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Process Control Programming
Whether it is a legacy Square-D Sy/Max® PLC or a state-of-the-art Allen Bradley ControlLogix PAC, I²T has the expertise to design a process control solution to fit your needs.
Principle Automation Partnerships
Schneider Electric
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Rockwell Automation / Allen Bradley
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Additionally, we can support Siemens, GE Fanuc, Omron and other leading PLC platforms. Contact us to discuss your applications. |
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HMI / SCADA Systems
Automation come in many sizes, ranging from stand-alone machine control to enterprise-wide supervisory control. I²T specializes in integrating operator interface systems using technologies from Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View and RSView32®, GE Proficy® Machine Edition and iFix, Wonderware®, and Inductive Automation Ignition™.
One of our specialties in this area include the design of client-server based HMI applications. A distributed architecture maximizes performance and security while reducing equipment and maintenance costs by leveraging the capabilities of Microsoft® Windows CE.Net and Linux based thin client terminals.
No longer must critical application servers be deployed on the factory floor where they are subject to extreme environments and abuse. A distributed architecture allows you to move critical systems to a secure data center, needing only inexpensive thin clients on the factory floor. Furthermore, your system's data is better protected from loss or theft.
Another advantage to a distributed architecture is that it can help to eliminate "islands of information". Process performance statistics and quality assurance information can be made directly available to business systems, enabling management to keep an eye on production from his or her office. Custom reporting software is available supporting formats such as Microsoft® Excel, OpenOffice Calc, Crystal Reports, and generic XML.
Furthermore, we can easily integrate data exchange with existing database system utilizing Microsoft® SQL Server®, MySQL®, PostgreSQL, Oracle®, and many others.
Custom Software
I²T can develop a custom HMI application for specialty systems such as motion control, robotics, machine vision and process instrumentation. We develop solutions using the Microsoft® .Net Framework, native C/C++ code, and legacy languages where appropriate.
Contact us today to discuss your application.
Data Acquisition
Reliable and accurate instrumentation is an important part of many systems. Do you need a product or process test fixture? Do you need to upgrade a legacy paper chart recorder? Contact us to discuss specifying a new solution from National Instruments, Yokogawa, Eurotherm, Emerson/Rosemount and others. We design PC and appliance-based systems for acquisition of:
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Industrial Networking
Industrial Ethernet is all the rage in the trade journals. However, industrial networks still come in many flavors; Modbus Plus, Modicon® S908, OVDA DeviceNet™ and EtherNet/IP™, ControlNet™, CANOpen, ProfiBus & ProfiNET, and many many more. I²T engineers can specify, design and install networks to match your needs. Do you have systems from different vendors that cannot understand each other? Let us find a translator for you. I²T can provide network bridges allowing interconnection of nearly any fieldbus on the market.
Many plant floors suffer from the "islands of information" effect where data from stand-alone machines and processes can only be retrieved via floppy disk, USB Flash drive or even pen and paper. Gathering data in this way is time-consuming and prone to error, thereby reducing your productivity. We can integrate networking solutions to automate the capture of runtime and production data allowing operators and managers to view this information in near-realtime from anywhere within your organization.
