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Remote Terminal Unit Manufacturers: The Ultimate Guide

If you ever want to hear a lot of crickets, ask a room full of engineers if they like having a partial solution. Ask a crowd of technicians if they enjoy not having all the right tools for the job. You'll be met with a nearly profound silence. That is if it isn't drowned out by laughter. We all know that a partial solution is no...

2020-2021 Guide for Remote Monitoring of Industrial Equipment

Machinery and equipment are the core of modern industrial operations - without them, there is no operation. When machinery works as designed, products are made; when it doesn't, they're not. Operating budgets and company profitability are based on an anticipated amount of uptime per piece of machinery. So, improving maintenance reliability increases machine uptime percentages, while safeguarding revenue. Conversely, the over-dedication of maintenance resources to industrial machinery can...

Using Oil and Gas Monitoring Equipment for Your Remote Sites

Anyone who has ever walked on an oil or gas field in Oklahoma or North Dakota knows that there are extremes at play. Baking heat and searing wind can quickly be replaced by extreme cold and frigid, thick snowfalls. You may also deal with extreme remoteness - the hundreds and thousands of fields spread out over the country are in hard-to-reach and often wildly inhospitable areas. And yet,...

Systemizing Communication Protocol: Automation Strategies for Industrial Environments

With the rise of the Internet of Things and the coming age of 5G connectivity, much thought and investment has gone into developing communications networks within industrial settings. As more and more data is collected, industry managers can make more informed decisions. This will improve maintenance schedules, production yields, and future best practices. Realistically, however, not every piece of equipment speaks the same language. Many different...

Best Network Telemetry Tools for the Healthcare Industry

A hospital or healthcare facility is often a place where people can least afford to have things go wrong, and they're places where just about anything can go wrong. From security to temperature to communications, the healthcare industry has a million moving parts that have to run smoothly. It can be literally a matter of life and death. That's why the healthcare industry has a vested...

Implementing an Effective Security Warehouse System with Surveillance and Alarm Capabilities

The humble warehouse plays an outside role in the operation of many companies. Literally, a house for cared-for commodities, warehouses contribute an important service to their industries. Warehouses give products and supplies a place to be when they're not in motion. So, warehouses are the buffer, the damper, and the sponge which soak up excess products when there are too many and release them when there...

The Top 3 Hospital Security Access Control Best Practices

In recent years,over 20 million pills went missing from hospitals across America . These are called "diversions" - otherwise known as skimming medications - and are more commonly known as "thefts."In the first half of 2018 alone, more than 18 million pills were diverted, valued at more than $164 million. Clearly, pill theft at hospitals is a costly epidemic (and not merely in dollars). We don't like to think about...

Why Industrial Remote Monitoring is Critical to Prevent System Failure

As the saying goes: everything that can be monitored, should be monitored. Whether by human eyes or digital sensors, staying aware of the condition of industrial equipment is the only way to prevent costly accidents and downtime. For many large companies, factories, and municipalities in the oil and gas, power generation, and wastewater treatment industries, remote monitoring of important equipment is essential. The issue is this: all...

Efficient Substation SCADA Design for Preventing Downtime in Utilities

In 1880, the town of Wabash, Indiana, became the first city to have electric lights. In 1882, the first central power station opened in Godalming, England. Later that year, Thomas Edison built the first electric station - Pearl Street Station - in New York. This all seems like a long time ago, but in the scope of human history, it wasn't. In a short time, though, our lives...

How to Use SCADA Equipment for the Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry has a very large footprint. Across the three broad sectors - upstream, midstream, and downstream - that footprint includes many examples of remote sites hosting expensive, important assets. Assets from wellheads to pipelines to holding tanks are often more than two hours away from the nearest maintenance worker. This causes delayed responses, which can allow problems to worsen. SCADA equipment for oil and gas companies helps...