Softwareportfolio integreert automatiseringssoftware met 3-D CAD-model, waardoor klanten machine- en systeemontwerpen virtueel kunnen testen.

MILWAUKEE-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) heeft Emulate3D overgenomen, een innovatieve ontwikkelaar van technische software waarvan de producten industriële automatiseringssystemen digitaal simuleren en emuleren. Door gebruik te maken van nauwkeurige simulatiemodellen om de systeemplanning en besluitvorming te verbeteren, gevolgd door emulatietests die het besturingssysteem testen voor de installatie, stelt Emulate3D’s software klanten in staat om machine- en systeemontwerpen virtueel te testen voordat ze productie- en automatiseringskosten maken en zich verbinden tot een definitief ontwerp.

“We zijn enthousiast over de mogelijkheden die de software van Emulate3D onze klanten biedt”, aldus Fran Wlodarczyk, senior vice president van Rockwell Automation voor het architectuur- en software-segment. “Ze zullen hun time-to-market en operationele productiviteit kunnen verbeteren door middel van digitale prototyping van machines en virtuele inbedrijfstelling. Het is ook een andere investering van Rockwell Automation om de Connected Enterprise tot leven te brengen.

Rockwell Automation Acquires Emulate3D, a Leading Software Developer for Simulating and Emulating Industrial Automation Systems

Software portfolio integrates automation software with 3-D CAD model, enabling customers to test machine and system designs virtually

MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) has acquired Emulate3D, an innovative engineering software developer whose products digitally simulate and emulate industrial automation systems. By using accurate simulation models to improve systems planning and decision-making, followed by emulation trials that test the control system before installation, Emulate3D’s software enables customers to virtually test machine and system designs before incurring manufacturing and automation costs and committing to a final design.

“We are excited about the opportunities that Emulate3D’s software offers our customers,” said Fran Wlodarczyk, Rockwell Automation senior vice president for its architecture and software segment. “They will have the ability to improve their time to market and operational productivity through digital machine prototyping and virtual commissioning. It also marks another investment by Rockwell Automation to bring the Connected Enterprise to life.”

“As a former Rockwell Automation Encompass partner, we established great working relationships with Rockwell Automation and its customers,” said Ian McGregor, Emulate3D global sales and marketing director. “We look forward to building on those relationships under our new ownership. Rockwell Automation’s installed base and our engineering software provides a great opportunity to better address customer needs in today’s rapidly changing, technologically-advanced manufacturing environment.”

Rockwell Automation will add Emulate3D’s technology to its digital design portfolio to deliver solutions to automotive, logistics, material handling, and other industrial applications. Software will be sold as Emulate3D by Rockwell Automation, as part of Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk DesignSuite.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs approximately 23,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

Emulate3D is an industry-leading, highly specialized software development and sales management company, focused on providing responsive solutions to well-defined industrial requirements. Located in Reading, England, it received the Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2014.

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