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Everyone likes a good technical standard. But they tend to like it only when it is done, and there are plenty of competitive products that meet the standard.
Today’s time-constrained manufacturers are chasing a bigger bang for their training dollar, whether through vendor-provided training or internal training programs. Automation keeps intruders out Established and emerging standards are bringing dramatic benefits to companies in the packaging industry—at least to those who use them.
This supplier of injection molding equipment uses OPC tools from MatrikonOPC to provide turnkey solutions for plant and equipment monitoring.
By using OPC products from Software Toolbox, Control Products Unlimited supplies telemetry solutions that insure a seamless movement of information among multiple brands of remote field equipment.
Thomas J. Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, reports on the OPC events held during the recent Hannover Fair in Germany. Demonstrations and forums solidify OPC UA’s success as the key integration technology for legacy control devices and systems. Since its introduction, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has provided design engineers with all kinds of benefits, but the promise has always been to extend those benefits to the greater enterprise.
OPC products from Kepware link communications among three high-performance yacht engines, for a combined information management system and data historian. The best system integrators often bring their varied experiences across multiple industries to bear in developing new and innovative automation solutions.
Over the past few years, industrial Ethernet networking has won adherens for its adaptability, efficiency and its ability fo assimilate wireless data.
Industrial networking leaders are studying potential and real security problems—and trying to lay a plan for combat. Wireless industrial networks offer compelling potential advantages. Here’s a look at how some end users are beginning to cash in on the technology, while others are still holding back.
Thomas J. Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, summarizes key OPC Foundation activities during 2005, and highlights the Foundation’s 2006 marketing and technology program plans. Over the past few years, industrial Ethernet networking has won adherents for its adaptability, efficiency and its ability to assimilate wireless data. The Internet Brings Monitoring Costs Down
A major Tier One automotive supplier employs the unsolicited messaging feature of OPC servers from Cyberlogic to produce an innovation corporate quality system that collects data from hundreds of test stands. Plants are using historian and database technology to solve a range of problems, from improving operational efficiency to comparing batches against a “golden batch.” Reduced downtime, increased productivity and a dramatic improvement in the quality of daily executive reporting are just some of the benefits Nucor Berkeley realized in the implementation of a new performance management solution.
When selecting a supplier, the issues of standards, reliability, price and interoperability are of top importance to users of OPC technology, according to a recent survey of industrial manufacturers and software developers.
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