| Company Description | Hite is committed to becoming the leader in Industry 4.0 overall solution services by providing industry users with the most competitive intelligent manufacturing products and solutions. Hite is a strong manufacturer and system integration service provider in possession of independent core technology in domestic field of industry informatization and automation. Hite follows the development strategy of "cooperating and focusing” while relying on its ever-improving high-power electronic platform, industrial automation and informatization R&D platform. Hite is dedicated to persistently developing the products and technologies of new energy, equipment automation, industry information network, energy saving and etc. | ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. Their solutions improve the efficiency, productivity and quality of their customers’ operations while minimizing environmental impact. | Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems.
Year founded: 1910
Revenue: $94.0 billion (2014)
TYO: 6501 | Schneider Electric is a leading global manufacturer of equipment for electrical power distribution and for industrial control and automation. The company helps power generators distribute electricity; designs automation systems for the automobile and water treatment industries; builds electric networks and utility management systems for energy, water treatment, oil and gas, and marine applications; and manages electric power in residential, industrial, and commercial buildings.
Year founded: 1836
Revenue: $26.0 billion (2014)
EPA: SU
Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units:
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- Wonderware | Sensus helps public service providers, including utilities and cities, reach farther by doing more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. | SKF has been a leading global technology provider since 1907.
It is focusing on bearings and units, seals, Mechatronics, services and lubrication systems, and its technology platforms serve more than 40 industries. The focus of SKF’s technology development today is to reduce the environmental impact of an asset during its lifecycle. | Ascalia is a UK and Croatia based company that provides software and hardware solutions aimed at reducing resource and energy consumption in cities and industry. We developed our hardware and software in a way that it can be easily customizable to conform with our client's goals. Our goal is to accelerate IoT development and empower our clients to easily install and benefit from the IoT based solutions. Ascalia provides a cost-effective package of integrated software and hardware that guarantees our clients a secure and timely achievement of their business objectives as well as significant cost savings. | Beckhoff implements open automation systems based on PC Control technology. Products that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and seamless control system are available for all industries. | Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably.
Year founded: 1911
Revenue: $22.6 billion (2014)
NYSE: ETN |
| IoT Solutions | Hi-SCOM Industrial Network Products - Industrial network products, which realize the networking between industrial equipment. NetSCADA Equipment Automation Series Products - Includes powerful developing platform, real time database and management software, Synchronous transmission, special monitoring software and process interface oriented for industry applications. E-Control Power Electric Products - Completely independent engineering saving electrical products. | Our lives are touched daily by the Internet. It widens our horizons and improves our capabilities by connecting us to a wider community and their collective knowledge. A similar revolution in industry is connecting intelligent machines and the collective data generated from a growing number of electronic sensors. We are ‘seeing, hearing, and feeling’ our industrial processes like never before and this empowers the decisions we make to optimize performance. This revolution allows us to operate machines more safely, with greater efficiency, and with lower environmental impact, not just individually, but as complete systems, working in harmony to enhance power and productivity for a better world. For over a decade ABB has been working to develop and enhance process control systems, communications solutions, sensors and software for the Internet of Things, Services and People (IoTSP). These technologies enable their customers in industries, utilities and infrastructure to analyze their data more intelligently, optimize their operations, boost their productivity, and their flexibility. ABB is advancing the IoTSP by helping their customers develop their existing technologies, while keeping sight of our enduring commitment to safety, reliability, cyber security and Data Privacy. | The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet—essentially a "Connected Everything Platform." These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment. When objects can sense and communicate, it changes how and where decisions are made, and who makes them.
IoT is connecting new places—such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems—to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to: increase efficiency, innovate in product development, increase asset utilization, enhance the customer experience, streamline the supply chain, and improve safety and security.
Hitachi Consulting helps apply IoT solutions to drive business value, ultimately allowing companies to be IoT innovators and become an "Enterprise of Things." Companies can learn more about Hitachi Consulting's products, solutions and expertise and how they leverage the diverse product portfolio of Hitachi to help enterprises quickly get value out of IoT capabilities. | The recent Internet of Things (IoT) momentum has been enabled through a broad adherence to open standards (such as Ethernet) and by technology breakthroughs in the area of Data Aggregation middleware. Schneider Electric delivers open, connected solutions at each IoT-driven intelligent ecosystem layer: the connected, decentralised device layer (sensors, drives, meters, PLCs, controls, switchgear), the platform layer (cloud services, middleware, physical infrastructure architectures), and the On-Premise central control layer (operational intelligence, remote monitoring, predictive analysis, simulation, cloud analytics).
Schneider Electric tools help data centre, plant, and smart grid operators to become more efficient by sorting through mountains of data (eliminating false alarms or nuisance alarms) and by generating dashboards that consolidate the information coming in from all parts of the extended network. Instead of gridlock, a smooth flow of information is created which allows for greater operational intelligence and higher quality decisions.
IoT is broadening the scope of where both power protection and security are needed, as entire chains of communication can be disrupted by the breakdown of a single device. Schneider Electric leverages the power of IoT and big data to maximize safety and reliability through high-precision automation and control, training and simulation, the generation of ‘what if’ scenarios, robust remote management, Predictive Maintenance, managed services, and advanced analytics. Power protection and cyber security considerations are imbedded into our product designs in order to strengthen overall network reliability. | From utilities to cities to industrial parks and campuses―our solutions empower you to build interconnected systems with intelligence at every point. So you can be more responsive. Smarter. And make the most efficient, cost-effective decisions. | Vibration Sensors
With the proper sensor to supply critical operating information, a machine operates in a safer condition for both the machine as well as the personnel operating the machine.
Various machine operating conditions concerning temperature extremes, magnetic fields, vibration range, frequency range, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) conditions and the required signal quality necessitate the need for a variety of sensors.
Sensor Bearing Units
SKF sensor bearing units are used to monitor accurately the status of rotating or linear components and are: compact, robust and reliable, and simple and ready-to-mount.
Sensor-integrated solutions engineered by SKF have been well proven in a variety of industrial and automotive applications, such as electric motors, electric vehicles, road rollers, tractors, forklifts and conveyors.
Typical uses include: motor management, steering, speed and position sensing, and measurement of angular position.
Recent innovations from SKF now enable bearings to communicate their operating conditions in real time, with integrated intelligence including wireless sensors, data acquisition electronics and self-powered solutions.
This technology, called SKF Insight, enables operators to see how dynamic operating conditions are affecting bearing health and machine condition in real time. Operators can use this information to adjust operating conditions or make automated interventions, such as lubrication. This can help to prevent bearing damage before it occurs, effectively extending the life of the bearing. Ultimately, this means better maintenance planning and helps to avoid costly unplanned stoppages. | Ascalia is a state-of-the-art, fully-integrated platform designed for Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities. It leverages the latest technologies to optimize your processes and reduce your environmental footprint – enhancing long-term sustainability in manufacturing facilities and cities. Why Ascalia? Compatibility with Existing Equipment Our innovative ADS3000 allows you to connect your factory to Ascalia without upgrading any equipment. Predictive Maintenance and Fault Detection Factory downtime costs money. Ascalia’s AI- driven analytics predicts issues in advance and minimizes downtime. The Most Secure Industry 4.0 Solution Designed with security at its core, Ascalia protects your data using enterprise-grade security. Tailor-made Algorithms, Customized for Your Use-case A team of Machine Learning Engineers will tailor Ascalia’s AI algorithms to your specific needs and operating conditions. Rich Data Collection and Analytics Ascalia’s vendor-agnostic, unified platform gives you access to the information you need to take more effective, data-driven decisions. Intelligent Energy Optimization and Cost Savings Ascalia allows you to streamline your various processes and save both time and energy – cutting costs and lowering emissions. | The purpose of Industry 4.0 is to make manufacturing more flexible, efficient and sustainable through communication and intelligence, thus increasing the competitiveness of German industry. One major component of this approach is control technology, which is still far from reaching its full potential. Improved communication methodologies and the rising convergence of information and automation technologies will deliver significant progress – something Beckhoff has always focused on with its PC-based control technology and fieldbus communication. Beckhoff provides the foundational technologies and tools needed today to implement Industrie 4.0 concepts and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, all via PC-based control. TwinCAT engineering and control software packages are available for the creation of applications such as Big Data, pattern recognition as well as condition or power monitoring, in addition to traditional control tasks – which can sustainably increase production and engineering efficiency as a result. | With IoT, virtually any object, person or even animal can be assigned an IP address and provided with the ability to transfer data over a network. For instance, a patient with an implanted heart monitor, a farm animal with a biochip transponder and an automobile with built-in sensors are all achievable thanks to IoT. Eaton's Electrical Sector and Hydraulics Group engineers are actively looking at integrating the IoT across a growing number of products. By capturing data that exists within components and systems and making it available, these products will be able to provide actionable knowledge to improve performance. |
| Key Customers | | SPIE OSMO GmbH, Fastned, Hermes International, Waggeryd Cell AB, Xianglu Petrochemicals Zhangzhou Co Ltd., HeidelbergCement, Axpo Holding AG, Renewcell, L&T Construction, Cemex, Volvo, Hitachi Powdered Metal. | BMW, Cortal Consors, Die Mobiliar | Compass, Neoclyde, TierPoint, Shell. | | | | Wifag-Polytype Technologies AG | Boeing, Navistar, Tata Motors |
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