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Choosing the right HMI: Three considerations to help optimize efficiency and productivity
Written by Jesse Benefiel, Red Lion Controls October 19, 2011
Modern HMIs are more than just high-tech replacements for push buttons. They are tools with advanced capabilities that allow them to increase equipment productivity at little or no increase in…
How to select the best touchscreen LCD monitor for your application
Written by Herb Ruterschmidt, TRU-Vu Monitors, Inc. September 02, 2011
Touchscreen monitors are everywhere. The great thing about them is that they are extremely easy to use. A touchscreen functions like an invisible keyboard, but it displays only as much…
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What are latest trends in HMI? What should you look for or be aware of when you browse the market in search of new HMI solutions? The purpose of this…
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EAO Switch Corporation, a Milford, Conn.-based global supplier of HMI components and systems, has released a white paper on the effective design of HMI systems. Entitled Human Machine Interface Systems,…
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High performance HMIs: Harsher safety standards transform the HMI landscape
Written by Hector Perez July 22, 2010
A new era of the human-machine interface (HMI) is upon us. Harsher safety and compliance standards have persuaded many operating companies to replace their "traditional" graphics with high-performance HMIs -…
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The signal is clear: Process signature technology meets today's quality control needs
Written by David Mannila and Randy Martin November 23, 2009
Statistical process control (SPC) has been used for many years to continuously monitor and improve manufacturing processes. However, there is a limit to the level of understanding traditional SPC quality…
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Moxa embedded computers take the Smart Grid to power substations
Written by MA Staff October 07, 2009
Engineers at Moxa have been designing communication network solutions that satisfy the strict, many-fold requirements of industrial automation for over twenty years. Their equipment enables power utilities to offer uninterrupted…
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Located on the picturesque shores of Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, Ont., is a growing community. And since it was recently ranked as one of the top ten cities for business…
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Enclosures help BMW expand storeroom space, manufacturing capacity
Written by Ed Romaine March 01, 2005
When BMW Manufacturing Corp. decided to introduce the world's first luxury sport activity vehicle at its South Carolina plant, the X5 SAV, the automotive manufacturer knew it would have to…
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Space case: Automated storage and retrieval system boosts inventory capacity and control
Written by Ed Romaine September 22, 2005
Steady growth in its network systems and components business swelled Cabletron Systems inventory of manufacturing components and testing equipment from 850 SKUs to 6,500 SKUs. This growth threatened to push…
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