ABB Distributed Control Systems - DCS

Distributed Control Systems

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ABB Distributed Control Systems(DCS)

As the heart of plant-level digitalization, ABB's Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are designed to transform your multi-faceted, 24/7 process operations. Our market-leading control architecture constantly monitors and drives plant productivity, maximizing asset utilization, process efficiency and production quality. A focus on availability, safety and cyber security ensures the protection of your people, assets and equipment. And by maintaining tight controls over raw material consumption, plant energy levels and waste by-products, ABB DCS solutions help to significantly reduce environmental impact.

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Our DCS offerings

Distributed Control Systems

ABB Ability System 800xA

A modern collaborative process automation platform for distributed process control (DCS), electrical control and monitoring (ECS), safety (SIS), modular automation orchestration and more.

Distributed Control Systems

ABB Ability Symphony Plus

A simple, scalable, seamless and secure DCS that delivers total automation with a flexible architecture for central and geographically distributed applications.

Distributed Control Systems

Freelance

Combines the advantages of DCS and PLC: the small footprint of a PLC, together with the full functionality of a DCS.

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Envisioning future process automation systems

Process Automation Systems of the future will empower industries to compete in a fast-changing world by delivering adaptable, reliable, integrated, modular and secure automation solutions with flexible, simpler and faster project engineering execution and commissioning. ABB’s System vision will allow existing and new customers to adopt new innovations while maximizing their current investment, at their pace and as needs dictate.

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ABB DCS – Transforming industries

Energy and water. Medicines and chemicals. Metals and cement. Paper and plastics. Today’s energy and process industries bring us many of the fundamentals of modern living — but only when supported by trusted automation technologies. As the heart of automation control, ABB’s DCS solutions monitor and manage every aspect of plant operations 24/7, helping our customers ensure the safety of people and equipment, the quality and efficiency of production, and a reduced environmental impact.