Schneider Electric is launching a powerful new IIoT-ready logic and motion controller for the smart machine era. The Modicon M262 offers intuitive, scalable and reliable machine integration into Industry 4.0 environments: machine-to-device, machine-to-human, machine-to-machine, machine-to-plant or machine-directly-to-cloud.
The Modicon M262 Controller embeds cybersecurity features and encryption protocols to provide direct cloud connectivity and digital services thanks to its two ready-to-work and independent embedded Ethernet ports.
Key benefits of the Modicon M262 include:
Schneider's Modicon M262 Controller is IIoT-ready, designed and delivered with intuitive direct cloud connectivity. No gateways are required. This enables OEMs to maximise profitability and optimise their time, from the design of performance demanding applications to the commissioning of the machine.
Cyril Perducat, Executive Vice President for IoT & Digital Transformation at Schneider Electric, says: "Connected devices alone are not enough to accomplish true digital transformation. You need to develop a seamless ecosystem of humans and machines, performing optimised, end-to-end processes."
The Modicon M262 Controller is an integral part of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Machine, a complete architecture that brings powerful capabilities to smart machines. EcoStruxure Machine empowers machine builders and OEMs to successfully compete and innovate in the new, digital era by maximising productivity and generating additional revenue streams from new business opportunities.
Users can easily connect the Modicon M262 to EcoStruxure Machine Advisor, a digital tool for machine builders, and gain unprecedented insight into the machine. Machine Advisor enables OEMs to implement asset monitoring and predictive maintenance, thereby expanding possibilities for generating end user services revenue.
EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric's open, interoperable, IoT-enabled system architecture and platform. It delivers enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and connectivity. EcoStruxure leverages advancements in IoT, mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics, and cybersecurity to deliver Innovation at Every Level. This includes Connected Products, Edge Control, and Apps, Analytics and Services. EcoStruxure has been deployed in more than 480,000 sites, with the support of over 20,000 system integrators and developers, connecting over 1.6million assets under management through more than 40 digital services.
Carlos Villa, Vice President-Industry US at Schneider Electric, says: "With Modicon M262, we have a new EcoStruxure Machine offer where OEMs can gain real-time remote access to their machines using EcoStruxure Machine Advisor, allowing them to modify and add new services to each installed machine at any production site worldwide. This new EcoStruxure offer further differentiates our OEM partners who are making this analytics service available and offers additional value to their end user customers who benefit from this operational insight."
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