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automation pLatform: nupano
Launches new open
Lenze L
enze has announced NUPANO, its new open automation platform. NUPANO, the company explains, provides a space for
digital innovations for machines and systems, as well as access to new business models – all without the user needing any prior knowledge of information technology (IT). In NUPANO, Lenze deploys tried-and-tested open IT architectures and technologies.
stand out from the crowd
When it comes to machine manufacturing, economic success increasingly depends on a company’s ability to stand out from the rest by offering additional digital services. “Anyone who doesn’t do this will lose growing
streams of revenue to software companies, and gradually find themselves reduced to being a supplier of parts,” explained Werner Paulin, head of New Automation Technology at Lenze. The automation specialist intends to use
NUPANO to give the machine manufacturing industry the means to take full advantage of the opportunities that come from the convergence of operational technology (OT) at the machine control level with the endless possibilities of modern IT, thereby tapping into new sources of revenue. Of further benefit, the NUPANO platform offers open standards and easy handling, and it deploys the highest standards of security to safeguard industrial expertise. As Lenze’s experts have observed over the
last few years, many companies would like to have digital business models for their machines and systems. “This is true of all sectors – from intralogistics to line automation,” added Paulin. “They often have the right ideas, but there is a lack of know-how, of skilled personnel, and in some cases a lack of technological understanding for new business models.” Lenze’s open automation platform is a key
technology that can be used without any prior knowledge of IT. This is what sets NUPANO apart from other platforms on the market.
competitive edge instead of commodity apps
The platform’s machine and app management system contains both in-house applications and public software modules. But the main focus is clear: “Our customers expect a
platform to provide them with a competitive edge, they don’t want to download public commodity apps,” explained Paulin. Such apps are available on Lenze’s platform, but they are not the main source of value creation for the machine manufacturer. For many companies, revenues from digital
services are not yet a reality. “Typically, they sell a machine and hope to see the customer again in fifteen years. This revenue is brought in once and, in many cases, there is no recurring revenue yet,” Paulin said. Lenze, however, wants to change that with NUPANO.
the digitaL twin
Cutting-edge companies that have already developed their own apps can simply upload them to the platform, made possible by NUPANO’s open standard. Applications can be tested together on the platform, and a release workflow and a lifecycle strategy are created for the customer’s entire machine park. “We immediately supply a lifecycle management system for all the apps and their versions, and we use open IT standards. That is a great advantage of this platform,” explained Paulin. A crucial factor for success in the machine manufacturing industry is that the open
automation platform allows users who have no specialist knowledge of IT to use the applications and even to implement, expand and update them. This is why the platform developers placed a special focus on the user experience (UX). On NUPANO, the user now finds both the applications and an overview of his machines as digital twins. Just by using drag-and-drop, the user can merge the two worlds of OT and IT. “We have to install the software easily and
efficiently in 1,000 machines or more per year, otherwise we are not delivering any added value to our customers,” Paulin emphasized. The applications are transferred to an industrial PC via the digital twin in the system. From there, the applications are run by NUPANO Runtime. “That is the point where NUPANO and PLC Runtime come together.” Customers are ready to use NUPANO, and
are either bringing their applications with them or having new ones developed. “The feedback from discussions with our
customers is positive. Many of them have been looking for a platform like this,” concluded Paulin proudly.
Lenze
www.Lenze.com
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MACHINE BUILDING, FRAMEWORKS & SAFETY FEATURE
Not only are machine manufacturers looking for new sources of revenue, but they are under increasing pressure to stand out from
the competition by offering additional digital services. However, to do this, they often lack the appropriate resources and the necessary know-how. With its new open
automation platform, NUPANO, Lenze can provide a solution for this dilemma
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