A CNC monitoring system at Tech Manufacturing collects, analyzes, and enables visualization of necessary performance metrics.

The AriZona Beverages plant will produce more than 60 million cases per year. The connection to ERP is just one of the SCADA system’s many benefits, which also include greater access to data, better mobility, improved efficiency, and lower costs.

A new monitoring system from LEWA makes operators more effective and pumps smart-factory-ready.

Toyota’s engine and power transmission manufacturing plant in Wałbrzych, Poland, looked to increase the availability of its production lines and improve the transparency of data. It faced the challenge of network performance, and also of integrating multiple devices from a range of different vendors.

As the pioneer in 3D laser processing technology, Trumpf offers complete machines and systems with optimally coordinated components in addition to beam sources and beam components. New solutions relied on Industrial PC technology and EtherCAT components to drive new levels of performance.

The pace of change in the pharmaceutical industry is faster, fiercer and often more urgent than ever before. When deployment of new physical equipment is out of the question, digital tools can be considered to retrofit production lines and equip them with greater flexibility, dexterity and, in turn, possibility.

Ethernet line extenders enable existing telecom cables to be used for new resilient data communications network supporting updated PLCs at a water pumping station. The ability to adjust data rates helped to create a very stable connection. Built-in tools assisted with troubleshooting and configuring the units properly.

Optical sorting machines for the seed industry rely on EtherCAT plug-in modules for fast real-time communication technology that optimally supports the high data rates of the vision-based sorters. Compact I/O modules reduce hardware requirements, as well as costs, and cut equipment assembly times in half.

Testing and system debugging Ethernet switches is a significant issue for machine builders. One solution is a switch retains all the features of an unmanaged switch such as auto-negotiation and auto-MDIX while also simplifying testing and eliminating the need to cycle power for each phase of testing.

Cost-effective automated reconciliation for petroleum distribution terminals improves safety and accounting. Using an edge controller, Blendtech was able to present their customer with a reliable data aggregation solution that significantly reduced the cost of API 2350 compliance.