Demonstration of new GEA process skid will highlight how
close collaboration between four leading companies results in
class-leading plug-and-produce technology
DUSSELDORF, Germany, March 26,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:
ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial
automation and digital transformation, today announced that its
presence at this year's Hannover Messe will include a demonstration
of a new separator technology from GEA on the Rittal and Eplan
stand – E06 in Hall 11.
Designed for craft breweries and cider producers, the new skid
uses GEA X Control, a standardized next-generation control system
for centrifuges developed by GEA with help from Rockwell Automation
specialists from Germany,
India, and the USA. The solution includes Rockwell's
FactoryTalk® Optix™ software, a new cloud-based design suite
that not only enhances HMI and data visualization but also creates
and strengthens capabilities in Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT), edge computing, and data management.
Eplan's software solutions were used to create the separator's
control system as a digital twin, which is connected to the
controller and Rockwell Automation's Studio 5000® design software.
Using Eplan's augmented reality-based eViewAR, the project can be
viewed in operation directly at the control cabinet, even with the
door closed, for engineering and service visibility and
interactions. Rittal also supplied enclosure system solutions to
the project, all of which are seamlessly integrated into the
digital twin.
"We are delighted to have GEA at our side as a strong and
practical OEM partner, with outstanding application expertise,"
says Vincenzo Monaco, director of
sales, Germany, Rockwell
Automation. "Our shared goal is to elevate automation, regardless
of the plant size, and to provide competitive advantages for our
customers."
"This project showcases how a digital transformation gives you
so many additional benefits," explains Sean
Mulherrin, product manager at Eplan. "Not only can you
access digitalized data more quickly, but this data can be fed to
and leveraged by downstream applications, such as wiring and
building the control cabinet, visualizing the processes, or
programing your machine."
"Plug and play interconnectivity and the module type packaging
approach offered by the Rockwell solutions makes our lives as
engineers so much easier and faster," adds Patrick Eickhoff, head of software development
at GEA. "Not only can we get to market faster, but our
plug-and-produce technologies mean our customers can get to value
faster, too. The smart technology also allows us to leverage AI, to
get our engineers and customers up to speed much quicker on the
latest technology."
Visitors interested in seeing the process demonstration and
exploring the wide-ranging benefits of Rockwell Automation's
technologies and those of its extensive PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem
can get a free ticket to the Hannover Messe, here.
GEA, Eplan and Rittal are members of Rockwell Automation's
PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem. GEA as a gold-level OEM and Eplan and
Rittal as technology partners. Rittal has recently expanded its
partnership with Rockwell into North and Latin America, through the Global Premium
element of the Technology Partner Program.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 27,000
problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100
countries as of fiscal year end 2024. To learn more about how we
are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial
enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
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