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2020 Industrial Automation Trends & Automation Learn about 9 key trends motivating Fair Directory manufacturers and producers to use smart infrastructure, virtual workforces and digital tools such as edge computing, network modernization, digital twins, augmented reality, and advanced analytics to stay competitive. Also get the 2020 Automation Fair At Home event Directory to see technologies on display from industry leaders supporting those trends. TABLE OF CONTENTS SMART INFRASTRUCTURE, VIRTUAL WORKFORCES AND DIGITALIZATION DOMINATE 2020 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION TRENDS 4 9 key trends keeping plants productive in unusually challenging times are aided by edge computing, network modernization, digital twins, augmented reality, advanced analytics and more. NEW PODCAST EPISODE EXAMINES OIL & GAS TRENDS 5 9 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION TRENDS IN 2020 10 2020 AUTOMATION FAIR® PREVIEW AND PRODUCT SHOWCASE/EXHIBITOR’S DIRECTORY 13 AT HOME WITH AUTOMATION FAIR 13 PROCESS SOLUTIONS USER GROUP 16 PRODUCT SHOWCASE (EXHIBITOR’S DIRECTORY) 17 AD INDEX SPECTRUM CONTROLS 3 DOMINO AMJET 6 ENDRESS+HAUSER 12 LITTELFUSE 15 STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES 19 The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork™ is published by Putman Media, Inc. Allen-Bradley, Automation Fair, Encompass, FactoryTalk, Integrated Architecture, PartnerNetwork, PlantPAx, Studio 5000 and Rockwell Automation are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc. DF1 is a trademark of Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. EtherNet/ IP is a trademark of the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc. (ODVA). Modbus is a trademark of MODICON, Inc. 2 WWW.ROCKWELLAUTOMATION.COM/THEJOURNAL PowerFlex® + I/O, Now That’s Smart! 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The annual affair provides industry leaders and trends of 2020. practitioners an opportunity to network face-to-face rep- resentatives from Rockwell Automation and companies #1. The IIoT and edge computing in its PartnerNetworkTM program. The announcement shape infrastructure strategies. of Automation Fair At Home as the platform for 2020 Companies are moving from solving individual business reflects the new reality brought on by the COVID-19 problems tactically to a more strategic approach. pandemic, which naturally also has influenced this year’s Nithiyakumar Parameswaran, enterprise analytics trends in industrial automation and control. business leader at Rockwell Automation, says it begins With Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) innovations by choosing an infrastructure that will solve current and and modern infrastructure strategies continuing to drive future use cases. This includes a connectivity strategy for digital transformation, manufacturers have the flexibility various data sources, then where to store the data (cloud, to adapt to dynamic market conditions and the agility edge, on premises or hybrid model), then the IT tools 4 WWW.ROCKWELLAUTOMATION.COM/THEJOURNAL >>Podcast Episode Examines Oil & Gas Trends In the latest episode of to build analytical models and applications, and finally the podcast, “Automa- the deployment strategy for the analytical models and tion Chat,” from The applications — in the cloud or on the edge. Journal From Rock- With the edge becoming more powerful, it’s driving well Automation and the cloud strategy. Our PartnerNetwork “In the past, data was pushed to the cloud for storage, magazine, Executive gaining insights, and building and executing various Editor Theresa Houck analytical models,” explains Parameswaran. “Now, with talks with Sensia edge capabilities, data aggregation, cleansing, filtering CEO Allan Rentcome and contextualization can be performed at the source about how the economic downturn and COVID-19 before pushing it to the cloud. Actionable insights and have affected the oil & gas industry; how firms are near-real-time analytics can be performed closer to the investing in digital automation and the role digital assets and devices.” technologies will play in the next few years; how to Companies that weren’t comfortable pushing machine get meaningful views into real-time production data; data to the cloud a couple years ago are realizing they and more. can take advantage of the capabilities available in the Available on your favorite podcast app, on cloud, and at the same time have capabilities at the edge the web at https://bit.ly/3ieIxjp, or on YouTube at or on premises. “We see an upward trend in adopting the https://youtu.be/jDWVTd3xF8M. hybrid model,” Parameswaran adds. Jason Andersen, VP of strategy and product manage- ment at Rockwell Automation Encompass™ Product Partner Stratus Technologies, says industrial organiza- will lead to new business models and capabilities tions are making a massive move toward IT optimization for industrials. at the edge. He contends it’s occurring in three phases: #2. IT/OT convergence enables Phase 1: Technologies such as virtualization, IT stan- secure, smart manufacturing. dards, and cloud connectivity drive digital transforma- Even with the security challenges over the last several tion to solve business problems. This is crucial because years, the value proposition of integrating operational the long life of industrial processes and controls has led technology (OT) data into IT systems is undeniable, to a patchwork of technology in places that are hard says Jason Sprayberry, director of strategy and business to service. Today’s simple, protected, and autonomous development for IoT at HMS Networks, an Encompass technologies can support critical, continuous operations Product Partner. Advantages of cloud-based solutions at a lower cost and with greater flexibility. include cost savings, data sharing, digital twins, machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) enablement, Phase 2: This phase, just getting underway, involves and the ability to recover and scale quickly. a fundamental decision: Will industrial companies “Successful IT/OT teaming ensures that when smart continue to build and maintain their own infrastructure, devices are purchased, the additional Ethernet traffic or will they buy capabilities as a service from large-scale that is generated is managed through network segmen- third-party vendors? The scope of what will be avail- tation and a robust security approach is taken,” says able as a service won’t just be data and applications, but Mark Cristiano, North American Services Commercial also the machines themselves. Entirely new solutions Manager at Rockwell Automation. such as edge computing and ecosystem opportunities Kamil Karmali, global commercial portfolio lead for are forming. services at Rockwell Automation, believes customers now will accelerate their strategies to reduce enterprise risk Phase 3: Future generations of industrial solutions by modernizing their plant-floor architectures, network will be built natively into new edge/cloud architectures, architectures and cybersecurity roadmaps, and that the Andersen predicts. New technologies and platforms development of faster-growing security operating center 5 WWW.ROCKWELLAUTOMATION.COM/THEJOURNAL From Product to Pallet, Domino Goes Beyond a Date Code 1.847.244.2501 [email protected] www.domino-printing.com 6 WWW.ROCKWELLAUTOMATION.COM/THEJOURNAL “Industrial organizations are making a massive move toward IT optimization at the edge.” — Jason Anderson, Stratus Technologies capabilities are needed to respond to and manage critical connectivity into edge devices within a broad range of threats and cyber incidents in real time, globally. applications, including industrial controls, building au- tomation systems, and related sub-systems that can take #3. Single Pair Ethernet and two-wire advantage of structured cabling,” says Voss. devices reshape network connectivity. Garrett Edwards, senior product manager at Encom- Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) will power Ethernet’s future, pass Product Partner Spectrum Controls, agrees that predicts Bob Voss, senior principal research engineer for SPE, and specifically Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer industrial automation and IIoT at Encompass Product (Ethernet-APL), is a transformative technology that will Partner Panduit. SPE allows for entire OT networks to accelerate the connected enterprise for process automa- be Ethernet, creating benefits across multiple facets of tion. As a two-wire solution, APL is well positioned to business operations. disrupt and eventually replace fieldbus architectures due Panduit recently announced the approval of the IEC to its ability to enable data transmission over Ethernet 63171-1 (Variant 1) SPE connector style by ISO IEC and supply power to end devices. SC48B. “As we look ahead, this newly standardized SPE “The simplified cabling saves costs