Global technology, software, and engineering pioneer Emerson will exhibit advanced, discrete automation solutions, from the factory floor to the cloud, at Hannover Messe.
Visitors to Hall 6, Stand C57 can view the Discrete Automation portfolio of ASCO™, AVENTICS™, Branson™, Movicon™, PACEdge, and PACSystems™, as well as CoreTigo solutions.
demonstrations and visioning sessions
Emerson experts will show attendees how to access and harness critical data of their machines, production lines, or their full production plant.
Through live demonstrations and visioning sessions, visitors will learn how using these technologies to get essential insights will help them drive continuous improvement throughout their operations and make processes more productive, smarter, and more sustainable. In addition to the Discrete Automation booth, Emerson will have other booths throughout Hannover Messe:
- Emerson Hydrogen – Hall 13, Booth D36.
- Emerson Employer Branding – Convention Center, Aisle CoreTigo - Hall 14, Booth H06.
Presentation highlights
Emerson will present how monitoring utilities can help companies achieve net-zero goals
In addition to its advanced solutions, Emerson will also present how monitoring utilities such as compressed air can help companies achieve net-zero goals. During the presentation, Emerson’s product manager of IIoT applications, Eugenio F. da Silva Neto, will share the impact compressed air consumption has on a company’s net-zero goals.
He will outline compressed air monitoring solutions and why these solutions are critical to achieving a company’s sustainability targets. Hannover Messe attendees can join the 1:45 p.m. session on Friday, April 21 at the Energy 4.0 Conference Stage (Hall 12, Stand D35).
Product highlights:
AVENTICS Series Advanced Electronic System (AES) With Integrated OPC UA
The award-winning AVENTICS Series Advanced Valve (AV) system with Advanced Electronic System (AES) is the first pneumatic valve system with an integrated Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA).
The AES helps interoperability challenges and accesses data more easily, while the digital twin integration improves production efficiency and reduces costs. In 2022, the AVENTICS Series AV system with Advanced AES won an Endeavor IDEA! The award, earned silver in the LEAP Awards and was named a finalist for the NED Innovation Awards.
AVENTICS Series AF2 Flow Sensor
AVENTICS Series AF2 Flow Sensors have helped plants around the world successfully reduce compressed air consumption and improve energy efficiency. By monitoring air consumption in pneumatic systems, AF2 sensors enable rapid intervention if leaks occur, helping optimize energy consumption, reach net-zero targets, prevent machine downtime, and reduce costs.
Emerson offers a high-flow model of this advanced sensor that propels compressed air monitoring beyond individual machines to benefit larger air lines and systems. This expanded capability allows users to easily optimize energy consumption across an entire packaging facility and improve overall plant sustainability.
Multimedia Monitoring Solution
The multimedia monitoring solutions, including CoreTigo wireless communication, analyze water, compressed air, gases, electricity, steam (WAGES), and other utilities. The Edge Analytics Dashboard measures efficiency, optimizes productivity, and avoids or reduces downtime.
Emerson experts will demonstrate the multimedia monitoring cabinet solution and the insights it offers, which will support meeting sustainability goals.
Movicon.NExT HMI/SCADA
Movicon.NExT™ HMI/SCADA is a highly modular, highly scalable platform that goes beyond SCADA to solve automation problems for both CPGs and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), from the single machine level to a complete plantwide IIoT project implementation. Among Movicon.NExT modules, Movicon Pro.Lean™ provides performance data and analytics for evaluations of OEE and Movicon Pro.Energy™ measures and tracks consumption, while the advanced Movicon NExT.AR solves operational problems through visualization tools that allow personnel to evaluate previously unreachable equipment.
For maximum flexibility, Emerson also provides Movicon WebHMI, an HTML5-based visualization tool that can be used as a stand-alone HMI product running on Windows or Linux operator panels, or as a Web Client for Movicon.NExT SCADA applications, as well as Connext™, an industrial protocol gateway.
PACSystems Innovations in Edge Technology
Industrial edge software and solutions help analyze and solve problems where they occur at the machine edge. PACSystems Edge Solutions is the most advanced portfolio of edge computing and control systems and includes edge hardware and software that help significantly simplify problem-solving at the machine level and allow easy, cost-effective analytics and communication at the edge.
PACSystems Edge Solutions includes true edge controllers, edge computing devices, and compact controllers, and leverage Movicon.NExT, WebHMI, Connext OPC UA server, and the PACEdge platforms in optimized software packages to provide powerful and flexible connectivity and visualization and a cloud-enabled toolset. PACSystems makes a move to the edge easy.
PACSystems RSTi-EP CPE200 Controller
The PACSystems RSTi-EP CPE200 compact controller family delivers large programmable logic controller (PLC) capability in a compact, rugged design that allows quick and easy IIoT implementation without sacrificing performance. It provides security-by-design, open programming, and open communications built-in, significantly reducing cost and complexity.
A range of advanced features come standard, such as OPC UA communication over high-speed 1-Gb Ethernet and C- programming capabilities, plus the advantages of Emerson support. In addition, it includes analytics, is IIoT-ready, and features future-proofing packaging and process systems for new technologies or existing equipment.
AVENTICS Series SPRA Electric Rod-Style Linear Actuator
AVENTICS Series SPRA electric rod-style linear actuator is an efficient, high-performance actuator that offers improved load capacity, accuracy, and reliability. In addition to outstanding precision and repeatability, the Series SPRA is also extremely versatile and flexible, with a choice of three different screw technologies that allow implementation in a wide variety of (demanding) applications.
Compliance with the ISO-15552 standard, easy-to-use online sizing and selection tools, and a wide range of mounting accessories ensure a simple selection of the appropriate linear motion solution for the application.
AVENTICS AV Valve Systems
AVENTICS Advanced Valve Systems form a reliable basis for compact handling systems and complex automation solutions. Especially in the area of machine safety, the AV family offers intelligent solutions that significantly reduce the effort when creating a safe design. The valves of the AV family — AV03 and AV05 — have set standards with their diagonal spool in both sizes. They are characterized by an excellent volume flow ratio and a record-breaking energy balance.
With the serial Advanced Electronic System (AES) interface, the AV valve system communicates effortlessly with modern controllers via all common fieldbus systems. Modular electronics form the basis for high networking, flawless data transmission, and integration into Internet-of-Things concepts.
Edge Devices and Software
Emerson edge devices combine the best deterministic controllers on the market with secure, nondeterministic controllers for analytics and machine learning algorithms to proactively optimize business outcomes.
These rugged devices are designed for remote industrial areas and equipped with our vendor-agnostic PACEdge software to safely run nondeterministic applications. This reduces latency and meets all application performance requirements.
AVENTICS G3 Electronic Fieldbus Platform
In today's highly automated machines, the AVENTICS valve system of the Series G3 electronic fieldbus platform replaces conventional, hard-wired solutions. It integrates communication interfaces with pneumatic valve systems with input/output (I/O) capabilities. This next-generation electronic platform provides easy access to connections. It is easy to assemble, install, commission, and maintain.
The functionality of the G3 enables programmable logic controllers to turn valves on and off more efficiently and transmit I/O data from sensors, indicator lights, relays, individual valves, or other I/O devices on a channel basis over various industrial networks. The G3 has an easy-to-read graphic display, which can be used for configuration, commissioning, and diagnostics. It offers application, performance, and serviceability improvements for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end users alike.
Cylinders and Actuators
Proven and industry-standard, AVENTICS pneumatic cylinders and actuators are fundamental components of today's automated systems.
No matter how compact or demanding the application, Emerson has a solution that will exceed performance standards and fit into any available space.
Branson GSX-E1 Ultrasonic Welder
The Branson GSX-E1 ultrasonic welder, and the advanced automation systems it enables, help manufacturers improve efficiency and reach sustainability goals. Controls automatically monitor critical weld parameters in real-time, delivering actionable performance and diagnostic data to help determine OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), enable traceability, and optimize maintenance.
The welder’s market-leading encryption technology ensures data integrity and security. Compared to joining techniques like heat sealing, adhesives, or mechanical fasteners, ultrasonic welders like the Branson GSX-E1 use less electricity, require no consumable materials, and yield less waste, cutting assembly-line carbon footprints.
Wireless Automation Solutions
Optimize every stage of the manufacturing process with real-time control, monitoring, and data analysis provided by next-generation wireless automation solutions from Emerson and CoreTigo. These wireless automation solutions connect devices and unlock trapped data. The combination of expertise from Emerson and industrial wireless technology from CoreTigo results in a fully connected ecosystem that can reduce inefficiencies and help customers get to market faster.
Wireless automation systems feature IO-Link Wireless, a deterministic, highly reliable, and scalable universal wireless communication protocol with low latency (5 milliseconds) and low synchronization rates (tens of microseconds).