Mapp Technology is revolutionising the creation of software for industrial machinery and equipment

– HIMANSHU SHARMA

Head, Marketing and Corporate Communication, B&R Industrial Automation

In today’s competitive world, equipment suppliers need to be more customer focused, driving more customer-centric processes. Could you please share such initiatives with your organization?

Equipment suppliers must understand customers’ needs and deliver products and solutions that are focused and easier to adapt. The market is presented with new inventions every year, but only a few sustain to the challenging market and meet customer demands. It has been seen that as the world is exploring digitally to automate machines and reduce human interference, ready-made standard software solutions are the need of the hour to meet day-to-day challenges. Thus, the heavy equipment industry has started investing a lot to build and maintain proper software that helps reduce the workload and enhance machine performance. B&R has been successful in aligning with such demands with mapp Technology. mapp Technology is revolutionising the creation of software for industrial machinery and equipment. The mapp components are as easy to use as a smartphone app. Rather than writing lines and lines of code to build a user management system, data recording system, recipe system, alarm system, or motion control sequence from the ground up, developers of machine software simply configure the ready-made mapp components with a few clicks of the mouse. Complex algorithms are made easy to manage, and programmers can focus entirely on the process as per the machine’s requirements. mapp components communicate with each other automatically to share necessary information and save you time and effort. Thus, it is now easy to accelerate your development cycles with modular and intelligent software.

Could you please help us understand the green initiatives on product development undertaken by your organization to help your customers?

Sustainability and going green are not just an initiative but necessity. Considering the increasing pressure on OEMs to develop smart machines that merge automation and IT technology to witness and adapt the first step towards implementing sustainability, one of the essential goals of smart manufacturing is sustainability, which is significant due to current environmental issues and the consumption of natural resources. As we all know that things that can be monitored can be controlled, under the inspiration of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things, businesses are moving towards smart machines and factories. They embrace smart practises in areas of automation and digitization, which act as catalysts for sustainability in manufacturing. B&R’s recent innovation products for the equipment industry address how companies can best meet the challenges of the future. The solutions for energy monitoring, condition monitoring, and process data acquisition make it easy to achieve desired results by the OEMs and End User. B&R Technology specialises in scalability and modularity, which make its product particularly cost-effective and help the company achieve their green goals by implementing smart machines and factories.

Equipment monitoring and increased Human Machine Interface is a new Mantra in the high-end construction equipment industry. How is your organization coping with this demand for customers, and how ready are your products to meet this demand?

B&R brings out solutions mainly to ease modern-day problems, The modular X90 control and I/O system is now equipped with condition monitoring functions. Thus, all the problems can be detected in their early stages and corrected before they result in unplanned downtime. Condition-based predictive maintenance can maximise machine availability and save on the considerable cost of outages and unplanned service calls. The X90 module allows operators to continuously monitor the status of mobile equipment. The results help determine exactly which components require maintenance and when. Typical applications include the continuous monitoring of rotating machine components such as hydraulic assemblies, belts, gears, and motors. The processed sensor data is also available for further use in the application. On top of it, the Power Panel T50 mobile is a dedicated web-browser terminal that is connected to the controller and mapp View helps automation engineers to have all the tools they need to create powerful, intuitive, web-enabled HMI screens. There is no need to deal with the underlying web technology. This technology is encapsulated in widgets, which are simply dragged and dropped into place to create attractive user interfaces with gesture operation.

What efforts are being made to make your product more versatile and value for money for customers?

With the increasing complexity of automation technology, you need a knowledgeable and reliable automation partner. B&R has the automation systems and expertise needed to provide the ideal solution for your automation requirements. Every customer has its own share of machine requirements. Thus, they need a solution partner rather than just a product supplier. B&R has always been a partner, especially with requirements for innovative products, operating efficiency, and quality higher than ever. Today, machine builders need automation solutions that are both powerful and scalable. Our proven mobile automation solution gives you all the tools you need to build and defend your competitive edge as a technological leader in the market. Moreover, B&R provides training to customers, which helps them become familiar with the products and technology to develop the required solutions with less effort and time. Our world class support department with dedicated hotline number serves as single point of contact and is available to support customers and troubleshoot hardware in less time. This allows the OEMs to secure a decisive competitive edge and react faster to constantly changing market demands.

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