Case Studies and examples on solving OPC, Database, Remote Data, DDE, Excel & other Automation & Control Integration Challenges

Proven in the Field: How Cogent DataHub Enables Smarter Integration

Below are examples of how the Cogent DataHub helps users, integrators, and machinery builders address integration challenges. Whether you are in these industries or not, their stories could inspire your solution in your line of business.

Aerospace

• Lunar mining - RSView to Linux Controller integration
• Drone control

Automotive

• Automotive Mirror Manufacturing - PLC to OPC to Excel Integration
• Paint Shop Air Flow Optimization - ABB PLC to OPC to MySQL Integration at Saab

Building Products

• OPC to MES Integration via ODBC with scripting, calculations and email Notifications at Fenclo

Chemicals

• DataHub Enables Modular Procedural Automation at Air Liquide
• Process Control, OPC, SQL Database Integration with web-based data visibility at Fielding Chemicals
• OPC to Linux and PLC integration 
• Secure data tunneling, OPC, & SQL integration in plastics manufacturing

Electronics

• Battery production MES integration with Citect and OPC devices with changing datasets

Facilities Management

• Real-time Security Monitoring OPC, Mathworks Simulink data integration
• Facility hot water heating management - OPC, web-HMI 
• Access security & building management integration using OPC, DDE and Schneider Electric's building automation systems
• High-security remote facility monitoring with Siemens SCADA systems

Food/Beverage

• Alarming, end-of-shift report generation & integration with RS-Linx and Rockwell PLCs at Coca-Cola Ireland
• Control system upgrade commissioning and testing results in over $21mm in downtime savings using OPC data tunneling
• Namibia Breweries Ltd leverages off-the-shelf OPC software for sustainable manufacturing in a tough environment
• Namibia Breweries Enterprise Integration

Healthcare

• Biomedical Engineering project support 

IT/Data Centers

• HVAC Monitoring in Data Centers - Video story

Machinery Building

• Production status, MES integration in excavator manufacturing

Manufacturing

• OPC Empowers Fire Equipment Manufacturer to Integrate Multiplatform Control System

Mining

• Linux MES to OPC Operations Data Integration in Aluminum Smelting Operation
• Secure remote site integration with OPC, Excel, and Simulation System integration
• Connecting corporate and site control systems in remote silver mining operations with DeltaV, SQL server, and business systems
• Camera system, expert system and DeltaV integration

Oil/Gas

• Telvent SCADA, Sybase & Oracle Database, and OPC leak-detection system integration at BP Pipeline
• Optimizing OPC Redundancy with Rockwell PLCs, Iconics HMI, in the Mukhaizna oil field
• Secure, firewall friendly OPC data transmission between remote offshore sites and central office at Total Exploration & Production
• Large Scale Secure Alarm Networking & Aggregation at Trans-Anatolian Pipeline

Pharmaceutical

• Data aggregation and secure OPC data transmission Yokogawa DCS and GE PLC control systems at Teva Pharmaceuticals

Power/Utilities

• Oracle database logging of ABB MicroSCADA IEC 61850 data for substation monitoring
• Secure OPC Tunnelling Between Power Plants and Company Offices
• Power generation, distribution, and usage monitoring on islands of St. Maarten, Suriname, St. Kitts, and Antigua
• Remote power plant efficiency gains through secure data monitoring video case study
• Monitoring Boiler Systems from a Real-Time Cloud

Process Control

• Simplifying FactoryTalk View to OPC connections in process simulation systems

Pulp/Paper

• Networking Control and Video Systems for Quality Control at Kimberly-Clark

Renewable Energy

• Cloud accessible biomass reactor monitoring 
• Wind farm operator calms a battle of bat safety vs power generation demands
• Wind farm monitoring using OPC data aggregation at Turkish Electric Transmission company
• Wind farm data collection to OSIsoft Pi system 

Textiles

• Textile looms HMI to iba System OPC server integration
• Integrating Delta Tau CNC, Exor HMI, OPC & SQL Server for textile production efficiency monitoring & troubleshooting

Water/Wastewater

• City of Montreal water system upgrade - redundant, secure remote OPC data collection, aggregation & monitoring