Global manufacturing is on the cusp of change. The fourth industrial revolution is coming to the manufacturing sector, and according to the Manufacturing Organisation EEF, only 11% of manufacturers think the UK manufacturing sector is ready to take advantage of 4IR. There are those who call it hype or a passing fad. But, as […]
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) identifies how effectively a manufacturing operation is utilised, but Omron argues that it is not routinely discussed with an organisations machinery suppliers, with the focus instead tending to be on areas such as baseline speed, cycle times and overall performance. By consider their customers’ OEE during machine design, machine builders […]
In a move that simplifies connectivity between Industrial Ethernet and TCP/IP, the CC-Link Partner Association has announced an addition to its CC-Link IE Gigabit Industrial Ethernet. Called CC-Link IE Field Network Basic Mode, it enables device vendors to easily add CC-Link IE compatibility to any product with a 100Mbit Ethernet port. As more companies […]
Gateway connects any automation device to CC-Link IE Field HMS has extended its Anybus CompactCom 40-series of embedded interfaces to enable any automation device to connect to the CC-Link IE Gigabit Field network. By implementing the Anybus CompactCom concept, users get secure real-time access to CC-Link IE Field with minimal engineering and implementation […]
Advanced water utilities monitor their distribution networks acquiring data from network critical points (production and storage points, inlets of distribution zone, etc.) and making them available in real-time to operators in a centralized SCADA. However, a SCADA control typically provides point data, and does not provide information about the rest of the network. […]