OPC Application Case Studies

OPC Drives Overall Equipment Efficiency from 65% to 75%

by Thomas R. Cutler, Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA

“In a data driven society, automated data collection is a must,” says John Foley, Network Administrator for Engineering Systems, of Pollak-APD (Actuator Products Division), a Stoneridge, Inc company. “The quicker we get information in hand, the better-off we are.” [more]

OPC used in Propylene Oxide Plant

by Yunhua Binzhou, P.R. - CHINA and Jonas Berg, SINGAPORE

Binzhou Chemical Group (BCG) is one of China's top 100 chemical companies. Purified Propylene Oxide is a precursor for a wide variety of spongy materials used for seat cushion, packing, and insulation... [more]

OPC eliminates custom drivers in engine test stand

by Jack Porter, Southfield, MI - USA

Comau Pico designs and builds test-stands for gasoline engines. OPC servers and clients were used to connect subsystems (engine controller, PLC, data acquisition systems, engineering analysis systems, quality assurance systems) in software as opposed to hardware... [more]

OPC connects large SCADA Gas Transmission System to Customer Systems

by Edgardo Roffo, Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA

TGS (a joint venture between Enron-USA and Perez Companc-Argentina) is the largest Natural Gas Transmission Company in Argentina. Their new SCADA system, based on OPC technology, allows monitoring and controlling of more than 16,000 tags of real time data... [more]

OPC links ERP software to Industrial Automation

by Anders Lif, Link ping - SWEDEN

Industrial & Financial Systems (IFS) sells and installs ERP-software (Maintenance, Production, Manufacturing, HR, Finance, Distribution, etc.) in 35 countries around the world. They have developed an OPC-Client that makes it possible to seamlessly integrate data between the ERP applications and the industrial automation environment... [more]

OPC links HMIs for Numeric-Controlled Band Saw

by Michael Ubl, Appleton, WI - USA

Our customer is a leading manufacturer of numeric controlled band saws. We used an OPC based Human/Machine Interface from Iconics as an OPC client. However, the customer can still purchase any OPC server they wish if their customer wants a different controller... [more]