EcoStruxure™ Process Expert

The only DCS for hybrid industry users that can measurably pay for itself within 3 months of implementation

Part of EcoStruxure

EcoStruxure Process Expert (formerly EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS) harnesses the power of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to bring your plant into the future. It is a single automation system to engineer, operate, and maintain your entire infrastructure for a sustainable, productive and market-agile plant

Discover EcoStruxure Process Expert

A digitized and energy-aware plant​

About EcoStruxure Process Expert

EcoStruxure Process Expert is the next-generation process automation system to engineer, operate and maintain the entire plant. It is a Distributed Control System (DCS), designed especially for water, mining, cement, power generation, consumer packaged goods, chemical, and oil and gas applications.       

EcoStruxure Process Expert is a single environment, which interconnects and manages all the components of the automation architecture:   

•   Standard Fieldbuses   

•   Instrumentation   

•   Intelligent, connected devices   

•   Controllers   

•   Engineering and operator stations   

•   Alarm management

Highlights

Advanced manufacturing for Granado Pharmácias

Discover how Brasil’s oldest pharmacy, Granado Pharmácias, optimized its manufacturing processes through EcoStruxure Plant from Schneider Electric.

Benefits of EcoStruxure Process Expert

Profit

Get up to 100% ROI in less than 3 months by increasing operational profitability by up to 10%, and revenues by 3%.

Efficiency

Reduce project execution time by up to 25%.

Savings

Reduce up to 30% of process energy cost.

Cybersecurity

Improve your network security with the platform based on an industry-leading M580 ePAC controller with a built-in cybersecurity feature.

EcoStruxure Process Expert features

Facts about EcoStruxure Process Expert

Automation system 

With Ethernet backbone, EcoStruxure Process Expert allows for connection with automation and power management devices.   

Engineering environment 

An innovative, scalable multi-engineering environment that allows multiple engineers to configure a complete process automation system at the same time.   

Libraries 

Comprehensive libraries deliver operational intelligence with sustained energy management, allowing engineers to focus on the process rather than control configuration.   

Operation system 

Consistent control and operational interface with a real-time view of your process. The system delivers operators all the services and data to make timely and accurate decisions.   

Software integration 

EcoStruxure Process Expert and its libraries deliver all the data and interfaces necessary to integrate seamlessly with typical industrial software applications: AVEVA Historian, AVEVA Batch Management, and AVEVA Asset Management.   

Industrial workstations 

Harmony iPCs and Edge box run at the Edge Control level of EcoStruxure, our IIoT architecture for a wide range of industries. They enable secured communication, enhanced asset performance, smart application design, and engineering to leverage asset performance with end-to-end cybersecurity.

How-to videos

EcoStruxure Process Expert quickstart

EcoStruxure Process Expert – OPC UA communications