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News - Seamless integration of visualisation software and automation hardware 28/02/2012
A co-operation agreement between Mitsubishi and COPA-DATA is said to offer the benefit of seamless data flow between control and visualisation software and automation hardware.
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Features - Copa-Data gets heavyweight backing for DCMI 27/04/2010
Copa-Data has targeted the automotive industry with its Dynamic Car Manufacturing Interface (DCMI). The solution is supported by Germany’s Ministry of Economics and Technology and is designed to promote a safe and efficient manufacturing process.
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Features - Beverage plant implements zenon 20/04/2010
Market pressures are placing continually increasing demands on the beverage industry and companies have to face up to the challenge of optimising their processes to remain competitive. Krones AG explains how it constantly works to improve not just material flow, but information flow, for filling and packaging plants
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Features - Waste plant overhauls sorting facility 26/04/2009
Cawleys in Luton, UK is a waste recycling company. Its business is to collect commercial waste and sort it to high grade material for recycling. The recycled material income offsets the cost of the landfill, which is required for the small amount that is left over after sorting.
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Features - Ancient spa, modern procedure 09/03/2009
In 1907 the congregation of the Merciful Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul acquired the spa of Adelholzen in the Bavarian Alps. The bottling operation has come a long way since its beginnings, when the Sisters bottled healing water, to today when Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH produces 240,000 bottles per hour and employs 420 people.
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Features - Mechatronic building blocks integrate SCADA with CAE 01/09/2007
Combining zenOn SCADA/HMI software with the Eplan electrical design package allows users to automatically engineer the control and visualisation aspects of the system.
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Features - Integrated SCADA and soft logic increases machine productivity 01/04/2006
For large machines that have a variety of controlled peripheral components, a ‘single point of administration’ eliminates many problems.
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