I visited a manufacturer customer recently (I’ll refrain from mentioning their name to protect the guilty – you’ll see in a moment) and received a tour from their IT lead for the manufacturing plant. Read more
 The automotive industry is a vital piece of the economy. A recent article in Automation World tells the story of one Tier-One automotive manufacturer, American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM) as they set out to reduce downtime, improve productivity and lower costs.
 This story has a happy ending for all involved. Focusing on finding a vendor that could provide quick deployment, global reach and hardened networking products, AAM found their EtherNet/IP provider in Belden. As the Jeff Smith, technical engineering lead at AAM, points out in the article, that the ability to replace multiple fieldbuses with a single solution was key to their decision. |