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Follow on Google News | The Shift to Industrial NetworksAutomation GT can connect your automation systems’ controls to one platform, for increased management control, security, and operational efficiency.
By: Automation GT “What we’ve begun to do at Automation GT is to standardize the tools that automation systems operate on and network them to the same controls operating platform. Instead of various machines reporting (or not reporting) to separate and isolated data repositories, all machines report to one master platform where you can view data for each specific machine as well as a comparative summary view of all operating systems” Currently machines are installed with custom code, custom configuration, custom reporting, and custom management. Instead of having a unique configuration for each machine, Grant suggests that systems be on a standardized platform so users can look at any machine through the same interface and view aggregate data that can be crunched and compared. Automation GT can build machines on an integrated IT infrastructure so that users can store information on a shared database. With this in place, identity profiles can be set up for management and access control to the machine. The ability to read data or make code changes will only be permitted to authorized users upon login. “This level of regulation isn’t normally practiced because until now the technology didn’t exist. That is going to change and Automation GT is among the first custom automation houses to offer it. We have world-class control engineers who are already doing it for our customers that operate internationally” states Grant. Another added bonus of placing automation systems onto a shared infrastructure is centralized “recipe” management. “We have a customer that uses automation to build patient specific medical devices. They have 700+ spreadsheets of code for any one order” As the automation industry progresses, more and more companies will network their systems together. The level of control management, security, and information is unparalleled to any other applicable technology. “You need a unified relationship between your engineering group, your automation and controls group, and your IT group. When all those three are aligned and able to communicate, you have the ability to use the tools from the IT side, the controls and software side, and train your mechatronics to listen and talk to all of these. Once you have this union, this trifecta, it is a very powerful system” About Automation GT Automation GT partners with clients to design and manufacture automated assembly, inspection, and test systems within Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology markets. Automation GT also provides build to print manufacture and retrofit upgrades. FDA-standard compliance, documentation, and lifetime service and maintenance are all part of the company’ End
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