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TwinCAT Analytics

Also known as: Beckhoff TwinCAT Analytics

German: TwinCAT Analytics

In industrial automation, TwinCAT Analytics is Beckhoff's set of TwinCAT products for recording, analyzing and visualizing machine and process data, with analyses that can be developed in engineering and then run continuously on the controller or a server.

  • PLC programming
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In one sentence

TwinCAT Analytics is Beckhoff's TwinCAT toolset for recording, analyzing and visualizing machine and process data.

Example

A machine builder records cycle times and motor currents with TwinCAT Analytics and runs the resulting analysis on the machine to detect wear early.

How it applies

  • Engineering: Analytics tools collect data from the control system, often via MQTT or local storage, and let engineers configure analyses such as thresholds, cycle statistics or energy evaluations. Analyses can be deployed as runtime code.
  • Operation: Results feed dashboards, maintenance systems or alarms. The value depends on data quality: timestamps, units and signal meaning must be correct, see Field data.
  • Data governance: Machine data can contain information about operators and production volumes. Agree with the customer on what is recorded, where it is stored and who can access it.
  • Documentation: Document the recorded signals, analysis logic, thresholds and outputs. Users need to know what an analytics result means and what action it calls for.

Keep in mind: product names and features change. Check product scope and components against the vendor's current documentation.

By knowledge.aitechdoc.world · Published September 26, 2026 · Last reviewed

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