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An effective and efficient manufacturing facility relies on accurate, automated control of all processes and equipment. A shop’s floor contains many components requiring careful analysis, configuration and deployment for successful production, from analog transmitters and proximity switches to motor control centers and power supplies. To ensure the highest levels of productivity and product quality, plants must implement a modern shop floor control system that communicates with all these components across each manufacturing line.

 

Shop Floor Control Tools to Modernize Your Facility

The team at Malisko understands that all plant manufacturing components must work together seamlessly to achieve these goals. We’ll work with you to learn about your existing processes and develop a strategy tailored to your operation’s unique goals and objectives.

Our vast experience in developing shop floor control solutions enables us to offer services for the most critical elements of your operation, including:

  • Electrical power distribution with monitoring, including main and sub switchgear.
  • Electrical and control panel design, including lighting and utility.
  • Instrumentation specifications.
  • Controllers, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and distributed control systems (DCSs), for processes, utilities and building services.
  • Motor control centers (MCCs) and variable frequency drives (VFDs).
  • Inline analytical equipment.
  • Machine controllers.
  • Human-machine interfaces (HMIs), including standalone and distributed.
  • Communication networks for controllers, I/O and special-purpose devices.
  • Wiring and cabling, including secure remote telemetry (wireless).
  • Process and operational data collection, storage and reporting.
  • Web-based SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
  • Secure remote system monitoring for troubleshooting and technical support.

As part of our shop floor control offerings, Malisko offers integration services for hardware, software and other equipment to deliver an efficient and cost-effective solution.

Benefits of Shop Floor Control Software

An effective production and shop floor control software solution is one of the most critical aspects of improving your shop’s efficiency. This software lets you connect all your automated equipment and components from your plant’s operations to streamline production and enable successful manufacturing. Implementing high-quality software allows you to control all your most critical manufacturing elements in real-time.

Integrating a software solution tailored to your company’s unique operation enables you to enjoy benefits like:

  • Reducing manufacturing costs.
  • Improving product quality.
  • Ensuring production consistency and minimizing errors.
  • Integrating with existing production software.

An effective and efficient manufacturing facility relies on accurate, automated control of all processes and equipment. A shop’s floor contains many components requiring careful analysis, configuration and deployment for successful production, from analog transmitters and proximity switches to motor control centers and power supplies. To ensure the highest levels of productivity and product quality, plants must implement a modern shop floor control system that communicates with all these components across each manufacturing line.

 

Shop Floor Control Tools to Modernize Your Facility

The team at Malisko understands that all plant manufacturing components must work together seamlessly to achieve these goals. We’ll work with you to learn about your existing processes and develop a strategy tailored to your operation’s unique goals and objectives.

Our vast experience in developing shop floor control solutions enables us to offer services for the most critical elements of your operation, including:

  • Electrical power distribution with monitoring, including main and sub switchgear.
  • Electrical and control panel design, including lighting and utility.
  • Instrumentation specifications.
  • Controllers, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and distributed control systems (DCSs), for processes, utilities and building services.
  • Motor control centers (MCCs) and variable frequency drives (VFDs).
  • Inline analytical equipment.
  • Machine controllers.
  • Human-machine interfaces (HMIs), including standalone and distributed.
  • Communication networks for controllers, I/O and special-purpose devices.
  • Wiring and cabling, including secure remote telemetry (wireless).
  • Process and operational data collection, storage and reporting.
  • Web-based SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
  • Secure remote system monitoring for troubleshooting and technical support.

As part of our shop floor control offerings, Malisko offers integration services for hardware, software and other equipment to deliver an efficient and cost-effective solution.

Benefits of Shop Floor Control Software

An effective production and shop floor control software solution is one of the most critical aspects of improving your shop’s efficiency. This software lets you connect all your automated equipment and components from your plant’s operations to streamline production and enable successful manufacturing. Implementing high-quality software allows you to control all your most critical manufacturing elements in real-time.

Integrating a software solution tailored to your company’s unique operation enables you to enjoy benefits like:

  • Reducing manufacturing costs.
  • Improving product quality.
  • Ensuring production consistency and minimizing errors.
  • Integrating with existing production software.

ICS Security Best Practices

This blog focuses on SCADA as a widely distributed system across facilities and remote sites, while HMI is the visualization component of SCADA. Additionally, we will explore how modern SCADA systems employ organizational concepts from ISA-101 High Performance HMI to enhance functionality and user experience.

Specifying Motor Control for Industrial Control Systems

Learn how to specify motor control for industrial systems to ensure efficient, reliable, and safe operations. This blog covers key motor control solutions, including Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), across-the-line starters, and smart Ethernet-connected combos. Discover the differences between Motor Control Panels (MCP) and Motor Control Centers (MCC), and understand the factors to consider when making informed decisions for your process industries.

What Is SCADA?: SCADA Systems Explained

Knowing the meaning of SCADA is especially important in modern manufacturing, where control systems have sprawled across facilities, driving the need for more advanced networks and computing solutions.

SCADA vs. HMI

This blog focuses on SCADA as a widely distributed system across facilities and remote sites, while HMI is the visualization component of SCADA. Additionally, we will explore how modern SCADA systems employ organizational concepts from ISA-101 High Performance HMI to enhance functionality and user experience.

Frequently Asked Questions About Smart Manufacturing

Still have questions about smart manufacturing? We can answer them.

What Is Smart Manufacturing?

Smart manufacturing applies the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to the production process. It aims to identify areas where a plant would be best served by automation and uses data to improve performance. Collecting this data typically requires integrating sensors into manufacturing equipment. 

The sensors collect information on the machine's performance and operational status, allowing plants to identify potential problems, discover slowdowns or process issues, and take note of incidents that signify pending equipment failures before they occur. It's also possible to run simulations based on the collected data to discover potential process improvements. 

What Technologies Are Part of Smart Manufacturing?

Smart manufacturing requires a range of different technologies working together. Generally, the resources involved all have some features in common, including digital information, adaptability and flexibility. Plants that embrace smart manufacturing often feature a high level of automation and networked equipment.

Smart manufacturing relies most heavily on IIoT, but it also frequently incorporates technologies such as artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, drones or driverless vehicles, and digital twinning.

How Can I Get Started With Smart Manufacturing?

The easiest way to start with smart manufacturing is to partner with a company that offers a full suite of automation and IoT services, such as Malisko.

Learn More About Shop Floor Control With Malisko

Malisko aims to solve your company’s manufacturing challenges by connecting each critical component in your operational process. Our specialists have decades of combined experience developing solutions for companies across a comprehensive industry range, from small fabrication shops to large-scale manufacturing companies. Connect with us today to learn more about how our services can benefit your operation.

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