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23
The value of innovation
Transparent factory
More and more, customers want to simplify the link
between automation, manufacturing and business
(ERP) systems. With the Transparent Factory program,
the future architecture of industrial automation systems,
Schneider Electric has anticipated this growing
demand by using open communication standards
and software integration standards (such as Microsoft’s
OLE). Schneider Electric was the first to put Internet
technology into its automation devices while
maintaining their performance and reliability.
Integrating information
technologies
In our businesses, information technologies make
it possible to offer new functions and new services.
For example, the integration of powerful signal
processing systems and communication interfaces
in equipment allows operators to enhance the reliability
and performance of their networks while reducing
operating costs.
Test laboratories
Thanks to our longstanding policy of developing
and investing in skills, Schneider boasts worldclass
testing laboratories. These facilities fine-tune
and certify all our products. Their approval certificates
are recognized by certification authorities, worldwide.
Momentum is the latest addition to the
Modicon/Telemecanique distributed
input/output range. Thanks to their modular
design, these devices make it easy to build
distributed architecture automation systems
at low cost.
Launch: September 1998.
Testing in the dielectric laboratory
in Grenoble, with currents
exceeding one million volts.
Telemecanique Altivar 58,
the latest in our range of speed
drives, to regulate motor drive
and improve production rates.
Launch: March 1998.
Schneider Electric’s services
Our remote support and maintenance services offer
extensive inspection, diagnostics, and remedial
action capabilities. Customers can directly access
a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) database
on our Internet site where they will often find
the solution to their problem among the 15,000 case
studies available.
More environmentally friendly
and efficient methods
We have integrated environmental impact tools in our
CAD systems to foresee and reduce the environmental
impact of our products throughout their life cycle. This
is one of the areas in which we’re working to improve
our design methods and product performance.