Typical users of Microsoft Word and Excel useless than 10% of their capability. Are you missing the opportunity to tune up you automation systems because you don’t know what you don’t know? Most of today’s automation technologies are not new. Products such as PLCs, inverter drives, servos and HMIs have been around for thirty […]
Mitsubishi Electric Japan has announced plans to release an advanced SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software called MC Works64 from October 2012. The software features 64-bit 3D graphics and is capable of displaying plant system configurations in 360-degree perspectives. MC Works64 will be a component of Mitsubishi’s MELViz iQ PlantSuite, an integrated SCADA […]
Mitsubishi Electric has an enviable reputation for the quality and reliability of its products. In fact they are so reliable that many users don’t even know they have them installed. Mitsubishi has backed up their reliability claims by extending its standard warranty for controller and HMI products from one to three years. The […]
Automating manual processes is far more challenging than people imagine, particularly when the process has defied engineers for years. Having solved the mechanical problems of producing biscuit crumbs, breakfast cereal and snack foods system integrator Control Freaks of Spalding in Lincs. developed an integrated control scheme to guarantee consistent results. […]
Finding new ways to save energy year after year is a major challenge when you have an ongoing energy saving programme. That’s why Trelleborg’s flagship Industrial Anti-Vibration Mounts plant in Leicester, UK, has installed a Mitsubishi Electric SCADA solution with integrated MX4 Energy software to monitor and control the plant’s energy use. Since its installation […]