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Sophim: Enhancing Production Agility and Efficiency with Universal Automation
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 功能应用 - 计算机化维护管理系统 (CMMS)
适用行业
- 生命科学
适用功能
- 维护
- 产品研发
用例
- 租赁金融自动化
- 预测性维护
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
Sophim 是一家化妆品行业天然成分制造商，面临着自动化系统现代化的挑战。该公司寻求以托管、低风险和敏捷的方式将其传统自动化系统升级为工业 4.0 解决方案。新的解决方案需要提供 IT 技术的干净集成，特别关注预测性维护。此外，Sophim 希望利用外部工程专业知识，而不引入项目或解决方案的复杂性。实施该解决方案的任务交给了联盟系统集成商合作伙伴 Master Systèmes。
关于客户
Sophim 是一家化妆品行业天然成分制造商。该公司需要一个现代化、敏捷、高效的自动化系统来改进其生产流程。 Sophim 寻求将其遗留系统升级为工业 4.0 解决方案，重点关注预测性维护和 IT 技术的清洁集成。该公司还旨在利用外部工程专业知识，而不增加项目或解决方案的复杂性。 Sophim 的目标是提高运营效率、减少设计时间和生产时间，并增强其市场竞争力。
解决方案
Master Systèmes 为 Sophim 部署了通用自动化解决方案，称为 EcoStruxure for Life Sciences。该解决方案包括基于 IEC 61499 标准的下一代工程平台 EcoStruxure Automation Expert。这种以软件为中心的工业自动化系统连接了 IT 和 OT，遵循通用自动化的开放原则。该解决方案配备了 Modicon M580 dPAC，它可以统一 Sophim 不同机器的数据并将其关联起来。这使得数据对于生产经理而言变得易于理解、可用且更有价值。得益于边缘计算功能，该解决方案还为自动化控制系统的选择提供了更大的灵活性，并在未来更轻松地集成分析或其他软件解决方案。
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