PlantPAx Distributed Control System
Overview
The PlantPAx® system helps producers make better, faster process control decisions. This system enables you to respond more quickly to the demands of your customers and fast-changing specifications. The latest system release has been designed to be an integral part of your digital transformation strategy that helps you be more productive and profitable while reducing operational risk. Rethink what a modern distributed control system (DCS) can do for you. As a Silver System Integrator for Rockwell Automation, Cross Company engineers can help your team determine the best way to utilize PlantPAx in our operation. Reach out to our team to learn more!
PlantPAx: The Modern DCS
Rethink What to Expect from a Distributed Control System
All of your automation operations can be integrated into a Connected Enterprise with the PlantPAx system being a key component. This technology will help to drive productivity, increase efficiencies and reduce costs in your organization. PlantPAx, the modern DCS, provides a single, plant-wide control system and increased flexibility to enable better business decisions.
Plant-wide Control and Optimization: The PlantPAx system uses a common automation platform for seamless integration between critical areas of your plant. This modern DCS connects process, discrete, power, information, and safety control into one plant-wide infrastructure. Benefits include common platforms, seamless information flow, ease of management, and lower total cost of ownership.
Scalable and Modular Architecture: A wide range of architecture options for increased flexibility are provided with the PlantPAx system. The same platform can be used for single stations or large distributed architectures. This means easy integration without replicating data, faster time to market, and scalable system capabilities such as HMI, batch management and data collection.
Open, Information-enabled, and Secure: The PlantPAx modern DCS is based on open communication standards leveraging EtherNet/IP as its backbone. As a result, real-time information is readily available throughout the enterprise for better business decisions. Make better business decisions by leveraging virtualization and mobility, enabling IT/OT convergence with COTS hardware, energy reduction of up to 10% and a systematic approach to defense-in-depth.
Flexible Delivery and Support Network: You are able to select the optimal implementation and support team based on your needs with the PlantPAx DCS. We can deliver the system and other world-class solutions or your local process system integrator with whom you have established a working relationship can provide your support.
Silver System Integrator
Cross Company is an authorized, fully trained and experienced integration partner for Rockwell Automation. Our process engineers have over 25 years of experience integrating Rockwell Automation solutions into processes for our customers. As a Silver System Integrator, our authorized disciplines for Rockwell Automation include:
- Control
- PlantPAx (Control)
Available In The Following Areas
With an extensive background in a variety of industries, Cross has relationships with a number of leading brands, including exclusive distributorships in some areas. We are proud to offer Rockwell Automation in the following areas:
PlantPAx 5.0
Accelerate Your Digital Transformation with Our Latest DCS Version. The latest system release introduces:
Reduced Footprint: New process controllers extend the Logix family capabilities with cutting-edge processing power and capacity to reduce the complexity of PlantPAx architectures. This footprint reduction also reduces total cost of ownership of the system throughout the lifecycle.
Drives Consistency: With native process instructions embedded in the controllers, project teams can adopt approaches to control strategies that drive consistency for individual projects or multi-site deployments.
Streamlined Workflows: Development teams will realize savings in the configuration of instrumentations, alarms, and diagnostic system elements. Operators will have the extended ability to view underlying control logic in a safe and secured manner.
TUV-Certified for Cybersecurity: To help mitigate risk, PlantPAx 5.0 system architectures are TUV certified to the international standard ISA-99/IEC 62443-3-3 which provides guidance on the implementation of an electronically secured system.
Analytics Enabled: The PlantPAx 5.0 release has purpose-built frameworks that easily connect live and historical data from the DCS into reporting and analytical tools. This allows extended experiences, such as Augmented Reality, and easy integration with scalable analytics packages.
Common Applications
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
Chemical, Building Automation and Food and Beverage
Combustion controls and Burner Management Systems
Complete Batch design and implementation in accordance with ISA-S88 standard
Retrofits and upgrades of legacy products
3rd Party OEM Skid Integration
And more! Just ask about your specific application.
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