How do you go from serial comms to serious SCADA without downtime or compromise?
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Varland Plating has provided high quality, precision barrel-plated finishes to their customers since 1946. Varland manually performed plating operations until the early 1990s. Then automated systems improved turnaround times and product quality. More recently, the company saw the advanced capabilities of Opto 22's groov products—smaller equipment footprint, Ethernet, data visibility, and more—and entered a new era of industrial automation.
In this case study, find out how Varland Plating was able to bring a 30-year-old automation system into the future without downtime or compromising their SCADA goals.
This application story covers:
- Why it was necessary to make the move from serial systems to Ethernet
- How groov EPIC module GRV-CSERI-4 was a game changer in the system redesign
- Why open communication systems between legacy and new equipment were crucial in making the upgrade happen
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