its collaboration with Ericsson by demonstrating Plex Asset Performance Management (APM). Particularly, enabled by industrial private 5G connectivity, thus driving real-time decision-making and managing new assets. Among them is autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

Meanwhile, private 5G allows manufacturers to be more agile, flexible, and sustainable while adding more devices and intelligence to their networks.

Moreover, Rockwell is also partnering with ODVA, a standards development organization, to demonstrate the benefits of EtherNet/IP, CIP Security™ and 5G. Reliable wireless industrial automation appliances using EtherNet/IP and CIP Safety in private 5G networks will also take the spotlight. Also on display will be recent wireless device additions to Rockwell’s EtherNet/IP product portfolio.

Finally, Rockwell will be at the booth of OPC Foundation, an industry group that maintains standards for the secure and reliable information exchange in industrial applications. Rockwell offers scalable OPC UA solutions for machine builders and end users through Embedded Edge Compute Modules and the FactoryTalk® Optix™ software platform. Thus, supporting heterogeneous software applications and control environments.

-19 April 2024-