June 1999
Transparent FactoryControl solutions with Schneider Automation's Transparent Factory harness the power of Internet and Ethernet technologies to facilitate the flow of information throughout your enterprise. Leveraging this information turns your operation into a strategic value-delivery system.
Our web-embedded Premium and Quantum controllers deliver HTTP servers and Ethernet TCP/IP connectivity. The Web Embedded Server and Utility software puts you closer to the factory floor than ever before, connecting controller websites to your plant, corporate or global Intranets.
Legacy systems can be integrated without replacing your existing communications network.
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And More
Tutorial No 3: Industrial Data Communications - Local Area Networks
Control Systems and Automation
Ethernet versus Fieldbus in SCADA systems - threat or synergy?
S Mackay (Instrument Data Communications) ,
Concludes by discussing the most likely route that the market will take
Engineering Projects and Plant
The BMW three year transformation project: the right bus for BMW
BR MacKenzie (Phoenix Contact) ,B Scheichl (BMW SA),
BMW in South Africa plans to become a major global exporter of its luxury vehicles
Hazardous Areas
Production monitoring under hazardous conditions
DP de Wet (Q-Kon) ,
The monitoring of man and machine is imperative for the determining of productivity
What are the hazards to which electric cables are exposed?
C Andrews (Alvern Cables) ,
Special factors that need to be taken into account when designing and manufacturing cables
