TwinCAT: The control platform for the process industry

With its TwinCAT automation software, Beckhoff offers a central platform for controlling process machines and plants. In addition to classic process control in the PLC program, algorithms written in C++, MATLAB^® and Simulink^® can also be executed in real time. The scope of application of PC-based control for process automation is extended with the comprehensive integration of specific process technology protocols and interfaces. By supporting common standards such as NAMUR, HART, and FDT/DTM, TwinCAT covers the application areas of process engineering applications.

TwinCAT highlights for the process industry:

• control-integrated Industry 4.0 and IoT applications

• comprehensive data evaluation with analytics functions

• standardized communication via OPC UA

• support for common standards such as NAMUR, HART, and FDT/DTM

• execution of MATLAB^® and Simulink^® models