Inductive Automation Blog

Replacing Five SCADA Systems with One

The Utility Department for Fort Smith, Arkansas, provides water and sewer service to a population of approximately 150,000 within the city limits and in the greater Fort Smith area, either directly from Fort Smith’s systems or indirectly through Fort Smith’s wholesale customers.

MES for a Top Pharma Factory in El Salvador

This project involved the implementation of a manufacturing execution system (MES) in the Salvadoran pharmaceutical industry. The project was for Gamma Laboratories, one of the top 10 pharmaceutical factories in El Salvador. Gamma has more than 280 employees.

Artificial Intelligence Drives Innovative Automation

ANDRITZ used Ignition to build a platform for training artificial intelligence in industrial automation as part of this award-winning project.

One System Replaces Many While Also Improving Mobility

ATA used Ignition to create a project that serves as an HMI, SCADA, and MES tool for Limex, touching on multiple levels of the automation pyramid. The machine interface was previously done with Ignition’s mobile module, and is currently running on the new Ignition Perspective.

Smart Technology for Paris Tramway

The Smart Mobility Platform (SMP), built with Ignition, is a project commissioned two years ago by the Products and New Technologies Department of Bouygues Energies & Services (BYES). The aim of this project is to provide a software solution empowered and customized for the Smart Mobility sector:

Greater Efficiency for Pharma Customer

This project was done for Biofarmitalia, a pharmaceutical company that’s been in business for more than 20 years. Biofarmitalia develops new technologies for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. The project was aimed at managing IT infrastructure used for quality control analysis integrating 18 types of equipment (PHmeters, scales, HPLC, GC, Spectrophotometer, TOC Analyzer, conductivity, moisture analyzer, refractometer, polarimeter, water analyzer). All analysis data is collected according to data integrity, CFR21, and GAMP5 compliance.

New Baggage-Handling System at Large International Airport

Brock Solutions worked with the Dublin Airport in Dublin, Ireland, to replace the airport’s baggage handling system in Terminal 2. Brock was able to complete this upgrade on schedule and on budget. Brock believes this is the largest Ignition airport baggage handling system in the world. The airport has been so pleased with the project, it’s planning to work with Brock to add more solutions built on the Ignition platform.

Building Management at Largest Data Center Campus in Italy

This project provided Aruba with an advanced real-time monitoring and control system for its new Global Cloud Data Center (ANSI/TIA 942 Rating 4 compliant), the largest data center campus in Italy (200.000 sqm).

More Data for State’s First Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment Plant

This was a SCADA project for the first membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant in the state of Arkansas. The City of Decatur’s plant treats water from municipal, industrial, and commercial sources. The new SCADA system provides the Utilities Department with real-time decision-making data it had never had before.

Cloud, Edge and More Enable a Fast Solution for Numerous Sites

ARB Midstream acquired a new pipeline asset which includes 36 RTUs and central gathering locations. As part of the agreement, ARB was required to completely take over pipeline SCADA in four months. Challenged with this aggressive schedule, ARB contracted Industrial Networking Solutions (INS) to deliver a SCADA solution offering cloud-based reporting, management, visibility, control, and a communications network with failover capabilities and store-and-forward technologies.