Open Standard Ethernet Network Powered Machinery Automation
There
are many
advantages to using network controlled machinery, but from
the user's point of view the most important
advantages are the operational and cost savings
that are realized. Since the machinery links
directly into the user's local
and wide area network infrastructure, the communications
platform can be monitored
and controlled
more easily at the machine level, locally
via the LAN, and remotely via the WAN. The
hardware for an intelligent machine system
that uses centralized control is easier to
plan, install, manage, maintain, and troubleshoot.
Systems that use open standard network technology
have a lower cost compared to proprietary systems.
In fact, open networks have many more advantages
than networks that are proprietary. This gives
hardware suppliers more choices and reduces
software licensing requirements. Ethernet technology
gives machine builders a way to innovate, remain
cost competitive, and provide customers with
a lower customer TCO (total cost of ownership).
Moxa
Ethernet Switches Simplify the Development
and Servicing of Printing Machines
A
leading machine builder that has been in business
for forty years has approximately
five hundred
employees
and
numerous customers worldwide. The company
delivers total printing machine solutions that
range from initial planning and production
startup to after sales service. The company
coworks
with many well-known companies, such as
Siemens and Koenig & Bauer, and sells twenty
to thirty sets of printing machine solutions
every year.
Industry
Leader in Filling
and Packaging Uses Moxa Ethernet Switches
in Machines
One
of the world's leading machine builders plans, develops, manufactures, and installs
machines and complete filling, labeling, and
packaging lines. The builder's machinery
and system solutions rely on MOXA's Ethernet
switches. As an innovator in Ethernet controlled
machine automation, the company is expanding
its integrated machine solutions, and is leading
a change in machine control that is
equivalent to putting an industrial network
onto a single machine or set of machines.
