Welotec
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Authorized Partner Distributor for Welotec, serving the Midwest
About Welotec
Welotec, now a Westermo company, brings more than five decades of experience in industrial communication and automation, with engineering roots in Germany and a clear focus on mission-critical IIoT and edge computing. Their portfolio spans IoT edge gateways, rugged industrial PCs, substation automation devices, industrial routers, switches, antennas and software, giving engineers a coherent toolkit from the sensor layer all the way to the cloud. Welotec solutions are widely used by energy providers, OEMs and system integrators who need deterministic performance, strong cybersecurity and long lifecycle support in harsh environments.
As Westermo’s premiere North American partner, Gross Automation now extends that proven ecosystem by bringing Welotec technology directly into customer projects across the U.S., Canada and beyond.
For IIoT and edge compute, Welotec is an especially strong partner. Their EG-series IoT Edge Gateways combine industrial-grade Intel Atom and Core processing with fully integrated Azure IoT Hub / Azure IoT Edge support, container runtimes and Docker Compose, making them ready-made appliances for modern edge architectures that need to run microservices, analytics and protocol translation at the machine or substation. Digital Substation Solutions such as the IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 certified RSAEC controllers, RSAPC servers and RSAGS switches are designed for wide temperature ranges, high EMI/RFI immunity and built-in TPM 2.0 for secure boot and device identity, which aligns directly with today’s utility cybersecurity and regulatory expectations. The result is a consistent hardware and software platform that shortens engineering time, simplifies fleet management and gives operations teams real confidence at the edge.
Typical applications include computerization of primary and secondary substations, virtualized protection and control, and secure IEC 61850 process bus backbones in modern smart grids. In productivity and manufacturing environments, Welotec edge gateways and industrial PCs are used to connect brownfield machines, run local OEE dashboards, perform predictive maintenance analytics and bridge OT protocols into IT systems without ripping out existing controls. Looking ahead, sectors such as distributed renewable energy, EV charging infrastructure, intelligent transportation systems and remote water/wastewater assets stand to benefit from Welotec’s combination of ruggedized hardware, secure VPN and device management software, and cloud-ready edge compute. As Gross Automation and Welotec collaborate, customers gain a practical, field-tested path to scaling IIoT and edge computing projects from pilot to fleet deployment with less risk and more long-term flexibility.
