Automation Portals
- Automatic Identification
- Design & Simulation
- Digital Factory
- Electrical & Control Panels
- Embedded Automation
- Factory Automation
- Fieldbus Networks
- Flow, Level & Process Inst.
- Fluid Power, Valves & Pumps
- HMI & Operator Interfaces
- Industrial Communications
- Industrial Computers
- Industrial I/O
- Machine Control
- Machine Safety
- Manufacturing Intelligence
- Motion Control
- OPC
- Plant Management & Maint.
- PLCopen
- Process Control
- Process Safety
- Programmable Controllers
- Robots & Robot Controllers
- SCADA & RTU
- Security
- Sensors
- Systems Integration
- Test, Measurement & LIMS
- Vision
- Wireless Connectivity
- Network Portals
- EtherCAT
- EtherNet/IP
- PROFINET
- Industry Portals
- Building Automation
- Chemical
- Food & Beverage
- Machine Tools, CNC & DNC
- Material Handling
- Oil & Gas
- Packaging
- Pharmaceutical
- Power & Energy
- Transportation (Microsite)
- Water & Wastewater
- Event Portals
- Hannover Messe
- Industrial Automation NA
- ISA Automation Week
Data Connectivity, Data Collection and Archiving
Please choose an option below to view the application notes, success stories and case studies for data collection and data archiving.
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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). Read entire article.
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). Read entire article.
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. Read entire article.
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. Read entire article.
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. Click here to read full article...
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. Click here to read full article...
BOC Optimizes Global Operations with Advanced Process Control
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. Click here to read full article...
AOC Accesses Field Data and Improves Business Performance
AOC’s challenge was to use their data more effectively in order to free up personnel and ensure consistency in production planning, scheduling, inventory management, and improving their overall business performance. Click here to read full article...
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. Click here to read full article...
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. Click here to read full article...