PLANT FLOOR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
Continuous improvement of business operations is essential to the ongoing
success of every company and no where is there greater room for such
improvement then by providing decision makers with valuable real-time plant
information.
By configuring and deploying such industry leading plant intelligence
software such as GE Fanuc Automation's
Proficy™ Historian (formerly known as "Intellution® iHistorian™")
- a plant data repository to collect, archive and distribute large volumes
of real-time, plant floor information - and
Proficy™ Real Time Information Portal (formerly known as "Intellution® infoAgent™")
- a web-based single, integrated tool for accessing, analyzing and
visualizing production data, AUTOMATION SCIENCES GROUP, INC. provides
shop-floor to boardroom solutions that deliver the right information to the
right people, where they need it, when they need it, in the form they need
it. The result is
ASG helps our clients make measurable
improvements to their process or manufacturing operations that assist them in
achieving their business goals and improve their competitive position.
HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES (HMI)
Using HMI/SCADA software, such as GE Fanuc Automation®
Proficy™ HMI/SCADA-iFIX (formerly known as "Intellution® iFIX™"), to grab real-time snapshots
of temperature, pressure, flow rate, position, speed, weight, and contact
closure,
our customers monitor the plant floor ("process visualization") and acquire data
for reporting and analysis.
ASG has developed report generation, data archiving and user
interface tools to enhance the productivity of HMI software. These tools identify trends and
help to remedy small anomalies before they become the big problems that shut
down or idle a production line.
ASG is also experienced in customizing standard HMI
packages, providing custom interfaces through programming tools such as
Visual BASIC and VBA, and converting HMI
configurations from many of the leading suppliers (such as Wonderware®
InTouch™), along with older generations and versions of Intellution’s
(now "GE Fanuc Automation®") HMI/SCADA software (such as FIX32™, FIX/DMACS™,
iFIX™) family, to the GE Fanuc Automation® Proficy™ family of
Automation and Production software.
PLANT DATA REMOTE ACCESS
Using and acting on plant data often requires that data be accessible to key
personnel wherever they may be and not just in the control room.
Advances in web-based, wireless, and computer telephony technologies make it
possible to deliver important plant information to those that need it over
phone, pager, cell phone, PDA, Tablet PC, email, and web browsers.
ASG can provide you process visualization using
thin-client and terminal server technology (such as GE Fanuc Automation
Proficy™
iClientTS™), alarm notification over phone or email (such as Specter
Instruments Win911™ alarm
notification system), or plant information analysis over the internet (such
as GE Fanuc Automation
Proficy™ Real Time Information Portal)
PILOT PROJECTS AND QUICK INSTALLS
If you’re considering using
a pilot project to prove out technology or to evaluate return on future
investment in automation, ASG
can deliver a
representative functioning system at a low price with low risk. ASG
uses its expertise with GE
Fanuc Automation Proficy™
Automation and Production software to give you a head start on your
automation project by delivering a small pilot to assist you in proving out
technology and payback for your application.
If
you’re embarking on an in-house automation project ASG
will have you up and running faster, with a no-surprises installation and a
solid head start on achieving your objectives. The result is you save time
and money getting started, and payback starts sooner.
POST-DEPLOYMENT SERVICES
ASG understands that the investment in any automation or plant
intelligence system can be substantial and the expectations of ongoing
return on investment are high. To this end, ASG
provides its clients with a range of post-deployment services to maintain
optimal performance of any system or to enhance its functionality to adapt
to new manufacturing challenges not foreseen during the original deployment.
These services include scheduled “check-ups” of system integrity and
performance, system backups and recovery, and on-site application
assistance. Directly or through partnerships with industry leading educators, we can also provide training and
e-Education (product and/or application specific continuing education and
skill gap analysis using a web browser over the internet or a client’s
intranet),
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