FactoryTalk by Rockwell Automation Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The scope of use is at many levels and many different plants. Our business uses many different products and software applications from FactoryTalk by Rockwell Automation to control processes, production lines, package product and a multitude of other functions.
Pros
- For a process perspective they offer a methodology of Rockwell Automation PlantPAx which when designed and programmed correctly, has a very robust and high reliability of success in the manufacturing of process.
- Legendary PLC5 and new Control Logix platform is the is the backbone of all control systems. We have operated on PLC5 for 30+ years with a very high reliability and have since converted over to Control Logix platform for the past 15 years, again with a high degree of success and reliability.
- FactoryTalk Applications, RSLinx, RSLogix5, 500, Studio 5000, and FactoryTalk View Studio ME & SE have been the main stay of software supporting all of our operations.
Cons
- I can't think of any.
Return on Investment
- FactoryTalk PlantPAx was utilized just after Covid. We, our engineering department had a new plant to build. Everything was new to us, the product we never made, the process to make it we had never performed in the past, no R&D help, the packaging line, the entire manufacturing of this product involved was brand new. We commited to Rockwell Automation PlantPAx for our processing and the packaging line we purchased with all Rockwell Automation controllers and products. Since going live in 2021 with this new plant, there has been 100% accuracy of product output with no issues.
