Mobile-Menu

Automation The Path to the Software-Defined Factory

A guest post by Milan Licina, Product Manager for the Orchestration Suite at SEW-Eurodrive, Bruchsal | Translated by AI 5 min Reading Time

Related Vendors

SEW-Eurodrive GmbH
SIMTOS (Seoul International Machine Tool Show)

Machines consist of a wide variety of automation components from different manufacturers. This diversity results in a high administrative burden. With its Orchestration Suite software management tool, SEW-Eurodrive aims to create location-independent transparency.

Remote access to facilities eliminates the need for on-site visits, as experts can quickly connect without having to travel. In this way, the platform also contributes to sustainable and cost-effective production.(Image: SEW)
Remote access to facilities eliminates the need for on-site visits, as experts can quickly connect without having to travel. In this way, the platform also contributes to sustainable and cost-effective production.
(Image: SEW)

The industry is still a long way from being able to consistently manage, version, and keep automation software up to date—all through a unified user interface and regardless of the system used, the manufacturer, or the plant’s location. However, with its Orchestration Suite software management tool, SEW-Eurodrive aims to achieve exactly that. Its fully browser-based architecture allows access without the need for local software installation. Instead, the engineering environments are provisioned and launched in the cloud, and their user interfaces are displayed in a browser window as needed. Communication with field devices takes place via encrypted VPN connections. Standardized APIs provide functions such as software distribution, manual and scheduled automatic backups, version management, code comparison, and remote access.

Related content