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The Road to High Performance Graphics

Enerchem’s Slave Lake fractionation plant in Albert, Canada, replaced an outmoded HMI system with an Ignition HMI/SCADA system from Inductive Automation.

An HMI from InduSoft improves productivity through automated monitoring and tracking of operations at Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee in Fort Worth, Texas.

Upgrades to Proficy Mobile allow managers to view and execute workflows, facilitates a tight integration with SCADA systems, and enables geo-intelligence capabilities which can be used with Google Maps.

The app contains all the specifications and connection drawings for digital panel meters and control instrumentation.

A single hybrid temperature controller can effectively monitor and control temperature loops in a process control system.

Graphite operator panels received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Functional Safety Listing Mark as well as UL Listed status for Class I, Division 2 in the U.S. and Canada.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturers worldwide are in a productivity race enabled by a wide range of new automation technology. In order for your company to remain competitive, it needs to apply new technology to grow and survive in the world economy. To do this, manufacturing companies must stay up to date on the latest developments.

How Can You Achieve a Total Paperless Calibration System?

New HMI Alternatives Improve Operations and Cut Costs

The world market for operator terminals was worth $2.32 billion in 2013, and will generate revenues of approximately $3.16 billion in 2018.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Industrial control systems are the “brains” of any automated manufacturing system. Many of these systems require motion systems - “brawn” - to accomplish the physical aspects of automation. Motion technologies have improved and are refined to meet the new manufacturing requirements. MDA North America provides the opportunity for engineers to sharpen motion knowledge and learn from industry experts first hand.

Six 100” video screens attached to six industrial robots help cruise ship operator take on-board entertainment and amenities to the next level.

Next Frontier for the Operator-Automation Relationship

Rotalec has been a distributor of high technology industrial machine automation products, product identification systems, and mill products for over 30 years.

Tritec Systems is an established UK systems integrator, with over twenty years of experience providing industrial automation and control systems, software, support and training.

Joel Neidig, an engineer at Indiana Gear, has been awarded a $75,000 prize for his research project titled “Expanding Manufacturing’s Vision: MTConnect and Google Glass.”

By Denny Redwine, Kemper Controls A custom-designed HMI-based solution increased uptime at TGKY, a plastic injection molding facility in Lebanon, KY, by providing continuous real-time monitoring and alarming of machines and associate processes.

LCD Displays are certified for Class 1 Division 2 environments such as oil and gas drilling platforms, underground and surface mining, chemical processing, pharmaceutical and food processing, and outdoor HMI.

A successful industrial project implementation starts with the selection of the right manufacturing operations management (MOM) software applications.