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customer project Oil and Gas

Ashley Automation Boosts Efficiency

Ashley utilized the Ignition platform to facilitate everything from the local HMI, data transfer to a remote facility, data aggregation at the remote facility, and display of the information to the customer.

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customer project Manufacturing

Andritz Automation Builds a Full-Fledged Virtual Plant

The Ignition application itself is primarily an HMI for an entire pulp mill. It spans all main process areas, except for the recovery boiler. The application is composed of 71,512 tags, 107 distinct displays, and 2,333 alarms. Parameterized popups are, of course, used extensively and are available for every motor, valve, and control loop. The training functions are built into the same application and are a straightforward database application with SQL Server as the database.

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Combining the Best of OT and IT

Two worlds are converging as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) takes the controls industry by storm. This white paper examines how professionals from Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) can find common ground to establish the IIoT. Through IIoT solutions such as MQTT, a lightweight communications protocol, industrial organizations can gain the ability to easily collect data from large remote systems and share it with the enterprise level.

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case study Transportation

Clearing for Take-Off with Ignition

After understanding the needs for this particular project, we felt that Ignition was tailor-made for this. It’s a very open system, and we like the development and operation environment. We thought it was well-suited for this type of web-based system.

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icc | 2015 Panel  |  Aerospace

Integrator Panel: Meeting Today's Biggest Challenges

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customer project Water/Wastewater

Meeting a 30-Day SCADA Configuration Deadline

Thanks to Ignition, Brown met that 30-day challenge on time and under budget—while delivering unexpected value and high-end features: Remote monitoring and control functionality, automated email/text alert management, historical data management, and unlimited data points and view clients.

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customer project Oil and Gas

Thousands of Sites & Millions of Tags Easily Managed

Pioneer created a corporate SCADA group tasked with leading the development of an enterprise-class SCADA system that manages 40,000 devices (PLCs, Pump off Controllers, Embedded Control), 4-6 million tags, 14,000 sites across 2,000 unique users. Ignition was selected as the platform and Trimax Systems was selected to lead the development.

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customer project Oil and Gas

ILS Automation Develops SFC & Diagnostic Toolkits

Find out how ILS Automation developed new Ignition modules for ExxonMobil that extend the power of SCADA applications in oil and gas facilities.

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article White Paper

Scalable SCADA: Deploying Ignition in Any Architecture

The Internet continues to transform the way business is done, industries are in transition, new markets are opening, and consumer habits are shifting. Even if your architecture is working well now, is it scalable enough to adapt to unpredictable changes?

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5 Reasons Ignition is More Than Just SCADA Software

In a competitive global economy, it’s crucial to make the most of every asset your company has, including your software. Although supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software is widely used for monitoring, gathering and processing data, and controlling automated processes, it has many drawbacks and limitations. To name a few: SCADA software is hard to customize, it doesn’t "play well" with other software and systems, it is very expensive to implement and expand, and it doesn’t let you easily access real-time data. See what sets Ignition apart from other SCADA software. Read the white paper for five reasons why you can do so much more with Ignition.

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