Invensys has announced that customer adoption of its ArchestrA technology is accelerating with repetitive rollouts on Invensys projects and new Wonderware software products that add value to multi-vendor, legacy-system installations.
“Wonderware has been shipping the Industrial Application Server, which is built on ArchestrA technology, for just over one year. To date, more than 125 automation and information projects have been completed or are underway at leading global companies across a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper, automotive, steel, electronics and utilities,” the company said.
“These diverse customer project applications feature remote SCADA operations, plant-wide supervisory control, plant intelligence, regulatory compliance, production management and enterprise collaboration.”
Invensys said it had been receiving repeat orders from companies such as DaimlerChrysler, General Mills, Georgia-Pacific, Nucor Steel, SABMiller and Trusjoist, a division of Weyerhauser Corp. Aditionally Wonderware had shipped more than 2,500 copies of FactorySuite A2 (“A-squared”) software featuring the ArchestrA integrated development environment to customers as part of its comprehensive software support agreements. The “A-squared” indicates the presence of ArchestrA technology.
“The ArchestrA technology vision of enabling the rapid and effective capture and reuse of intellectual property is now a reality for Wonderware customers,” said Mark Davidson, vice president of global marketing for Invensys’ Wonderware and ArchestrA business units.
“Within the past months, approximately 6,000 people have experienced ArchestrA technology with FactorySuite A2 products using our online ArchestrA Technology Test Drive.”
In another recent development, the Wonderware and ArchestrA business units of Invensys announced that the GE Fanuc human-machine interface (HMI) technology could be integrated with the Wonderware Industrial Application Server, which is built on the ArchestrA industrial automation and information software architecture.
The new proxy object enables systems integrators and end-users to tightly integrate GE Fanuc iFix(R) and FIX(TM) 32 HMI installations (formerly branded Intellution) with the Industrial Application Server, which is the core distributed application development and supervisory software platform for Wonderware’s FactorySuite A2 (“A-squared”) product line, which leverages ArchestrA technology. It provides a unified environment for visualisation, plant history, device communications, and supervisory plant automation and information application integration.
