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		OPC simplifies integration of process vision, quality control systems - 03/13/10 Control Engineering Europe, March 2010 Logicpark used the OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems to network an ABB quality control system to a Viconsys process vision system at the Kimberly-Clark production facility in Niederbipp, Switzerland.

		Raima adds Softing OPC UA software to its RDM embedded database - 03/03/10 Softing integrated its OPC Unified Architecture (UA) software into an OPC UA based application that communicates directly with Raima Database Manager.

		Neutral building management system in facilities of German federal authorities By Wonderware A Wonderware FactorySuite system, based on OPC, provides a building management system for Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (Federal Institute for Realty Projects) in Berlin, Germany

		ARC Informatique´s PcVue software controls wind farms in Spain - 09/17/09 PcVue SCADA software centralized information from 10 Iberdrola Ingenier wind farms. Up to 2.5 million data items are monitored by 13 PcVue file servers and multiple FrontVue client stations, which communicate via OPC over a 1,000 Mbps redundant TCP/IP Ethernet network.

		Saudi Aramco optimizes plant operations with OPC - 07/27/09 By Integration Objects Integration Objects used OPC to integrate a point to point connection infrastructure based on VMS and Unix platforms that connected all the Distributed Control Systems and other automation islands with Aramco’s PIMS (Plant Information Management System).


		Achieving interoperability - 07/21/09 InTech, July 2009 By John Haydock The OPC driver is a key component of Rea Magnet Wire’s production processes in addressing device-to-device and bus-to-bus interoperability needs.

		SCHOTT Tubing uses Softing OPC software in measurement application - 05/27/09 SCHOTT is employing Softing’s OPC Easy Connect Suite and OPC ActiveX control as a reliable link to automatically transmit measured values from Excel to the process control system.

		OPC Feeds Data from PLC to DCS The Georgia Pacific paper mill in Yalova, Turkey, uses Kepware Technologies’ LinkMaster and KEPServerEX OPC Server to transfer data from a Siemens programmable controller to an ABB distributed control system.

		Manufacturer Uses OPC to Power Excel Spreadsheets Mirror Controls international (MCi) designs, develops, and manufactures electric mirror adjusting actuators and electric power-folding mirror actuators. It upgraded its automation system with OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems, simplifying data flow to an Excel workbook and improving reliability.

		ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP use Cyberlogic to manage OPC Data The oil companies are using compliance-certified OPC technology from Cyberlogic to aggregate information from legacy OPC servers and build reliable, redundant information systems that can handle volumes of data efficiently.

		Lenze uses OPC communications in L-Force industrial PCs Lenze standardized on Softing’s OPC Tunnel based on the software’s performance and immediate availability for use in a real-time environment under Windows CE .NET.

		OPC and XML in Building Automation - 02/26/09 By Softing LOYTEC, an Austrian manufacturer, embedded the OPC XML/DA standard into L-OPC, one of its building automation products, using Softing’s OPC Easy Connect Suite. The L-OPC implements access to a user defined set of data objects through the use of Web services.

		Buhler's Grain Milling Automation Relies on OPC Technology By Wolfgang Langer, Softing Buhler standardized on Softing’s S7/S5 OPC Server to provide reliable connectivity between its WinCoS.r2 grain milling automation system and multiple S7-400 PLCs.

		Emerson Smart Wireless Network improves safety at Boise paper mill - 10/21/08 Boise enhanced safety at its paper mill in St. Helens, Oregon, by using Smart Wireless products to monitor its eye wash and safety shower stations.

		Legacy Building Automation Integration By Advantech The S4 Group, a building automation software company, used a BACnet-N2 Router to bring information from electric power monitoring meters, building and network infrastructure equipment, and other devices into legacy Johnson Controls Metasys building automation systems.

		Building from Worker to the Queen Automation World, September 2008 By Rob Spiegel BP Pipelines of North America, in Forest City, Ill., decided to add leak detection to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor pipeline leakage. The challenge was to feed process data from the Sybase database to the leak detection system. Cogent Industrial Technologies used a OPC DataHub to make the connection.

		Amcor PET Packaging Streamlines Plant Operations with Kepware By Kepware Amcor, a maker of packaging solutions from corrugated board to blister packs and bottles, installed a KepwareEX server to connect Wonderware, Siemens, Allen Bradley and Apriso/SAP applications into a single network via OPC.

		Wonderware steels Nucor South Africa Instrumentation & Control, May 2008 Nucor’s mill in Berkeley, South Carolina, updated the InTouch application already in place with Wonderware’s IndustrialSQL Server historian and Application Server.

		OPC Drives Overall Equipment Efficiency from 65% to 75% By Thomas R. Cutler "Supporting OPC creates great new opportunities for collecting data from production equipment in real time, performing statistical analysis on the data and then feeding information back to operators, engineers or to the equipment itself," says Byron Shetler, Chief Technology Officer for Hertzler.

		Linux to ControlLogix solution uses OPC Control Engineering Europe, April 2008 At Task Force Tips, product orders are fulfilled by a robotic picker that moves among hundreds of parts bins on a 100-foot-long, multilevel picking line. TFT decided to overhaul the robot, using ControlLogix PACs, servo drives, and TOP Server OPC Server and the Cogent OPC DataHub from Software Toolbox.

		Even Better Than the Real Thing Control Engineering Asia, April 2008 By Bob Erickson OPC connectivity enables a legacy Honeywell DCS to take its rightful place as the cornerstone of a unified plant control structure.

		Solutia R&D Powered by OPC By Matrikon Solutia used a MatrikonOPC Server for the legacy Moore APACS to enable data interchange between APACS, OPC DA clients, and the process data historian (AspenTech’s InfoPlus.21).

		Wind Generators bring data together with MatrikonOPC By Matrikon AES Wind Power uses MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian and Operational Insight software for real-time and historical data access, thus eliminating multiple SCADA systems and making data universally available.

		Ahold Coffee selects Ampla to improve OEE on its production lines SA Instrumentation & Control, February 2008 The Ahold Coffee Company selected Ampla, Citect's MES solution, which consisted of the Planner, Downtime, Production, and Metrics modules. Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a key indicator, and the company has already seen significant improvements in this KPI on selected lines since Ampla was installed.

		FlavourCraft standardises on Beckhoff Automation SA Instrumentation & Control, February 2008 By Andrew Ashton The Beckhoff choice allowed FlavourCraft the flexibility to build both small and large systems with the same components and programming languages. They use Beckhoff I/O, Profibus, OPC, PACs and PLCs.

		World's Largest Coca-Cola Plant Uses OPC DataHub By Cogent Real Time Systems Coca-Cola’s Ballina Beverages facility, recently installed the OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems to log alarm data and create end-of-shift reports. The plant, located in Ballina, Ireland, sends alarm data from RSLinx to a OPC server, through the OPC hub, and to an Excel spreadsheet.

		Matrix Technologies upgrades process control system at steel mill with OPC Matrix upgraded the control system at one of AK Steel’s mills. The computer had to communicate with A-B and Square D PLCs. The interface was accomplished with a MatrikonOPC Server.

		Ease of connection improves plant efficiency for Santee Cooper OPC technology provides ease of access to the wide variety of devices in our enterprise, eliminating costly custom or proprietary interfaces. Providing us with a flexible and scalable solution we can build on for years to come. We are confident and secure in our ability to meet the 98% uptime emissions reporting requirements. Now that these manual processes are automated, we are saving approximately 4 hours of resource allocation in a 24 hour shift rotation.

		From Loading Bay to Enterprise with One System Plains Marketing Canada recently implemented a Bulk Terminal System from ProSoft Technology resulting in unprecedented access to reliable product inventory availability and product movement forecasts, elimination of labor associated with manual data transfer and centralized management of the TMS database on a company-wide basis, resulting in a significant labor cost savings at truck loading facilities.

		Integrating Live Production Data with Business Applications Propal Paper Production in Valle del Cauca, Colombia recently upgraded their plants as part of a strategy to enhance profitability, stay competitive and maximize their Return on Investment (ROI) in the demanding paper market. They used standards-based OPC industrial connectivity to provide a complete off-the-shelf solution to give them quick, reliable and secure access to highly accurate data.

		Maintaining Healthy IT Assets using OPC Technology Over the past several years, there have been two significant trends in the industrial marketplace. First, control system vendors are using more Ethernet based communication networks and Microsoft operating systems. Second, many companies have an increased focus towards predictive or condition based maintenance. OPC plays an important role in both trends.

		OPC Enabled Real-Time Access to Remote Field Data Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) produces 43% of Nigeria’s oil and is the pioneer and leader of Nigeria’s petroleum industry. Operating in the Niger Delta and adjoining shallow offshore areas, Shell has over 3,000 kilometers of pipelines, 87 flowstations, 8 gas plants and more than 1,000 wells.

		Global Operations Required Significant Changes Managing energy costs is critical to the success of any industrial gas company. The highest operating cost incurred in air separation processes is the cost of electricity. This cost can be as high as two-thirds of the total cost of production, and plants that produce liquid products can potentially use tens of thousands of Kilowatts per hour. Model Predictive Control, or MPC technology has been maximizing process performance, improving efficiencies, reducing energy usage, raw material usage, and environmental impact in process industries for over 25 years.

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