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350 years, 19,008 positions & a smarter way to manage radioactive waste

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jul 1, 2026 5:28:37 AM

New case study shows you how a SCADA integrator turned a patchworked, incomplete design specification into a streamlined monitoring solution.

How do you monitor radioactive waste activity and storage that will move continuously for decades—while collecting thousands of critical position measurements every second? 

This was the challenge facing SCADA system integrator TUVI & Co. Ltd., a Bulgarian engineering firm.

They needed to track 19,008 cell positions across 66 permanent storage cells, plus 122 in a temporary storage building. Every move has be be recorded, and every position confirmed. 

Opto 22's new case study explains how TUVI achieved it.

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Topics: Case studies, groov EPIC, Ignition, SCADA

Working closely with Australian partners to better serve you

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jun 24, 2026 7:14:07 AM

A new webinar series highlights the strong partnership between Inductive Automation Australia, Binford Tech, and Opto 22 to offer complete solution packages to customers in the region.

Australian engineers are increasingly asked to connect more systems, modernize aging infrastructure, improve cybersecurity, and deliver real IIoT results. Can you do it without ripping out existing systems that work?

This new two-part webinar series shows how you can.

Join Opto 22, Inductive Automation’s only hardware Premier Technology Partner, Inductive Automation Australia, and Australia-based distributor Binford Tech for a practical presentation on how modern industrial hardware can simplify secure edge deployment with Ignition.

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Topics: Case studies, MQTT, Ignition Edge, groov EPIC, Ignition, edge computing, groov RIO, webinar

Bringing a legacy SCADA system to the edge

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jun 3, 2026 6:41:24 AM

Watch the next episode in the Who's groovin video series and see how to build secure, resilient, and scalable SCADA systems.

Would you trust a SCADA system that takes five minutes just to confirm that a pump turned on? At the Genesee County Drain Commissioner’s Division of Water and Waste Services in Michigan, they didn’t have much choice.

In this edition of the Who’s groovin video series, see how Genesee County replaced slow radio polling with edge-based MQTT Sparkplug communications—giving their operators a real-time view of what’s happening at all of their 180 sites.

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Topics: Case studies, Videos, Water & wastewater, MQTT, groov EPIC, SCADA, Who's groovin

Ending communication failures across 180 remote sites

Posted by Janice Colmer on May 20, 2026 9:46:06 AM

New case study explains how Genesee County Drain Commissioner - Water & Waste Services solved their slow radio polling communication problem over 600 square miles.

Communication breakdowns in industrial systems aren’t just frustrating—they’re costly, disruptive, and often difficult to diagnose. 

The Genesee County Drain Commissioner Division of Water & Waste Service (GCDC-WWS) in Michigan struggled with the communication slowdowns in their legacy radio polling system. Poor alarming meant operators could not reliably fine-tune the pumping stations. With 180 remote sites across 600 square miles, these delays became unacceptable.

This new case study shows you how they solved the problem.

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Topics: Case studies, Water & wastewater, MQTT, groov EPIC, Sparkplug, MQTT implementation, edge computing, groov RIO

Keeping data centers cool with groov

Posted by Janice Colmer on May 20, 2026 9:42:51 AM

The Who's groovin video series continues with episode 6 and a liquid cooling strategy that can handle data center demand.  

How do you keep a data center cool when the servers inside generate far more heat than traditional cooling systems can handle? Then consider AI workloads being added to the mix and creating new challenges.

That’s when Nautilus Data Technologies knew they had to leverage a stand-out strategy: liquid cooling.

Who’s groovin episode 6 shows you how they turned years of real operating experience into a new OEM opportunity. Watch:

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Topics: Case studies, Videos, OEM, groov EPIC, data center, Who's groovin

From guesswork to real-time: how automated counting transforms manufacturing

Posted by Janice Colmer on May 6, 2026 7:05:19 AM

Learn how a manufacturing facility eliminated physical inventory counting and turned to automation for unmatched accuracy.

Are your operations struggling with production tracking and inventory discrepancies? Are manual systems slowing you down? 

OptoPartner MAC Automation was asked to solve this problem for a multi-facility manufacturing operation in the Southeastern United States and New England.

See how edge-based controls became the solution.

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Topics: Case studies, groov EPIC, Ignition, OptoPartner, smart manufacturing, manufacturing

New case study: when a distributor becomes a manufacturer

Posted by Janice Colmer on Apr 29, 2026 7:23:26 AM

Learn from Rutherford & Titan's experience of going from strictly selling to completely building their own liquid nitrogen systems.

As a distributor, you can choose what you sell, but you don’t control how it’s built, how consistent it is, or how it behaves when something goes wrong. You’re tied to other people’s factories, schedules, and quality standards. 

Sound familiar? As a cryogenic equipment distributor, Rutherford & Titan experienced all these limits firsthand.

When their customers were calling on them for support even after product installations, they knew they had to take their operations to the next level and have more control of the whole process.

Read the new case study that explains how and why they went from reseller to manufacturer.

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Topics: Case studies, Remote monitoring, groov EPIC, data visualization, groov RIO, manufacturing

Automating pumps at the edge

Posted by Janice Colmer on Apr 8, 2026 7:23:13 AM

Learn from OptoPartner MAC Automation as they share how to achieve edge-based pump control using MQTT, cloud SCADA, and groov EPIC.

If you’re looking for insight into how IIoT and smart automation strategies can transform hard-to-reach operations, this new case study from OptoPartner MAC Automation offers a clear, real-world example of what’s possible—and why it matters. 

See what makes their application so compelling.  

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Topics: Case studies, MQTT, groov EPIC, OptoPartner, SCADA

See why solar plants are groovin'

Posted by Janice Colmer on Apr 8, 2026 7:19:21 AM

The Who's groovin' video series continues with a look at how to create data visualization from isolated plant operations across thousands of miles.

How do you manage dozens of solar plants built by different teams, spread across thousands of miles, and still keep power flowing every day?

For CVE Chile, that was the challenge. Each site ran its own controls with no shared way to track performance or to identify problems.

In episode 5 of the Who's groovin video series, we'll show you how CVE found a way to bring visibility and reliability to solar power plants across the vast terrain in Chile.

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Topics: Case studies, Videos, OEM, groov EPIC, Who's groovin

Who's groovin with EPIC?

Posted by Janice Colmer on Apr 2, 2026 7:41:46 AM

See how ALTA Refrigeration went from a custom engineering house to a scalable industrial OEM in episode 4 of the Who's groovin video series.

Have you watched the new video series Who's groovin yet? Each video highlights a real customer application and the system that was built to fix a real problem. 

Here's your chance to watch episode 4 featuring ALTA Refrigeration.

See how they were able to scale a nationwide fleet of industrial equipment without growing their service team.

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Topics: Case studies, Videos, OEM, groov EPIC, Who's groovin

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