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The field of networking is undergoing a massive transformation as more artificial intelligence-based tools make their way into products and services. Traditional enterprise networks are immediately poised to benefit and grow as more tasks that used to require costly networking expertise are automated.
When a prominent manufacturer wanted to observe and interact remotely with their production line in real-time, E Tech Group software developers brought their 3D game development expertise to deliver an innovative digital twin of the line. The twin mimics the behavior of its real-life counterpart in real time, visible in a 3D environment via web interface.
A growing environmental client was facing efficiency, accessibility and scalability issues with their legacy PLCs and HMIs. E Tech Group successfully advised and implemented an advanced control system to apply across all their sites.
An environmental management company was facing challenges due to their outdated automation systems, which was negatively affecting productivity and efficiency. They operated 11 water well sites across five miles, and their legacy PLCs and HMIs lagged in communication, usability and efficiency. Additionally, maintenance costs on their aging systems were quickly piling up.
Facing the addition of another water well to their system, they contacted E Tech Group to design and deploy a modern solution, which included upgrading their controls and installing an additional water well to expand their operations.
E Tech Group helped the client modernize their hardware, including PLCs, HMIs and radio controls. They partnered with Applied Technology Group to implement a modern Ethernet communications protocol in two phases.
E Tech Group’s automation team upgraded 13 legacy SLC controllers and Panel Views for newer CompactLogix controllers and Panel View 7 Plus terminals. They also integrated Inductive Automation’s Ignition Perspective SCADA system to provide an operation and management overview.
The team upgraded the customer’s networking communications and decommissioned the legacy PLC to run the water wells exclusively on the upgraded system. The team also resolved challenges with the client’s remote water wells by implementing a store-and-forward capability. Finally, they installed and commissioned the new water well.
E Tech Group and Applied Technology Group helped this environmental management company upgrade their hardware and implement a modern Ethernet communication protocol in two phases. They upgraded legacy controllers and panel views, integrated Ignition Perspective SCADA system, upgraded networking communications and resolved challenges with remote water wells. They also installed and commissioned a new water well. These solutions allowed our client to avoid challenges and threats posed by the previous outdated system and effectively meet their growing demands.
Data is an ever-present and growing benchmark in all industries. However, sometimes it may feel like it’s cloaked in mystery. There’s often a question of, why is collecting process data important? You then start to go down the rabbit hole trying to answer…..How do you get data out of your equipment? How do you decide what to collect? After assessing the previous questions, how do you test, and if necessary, validate that all of that data is being collected as expected? Understanding a holistic approach to data collection and validation from an AVEVA PI Historian System can help provide a high-level, big picture understanding to the importance of process data. With more than 10 years’ experience as a group engineering manager, Matt Martin has a depth of experience with integrating AVEVA PI Systems within sites of various sizes – here’s what I’ve learned: Why is the Importance of Data Increasing? The “why” question is the easiest one to answer. Everyone can agree that in the era of modern manufacturing, extracting data from your manufacturing processes is critical to a business’s success and ability to grow. This includes every level of production and management: Provides the operator at the plant floor level the ability to adjust and better control the manufacturing process on the fly Allows engineers better insight into trends and behaviors of the overall process to improve designs from both a throughput and efficiency standpoint Produces KPIs (key performance indicators) for managers and executives to assist in their decision making Having large representative data sets is becoming even more important with the advent of AI and more specifically machine learning. Allowing these technologies access to your systems data helps identify patterns, overall system behavior, and correlations that were previously near impossible for the human eye to uncover. Now, How … Continued
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