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customer project Oil and Gas

Standardized Interface & Hardware Allow Oil & Gas Company To Rapidly Onboard New Facilities

Edge Controls combined the flexibility of Opto 22 edge devices to standardize field equipment configuration and commissioning with Ignition 8.1, Chariot MQTT Broker, and Perspective, utilizing these standards to rapidly onboard new facilities and provide users with new workflows with a fully mobile-responsive card-based user interface, all while lowering overall costs.

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case study Construction Materials

Rock Quarry Implements Ignition to Improve Visibility, Safety & Decision-Making

George Reed, with the help of Factory Technologies, was looking to further automate the processes at its quarries and make Ignition an organization-wide standard.

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Behind The Scenes Of Ignition’s Public Demo Chris Fischer Wed, 08/28/2024 - 12:07

In this first installment of Power Hour, Application Engineering Managers from Inductive Automation will share the inner workings of how IA built the Ignition public demo, offering expert development strategies and tips and tricks for Ignition Perspective along the way.

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Design Like A Pro: 25+ Tips For Lightning-Fast Development

Join industrial automation experts as they share their top tips and tricks for developing applications amazingly fast (and without compromising quality). You’ll learn about functions in the Ignition designer that shorten a project’s timeline, how to speed up scripting, time-saving techniques for using the Ignition gateway, and a whole lot more.

56 min video

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case study Manufacturing

Iron Foundry Gains Competitive Edge & Increases Efficiency with Innovative Technology

With help from Artek, Ferroloy implemented Ignition to digitally transform their disconnected foundry through efficient data collection and analysis while integrating the new system with existing software and specialized machinery.

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case study Water/Wastewater

Water Utility Implements Ignition System to Improve Efficiency, Compliance, and Reporting

California American Water found that the SCADA system at its Monterey facility was struggling to maintain the high standards required of a water utility in a “hydraulically challenged” area and chose Flexware to replace its legacy SCADA system with Ignition.

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Unlimited Edge, Unlimited Web Applications Chris Fischer Wed, 10/25/2023 - 10:22

With the recent Edge and Multi Tenant changes announced at ICC, additional architecture options are opened up for everyone who knows Ignition. We'll talk through what these mean on a technical level and discuss the types of solutions customers are investing in with these technologies and how to implement them. As always, there will be an open Q&A at the end, so bring any technical questions you have.

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webinar Pharmaceuticals

Defying Ordinary: A Deep Dive Into Unique Automation Projects

Every year, Inductive Automation shines a spotlight on modern marvels in industrial automation at the Discover Gallery, but there’s a whole lot more to these projects than we could ever capture in the showcase. In light of that, we’re diving deeper into some of this year’s most novel Ignition projects.

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New to Ignition? Learn the Lingo With This Glossary.

When you're a newcomer to the world of Ignition, it’s exciting to learn about all of the things you can do with it, but there are also some challenges. One of the challenging things is learning the various terms and acronyms associated with Ignition and with industrial automation in general. To help with that, we've put together this glossary of some of the most common terms that you'll hear. Along with a short definition, each term includes a link to further information. We hope this helps jumpstart your Ignition journey.

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What Is a Panel PC?

Most people are familiar with PCs (Personal Computers), but far fewer understand the difference between a retail PC and a panel PC. Whereas PCs are typically found in offices, panel PCs are specialized units designed to be used on or near machines in industrial environments like plant floors or remote sites. Panel PCs are built specifically to run HMI/SCADA software that allows operators to monitor and control processes in virtually every industry, including food & beverage, oil & gas, automotive, water & wastewater, and many more.

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