Integrated Architecture
Integrated Architecture
Unified Control and information across disciplines
Integrated Architecture® is a unified control and information system that provides one control platform, a standard design framework, interoperable, secure connectivity, visualization tools and smart devices across disciplines. It can be scaled from a single machine or across multiple lines and facilities to achieve strategic business objectives, such as achieving lower total cost of ownership and improving workplace efficiency.
The business imperative for unified information and control
The pressure is on! Maintaining a competitive edge has never been more challenging. It's no longer enough to focus on productivity and profitability—these are table stakes. On top of being profitable and productive, there are a host of priorities to juggle, such as: sustainability, safety, regulatory compliance, supply chain optimization, employee empowerment, manufacturing agility, digital transformation and cybersecurity. As a result, informed decision-making has become more critical, and more complex. And that means getting the right information, to the right people, at the right time makes all the difference for successful business outcomes.
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Integrated Architecture® provides a holistic approach to control, design, cybersecurity and intelligence
Integrated Control
Unify processes with multi-discipline control enabled by a scalable automation and information infrastructure
Standard design framework
Streamline workflows with a modern design and development environment that spans disciplines
Secure data and information
Create a more resilient industrial environment with secure network connectivity and monitoring across applications
System-wide intelligence
Optimize operations across systems by harnessing AI and contextualizing a seamless flow of data
Multiple Automation Disciplines
Integrate Multi-discipline Control into One Infrastructure
When you integrate your industrial control systems into one plant-wide infrastructure, you increase efficiency and productivity across your operations. If you replace multiple, disparate control systems with one common framework, it enables efficient installation, operation, and maintenance. Our Logix control platform provides the scalability and performance to meet your needs.
Brochure
Integrated Architecture Overview
Integrated control and information helps improve productivity and achieve plant-wide optimization
Control Disciplines
Software
Integrated Architecture Builder
Use Integrated Architecture Builder (IAB) to layout and validate control systems and generate proposals and BOM’s that provide the details of your control system.
Overview
Integrated Design Environment
Learn how Studio 5000 integrated design environment helps deliver The Connected Enterprise
Software
Studio 5000 Design Software
The Studio 5000 development environment helps you respond quickly to changes in market and business needs and reduces total costs of ownership. New design capabilities can increase automation productivity and reduce costs during a project’s lifecycle. Studio 5000 extends beyond one controller to be a system-wide development and design tool.
What’s needed is a consistent approach
Given today's pressures, siloed operations are no longer tenable—they simply cannot support the speed, agility, and holistic insight that is now required. As a result, bringing together disparate industrial operations and information systems is now an imperative. Why? Because unifying disparate processes and manufacturing applications with information systems helps address the wide range of pressures that industrial enterprises face.
Integrating Industrial and Enterprise Systems
EtherNet/IP™ is a robust communications platform that enables machine builders and end-users to effectively unite their network infrastructure. With EtherNet/IP, all network capabilities such as motion, time synchronization, HMI, intelligent motor control, process instrumentation, and safety are available on a common network infrastructure.
Capability
Digital Transformation
Our visualization, reporting, and analytics solutions monitor the KPI’s that include efficiency, quality, and energy management figures. These figures are available enterprise-wide, on easy-to-read dashboards. The contextual, role-based information can then be acted on to improve systems and processes.
Capability
Industrial Networks
For plants to become information driven, they need a strong foundation consisting of one industrial network architecture. It is crucial to send data to the right place, at the right time, and in the right context. A network infrastructure that is built on standard EtherNet and IP enables the flow of data across your global enterprise.
Unify operations and information systems with Integrated Architecture® by Rockwell Automation
Bringing disparate systems together and establishing a holistic approach is exactly what Integrated Architecture ® from Rockwell Automation® is designed to do. Integrated Architecture® helps break down barriers, securely providing access to data that has traditionally been trapped and contextualizing it to provide actionable, cross-system intelligence to the right people at the right time. In other words, Integrated Architecture® enables relevant information and analysis to move seamlessly and securely from device to boardroom.
The benefits of Integrated Architecture® go beyond data and insights. Digital engineering using a standard, collaboration-friendly framework speeds up design time and slashes implementation costs. A common control platform supports a manufacturing environment that is at once productive, safe, sustainable, and agile. Manufacturing systems that work together automatically (and even autonomously) create less friction and free up time and resources for higher-value initiatives. Secure networking across devices and systems creates resilience and helps reduce cybersecurity risks. Across the board, Integrated Architecture® empowers enterprises to both be ready for the future and more proactively shape it.
Control Products and Technology
Scalable, Multi-disciplined Control
Our Integrated Architecture portfolio includes control, visualization, motion, and network families. Additionally, the Studio 5000 design environment is the core infrastructure of integrated control and information. Improve your processes at every stage of manufacturing, from design and installation to operation and maintenance.
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