Industrial control and automation can be complex. At Maple Systems, we want to break the barrier between knowledge and know-how to make sure every engineer and operator is fully prepared for whatever task comes their way.
While making the system mobile allows for flexibility around the facility, it also makes it difficult to connect to the local network for the machine to send system notifications or perform diagnostics as there may not always be a convenient network port at that location.…
Read More OEM adds Wi-Fi for improved flexibility and visibility
Industry: Pharmaceutical EquipmentLocation: Midwest USACompany Size: 250+ people Project History The OEM customer uses a Touchscreen Industrial Panel PC for their production-series tablet pressing machines. This rotary tablet press boasts features essential for successful mid-sized tableting without the full-scale price. The application requires a cost effective 12” panel…
Adding a Maple Industrial Box PC & Monitor Read how a water treatment & pump company chose a Maple Systems Industrial PC solution to accommodate the challenges of their application that a standard PC could not survive. Enaqua is a California based Grundfos Company that…
Read More Water Treatment company chose Maple Systems Industrial PC over a standard PC
Choosing a two-piece solution allows the customer the option of replacing just the touch monitor if the display became damaged, as this was a frustrating maintenance issue for the customer in the past. This maximizes uptime for the PC application and is a quick and…
Aqua Sierra Controls worked with North Tahoe Utilities to complete necessary end-of-life equipment replacements and control system upgrades at a water treatment plant. Our PC solution met their three main requirements: a high-brightness display, Wi-Fi accessibility, and a Windows operating system. Visit the Aqua Sierra…
Read More Our high-brightness industrial panel PC with Wi-Fi checked all the boxes
De Dietrich Process Systems is composed of the organizations formerly known as De Dietrich Glass Lining, Rosenmund-Guedu, and QVF Process Systems. The company is now one of the most comprehensive global suppliers of engineered systems, equipment, and services in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries.…
Read More Adding functionality to the Powder Pump with a Maple Systems HMI+PLC
Ken Roach, Senior Controls Engineer at Fives Lund, tells us about their choice of a Maple Systems Industrial PC for controlling the new, rotating glass floor in the Space Needle. Project Scope In September 2017, the Space Needle commenced construction on the largest renovation project…
One of our customer’s has large stainless steel rolling equipment that use a legacy PLC and drives for basic control functions. They added an HMI for viewing alarm conditions and making adjustments to the parameters in the PLC and drives, but the full machine is…
Read More By adding Wi-Fi to their machine, this OEM improved safety and productivity
Read How the Golden Gate Bridge’s Road Zipper Uses a Maple HMI to Save Lives After over 70 years without an appropriate boundary, a movable barrier system called the Road Zipper, was adopted in 2015 as the solution to a safer Golden Gate Bridge. The…
Read More Golden Gate Bridge’s Road Zipper uses a Maple HMI to save lives
Industry: GovernmentLocation: Nashville, Tennessee, USA Targetbotics®, LLC designs, builds and installs target control systems for military and law enforcement firing ranges. The targets include turners, steel pop-ups, and movers. The control systems use only commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) industrial microprocessor-based components and avoid the need for traditional computers…
Read More Targetbotics Continues to Use Maple Systems OIT as Their First-Choice Control Solution
Read our Q&A with Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) Vice President Thomas Patko about why they chose Maple Systems as part of their HiQDT smart digital sensor solution. The HIQDT smart digital sensors have integral industry standard RS-485 Modbus RTU communications, allowing them to be…
The fundamental idea behind creating Silverstone Automation was to help manufacturers reduce production costs by creating operator-friendly, reliable, and compact automated assembly equipment. For their standard SilverCATH 1100 and 2200 catheter-tipping machines, the machine’s purpose is to accurately form introducer and catheter tips so that…