Schneider Electric presents green and smart manufacturing products at the 2020 CIIF

The 22nd China International Industry Fair (CIIF 2020) will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Schneider Electric, an expert in digital transformation in the field of global energy management and automation, presented industrial automation, energy management, industrial edge computing, full life cycle service solutions, and green smart manufacturing practices covering process industry, discrete industry and hybrid industry with the theme of "Green Smart Manufacturing to Win the Digital Future". New products such as EcoStruxure process control expert, Harmony P6 new customized industrial control computer, Modicon new generation switch, which inherits Schneider Electric's 50 years of field control experience, were launched at the exhibition for the first time, and star products such as the new generation of pre-intelligent low-voltage complete equipment, intelligent and efficient medium-voltage equipment, capsule data center and IT infrastructure digital platform, and new synchronous motion control solution were displayed offline. Pang Xingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China, said: "In the face of uncertainty, digitalization has become a powerful tool for companies to maintain their competitiveness. Schneider Electric and its ecosystem partners are very willing to use the CIIF as a stage to share the practice of green smart manufacturing with industry colleagues, provide reference for companies at various stages of digital transformation, and promote the transformation and upgrading of China's industry towards high-quality development."

Schneider Electric attends the 2020 CIIF with the theme of "Green and Intelligent Manufacturing to Create a Digital Future"

From discrete industry to process industry, improving the competitiveness of industrial enterprises with "green intelligent manufacturing"

Schneider Electric's end-to-end hardware and software solutions based on the EcoStruxure IoT architecture cover all areas from discrete industries to process industries. At this year's Industrial Expo, represented by lithium batteries and petrochemicals, digital twins of the entire life cycle of the industry and overall solutions for each process segment were demonstrated:

• The lithium battery industry exhibition area integrates Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure machine concept and comprehensively displays the full life cycle solutions of green smart manufacturing planning, production process, plant management, and energy efficiency management software and hardware. By displaying the automation application technology of lithium battery production lines and real cases of green smart manufacturing in the electronics industry, such as cooperation with leading new energy companies such as CATL and Yibin Libao, Schneider Electric fully demonstrates its strong strength in helping discrete manufacturing customers achieve high efficiency and high quality production scheduling, material control, unit cost, equipment maintenance, quality traceability, etc.

• The petrochemical industry exhibition area fully displays solutions such as intelligent manufacturing planning, digital design and delivery, intelligent operation and maintenance, tank farm management, and information security throughout the entire life cycle. Schneider Electric helps energy companies such as Hainan Refining and Chemical and Sanning Chemical to achieve comprehensive digitalization of construction and production control, ensuring "safe, stable, long-term, full and excellent" production. At the same time, it also displays small, medium and edge data center solutions such as capsule data centers and IT infrastructure digital platforms that are widely applicable to various industrial scenarios.

From planning, design, construction to operation and maintenance, accelerating the dual transformation of "energy + automation"

• At the CIIE, Schneider Electric's green smart manufacturing overall solution "from consultation to implementation" promoted the planning and deployment of each subsystem through top-level design, thereby achieving effective implementation from digitalization to software and hardware solutions;

• With the further integration of EcoStruxure and AVEVA, the site will also demonstrate its project establishment, design, construction, operation and maintenance throughout the enterprise, and provide industrial customers with a complete digital twin display of the asset life cycle and operation life cycle, further highlighting the advantages of using integrated software and open architecture to fully exert the effectiveness of digital twins, helping enterprises cope with complex environments, solve problems, and achieve rapid improvements in energy and production efficiency.

• The new generation of process control system, EcoStruxure Process Expert, was launched globally at the exhibition, realizing the best technology combination in the field of programmable controller PLC and process control system DCS, and integrating energy management functions, providing enterprises with excellent value performance throughout the entire life cycle of the factory from design, execution to operation and maintenance. It can help industrial enterprises to cope with the challenges of intelligent operation, regulatory compliance, intelligent design and configuration, and safety, and achieve an average reduction of 25% in engineering configuration time, 50% reduction in downtime and maintenance costs, and increase operating profits by 10% through data-driven revenue and operating profit margin improvements. It is compatible with existing process control systems, provides plug-and-play standard universal libraries, and reduces process energy costs by 30%.

• The newly launched new generation of pre-intelligent low-voltage complete equipment Okken was unveiled at the Industrial Expo. This is a new type of intelligent low-voltage complete equipment with digital genes when it leaves the factory. It can improve the reliability of power use and enhance the operation and maintenance efficiency of the power supply and distribution system.

• A series of safe, reliable, intelligent and efficient medium-voltage equipment - based on modular and compact design concepts, combined with advanced sensing, arc protection, solid insulation and other technologies, incorporating active operation and maintenance and refined management, including: Smart Trihal intelligent epoxy-cast dry-type transformer, Easergy MiCOM P3 relay protection device, Easergy MiCOM P5 relay protection device, Smart PIX intelligent air-insulated medium-voltage switchgear.

• Schneider Electric also appeared at the booths of Alibaba 1688 and JD Industrial Products, two major e-commerce platforms, and communicated with the audience on site on topics such as digital procurement solutions and digital services for smart manufacturing and smart power distribution.

From tradition to openness, join forces with the ecosystem to achieve win-win results

• At present, with the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the impact of new technologies on production methods, the industry's demand for open automation is becoming increasingly strong. In Schneider Electric's view, the industrial market is undergoing a huge digital transformation and urgently needs to break through the limitations of traditional automation on engineering through a more open system;

• As a leader in digital transformation in the automation field, Schneider Electric believes that future manufacturing and production operations should revolve around a universal open architecture and follow open standards. By making radical innovations in automation systems, the entire life cycle of software and hardware will be independent of each other, accelerating the full deployment of digitalization.

• A strong and intelligent supply chain is crucial for companies to face crises. Schneider Electric has focused on the four directions of "short chain system, cooperative symbiosis, digital empowerment, and green sustainability". After years of accumulation, it ranked fourth among the top 25 global supply chains rated by Gartner in 2020, and continued to maintain the first place among industrial manufacturing companies. At the Global Manufacturing Industry Chain High-Quality Cooperation Summit Forum hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology during the Industrial Expo, Pang Xingjian delivered a speech entitled "Optimizing the Global Industry Chain with High-Quality Cooperation".

In 2020, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the international community and economic situation remain challenging. Facing an uncertain future, Schneider Electric, which has been deeply involved in the Chinese market for more than 30 years, has the responsibility and obligation to help industrial customers grasp the direction and cope with challenges such as production and operation resilience, efficiency and sustainability with its rich practices and profound technical accumulation in the industrial field. Schneider Electric will rely on the EcoStruxure architecture based on the Internet of Things, from energy to automation, from design to maintenance, from terminals to the cloud, from dispersion to integration, to help enterprises achieve efficient and sustainable development with the four-dimensional integration of data, and help industrial enterprises achieve automation, informatization, digitization, networking and greening of production and operations.

From September 15th to 19th, Schneider Electric welcomes you at booth C127 in Hall 6.1H!