Yokogawa releases platform for advanced control and estimation
TOKYO, 3 days ago Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation R5.03 and will release it on June 2 as a solution under the OpreX Asset Operations and Optimisation family. Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation is a software suite that brings together Shell’s advanced plant process control technology and Yokogawa’s real-time control technology to help customers improve productivity by increasing product yield and reducing energy consumption. This version upgrade supports Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA), the latest version of a communication standard that improves plant systems interoperability and security, and provides the basis for digital transformation to help customers transition to industrial autonomy.
Yokogawa releases platform for advanced control and estimation
5/25/2021
Yokogawa and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation R5.03 and will release it on June 2 as a solution under the OpreX
TM Asset Operations and Optimization family.
Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation is a software suite that brings together Shell s advanced plant process control technology and Yokogawa s real-time control technology to help customers improve productivity by increasing product yield and reducing energy consumption. This version upgrade supports Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) , the latest version of a communication standard that improves plant systems interoperability and security, and provides the basis for digital transformation to help customers transition to industrial autonomy.
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