Technology Update: SCADA evolves toward MES

Today's SCADA systems are evolving beyond supervisory control and data acquisition with greater functionalities and integration capabilities. In Food Engineering's 2001 Best Manufacturing Practices Survey (Feb., '01), only five percent of respondents reported...

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How do you integrate an existing WinCC project into a STEP 7 project?

Configuration Notes:The following WinCC components must be installed to be able to import a WinCC project into a STEP 7 project: SIMATIC Device Drivers Object Manager AS-OS Engineering These components are on the WinCC Installations CD (Fig. 01). Furthermore,...

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Where are Standards Headed?

The merging of EN ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 is underway. Navigate the path to unification and find out how it will be an opportunity for clarification, simplification and resolution of known issues. By Derek Jones, Business Development – Safety, Rockwell Automation What do you think about machinery safety standards? Are they a help or a hindrance? There...

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