Inductive Automation Blog

SafetyChain Exhibitor Demo: The SafetyChain Module for Ignition: Leveraging Real Time Data & Driving Productivity

Learn how process manufacturers are leveraging the power of SafetyChain & Ignition to drive meaningful value in their production environments. We’ll cover how manufacturers benefit from seamlessly connected systems and the broader impact that has on various segments of their operations. You’ll hear about a case study where thousands of data points derived from a complex manufacturing process were leveraged to drastically improve quality and production metrics. Finally, we will showcase how easy it is for manufacturers to connect SafetyChain and Ignition with a live demo.

Hive MQ Exhibitor Demo: Comprehensive Data Management Solution with MQTT, Sparkplug and UNS

In today’s data-driven world, effective data management is crucial for manufacturers seeking to harness the full potential of their production assets. As industrial environments become increasingly connected, the need for a comprehensive data management solution that ensures real-time, reliable, and scalable communication is more critical than ever. HiveMQ with its enterprise MQTT platform that is highly reliable, scalable and secure provides that ideal platform working with the Ignition ecosystem. We will showcase some of our new product offerings like our Sparkplug module for DataHub enabling metrics fan out and other offerings that will complement the Ignition Edge platform, building the UNS framework to streamline data collection, integration, and dissemination, ultimately driving smarter decisions, greater operational efficiency, and supporting advanced use cases like AI.

Opto 22 Exhibitor Demo Break Through the Status Quo in Industrial Automation

Tired of closed PLC platforms with proprietary protocols and high licensing costs? This presentation shows you how Opto 22's groov products can help you break through the status quo in industrial automation. With groov EPIC and RIO systems running Ignition Edge out-of-the-box, you can control edge operations and securely democratize production data from the plant floor to IT systems—even to the cloud. Discover the open, cybersecure architecture and free support and training resources that make Opto 22 groov hardware ideal for your next Ignition project.

Breaking Through Manufacturing Challenges with DxOps Transformation

Learn how to combine consistent processes with novel concepts to break through challenges in downtime tracking and OEE visibility. In this session, RoviSys will share how their DxOps Transformation approach, used at Nice Pak, helped overcome high variation between production lines and facilities, lack of data connectivity, extensive turnover, and data integrity gaps. Learn how to standardize integration methods for better scalability and real-time tracking and see how these solutions can enhance efficiency in your facilities. Don’t miss this "how to" guide on transforming challenges into opportunities for breakthrough success!

Creating Predictive Maintenance Alert using Ignition + Canary DB

This session provides an in depth walkthrough of how Shamrock Foods Company is able to collect motor data and use it to alert maintenance personnel of a potentially failing asset. This tutorial will walk you through the steps from PLC amp data to Ignition, Ignition data sent to Canary DB, Canary DB calculations of average + Standard Deviation of data, and back to Ignition to generate alarms.

How Ignition is Enabling the Future of Oil & Gas

The oil & gas industry relies on SCADA for all its major production activities. But oil & gas companies often have large-scale, complex requirements that require unique solutions to not only monitor the field, but also integrate that data throughout the enterprise. Attend this session to learn how Ignition is meeting the unique requirements of oil & gas companies with Techneaux and Bifrost.

Ignition to ERP: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Looking to leverage Ignition to seamlessly connect with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain (D365)? This session will cover best practices and lessons learned from two perspectives: an Ignition developer, and an enterprise solutions architect. Flexware Innovation’s Ignition Team and Enterprise Solutions Team work together to merge IT with OT for true digital transformation. From this collaboration emerged a set of best practices (and lessons learned) that will be shared with the Ignition community. Presentation examples will center on D365, but the foundational architecture principles can apply to your ERP system, too.