ABB recently introduced its Automation Extended program, a strategic evolution of its distributed control systems (DCS), designed to help industries modernize without disruption. Building on ABB’s long-standing leadership with the world’s largest DCS installed base and vision in process automation, Automation Extended outlines how future automation capabilities can be introduced progressively – preserving system integrity while enabling the flexibility, scalability, and efficiency needed for the next era of industrial operations.
Automation Extended will support customers in the mining industry to further enhance resilience and growth in safety, productivity, and sustainability. It will pave the road to autonomy, leveraging AI technologies and directly addressing the industry’s needs to retain, share, and augment the knowledge of the workforce. It will fuel the energy transition and enable remote operations while providing the operator with an immersive experience and contextualized information and support, to ensure operator effectiveness and highest plant productivity and reliability.
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