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US Corporate Research Center (USCRC). Strengthening Research in U.S. . US Corporate Research - A branch of ABB’s Global R&D Labs Raleigh Location: focus on Power Technologies serving electric utility customers
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Strengthening Research in U.S. • US Corporate Research - A branch of ABB’s Global R&D Labs • Raleigh Location: focus on Power Technologies serving electric utility customers • Wickliffe Location: focus on Automation Technologies serving process industry customers • Windsor Location: focus on Robotics Technologies for manufacturing customers
USCRC in U.S. Association: Automation Technologies Lab Power Technologies Lab Locations: Raleigh, NC Wickliffe, OH Windsor, CT and Auburn Hills, MI (Aligned with ABB Product Development and Operations areas) Established: Initial formation February 2002 Building to critical mass Size: approx 70 Engineers (PhD, MS degrees) Purpose: Supporting future technologies related to program areas of local and global development organizations
Why strengthen R&D in U.S.? • US is the world’s most competitive economy. • US is the world’s largest market. • US has large installed customer base. • US attracts the world’s best talents. • US provides suitable environment for starting new technology based business. • US has a large number of the world class universities and other research institutions. • US has been leading innovations for many years in many scientific and technology fronts.
Why strengthen R&D in U.S.? • US is the largest market for ABB and is showing a great potential for our business growing. • We want to have our ABB R&D • close to the market, • close to our end customers, and • close to leading universities. • We want to attract the best talents into our research and development organization.
How do we work? • As an integral portion of ABB’s Group R&D, we share ABB’s global vision and technology strategies, but emphasize the local market needs. • We work closely with our other Corporate Research Centers around the world. • We are establishing close ties with the industries we serve. • We are building long-term relationships with leading universities. • We partner with other research institutions to create values for our industries and our society via innovation and technology advancement.
R&D Focus of Power Technologies • Electric Power Grid Reliability and Availability • Transmission and Distribution Systems Solutions • HVAC, HVDC, FACTs • Utility Information Technologies: • Monitoring, Automation, Control and Protection • Grid Capacity Optimization, Asset management • Energy Market Research • Energy Market Operation and Monitoring • Energy Market Risk Management • Manufacturing technologies • Operation Excellent • Production technology, business process improvement
R&D Focus of Automation Technologies • Software Architecture and Processes • Software Security • Software Quality Testing and Process Improvement • Software Technologies for System Improvement • Control and Optimization • Plant Modeling • Advanced Process Control • Asset Management • Mechatronics and Robotics • Easy Robot Programming • Force Control • Robot Learning