Originally piloted as ‘Project Scio’ last year, Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Analytics is now available globally. FTA is a ‘data-driven approach that lets workers explore production data and create new analytics on the fly, ‘without the need for a trained data professional.’ FTA provides persona-based access to structured and unstructured data sources, fusing related data into intuitive ‘storyboards.’ The solution can be deployed to all levels of the enterprise, at the edge, on-site or in the cloud. Users can perform self-serve drill-downs and bespoke analytics.
Rockwell has chosen the Microsoft Azure cloud as the ‘preferred platform’ for FTA. The solution ‘discovers and connects’ data sources, from the edge of the network, up through the enterprise and ‘intelligently fuses information to resolve issues close to the source.’ Oil and gas users of Factory Talk solution (pre Analytics) include Enbridge Pipeline which has deployed Rockwell’s mini ‘machine edition’ historian as real time edge device at its remote pump stations in nine states0202. M.G. Bryan has deployed Factory Talk in the Azure cloud for remote management of its frac vehicle fleet. Watch the video.
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