Bryan Harned and Amy Carter discuss some ThinManager stories and customer successes and why ThinManager’s robust feature set is needed for your automation install.

System Integrator Uses Thin Client Technology to Centralize Control of Disparate Machines and Systems
Growth, for any business, is always a good thing. But even good things have challenges. When a growing food and beverage customer found that too many new machines combined with their existing controls system were making work harder, they called on Everworks, Inc. to streamline their facility.
The customer had acquired multiple machines and new automation equipment as part of their growth strategy. Each new machine came with an OEM solution that is typically a stand-alone FactoryTalk View ME PanelView or SE Local Station. The SE instances ran on industrial computers that required continuous updates and expensive maintenance. What the customer needed was a strategy to integrate 4 OEM systems with their existing native controls to create one modern, fully automated, large food processing line.

ep19 The Plant » ThinManager Version 12. The Latest and Greatest with Nick Putman
Bryan Harned and Nick Putman discussing the all new ThinManager Version 12

System Integrator Uses Thin Client Technology to Improve Visualization for International Lime Supplier
Singleton Birch Ltd is the UK’s leading independent lime supplier with a worldwide customer base. The product range includes quicklime, hydrated lime, natural hydraulic lime, graded chalk, aggregates and other specialist products and services.
Over the last few years, Singleton Birch has worked to optimize production operations. They have moved from a localized, plant-based approach to a centralized control room scenario with field-based operators communicating directly with the CCR (Central Control Room).

Concept Systems Deploys a Modern Controls Solution for a Modern Materials Maker
When it came time for a large, northwestern U.S. timber manufacturer to choose a controls solution for a new facility, they reached out to their partners at Concept Systems. The new facility would be creating products for a growing industry—multi-story, timber-built structures.
Most of us think concrete and steel when we envision how taller buildings are designed and erected. However, modern engineered timber products have many advantages over their concrete and steel counterparts. Faster time to completion and more environmentally sustainable raw materials are just a few. These modern beams also respond better in a fire as they don’t buckle under the heat and burn very slow, allowing building occupants more time to safely exit if a fire event were to occur.

ep18 The Plant » Talking New VersaView Hardware and One ASEM Acquisition with Lindsay Raspanti
Bryan Harned and Lindsay Raspanti come together to talk about Rockwell Automation's ASEM acquisition.

ep17 The Plant » ThinManager Working Through Quarantine with Mark Westol, Alex Walker and Wende Laurin
Bryan interviews Mark Westol, Alex Walker and Wende Laurin about working remotely and dealing with life during the COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic.

Danish Navy Sails into the Future with Thin Client Technology
After 15 years of active service, the Danish Navy needed to re-fit and modernize technology aboard the Absalon-class support ship. Logimatic and ThinManager make it happen.

ep16 The Plant » ThinManager 11.2, Version 12 and BEYOND with Nick Putman and Doug Coulter
Nick Putman and Doug Coulter from Rockwell Automation join Bryan to talk ThinManager.

ep15 The Plant » PSUG and Automation Fair with Adwait Palsule from Panacea Technologies
Adwait Palsule from Panacea Technologies takes a break from presenting at Rockwell Automation's 2019 PSUG event to speak with Bryan.