A human machine interface — or HMI for short — is a control terminal on machinery to let operators monitor machine functions and adjust them as needed. This interaction is through a graphical user interface — GUI for short —that allows communications to and from supervisory controls and machine HMIs. HMI hardware takes the form […]
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Application example: HMI on medical-device manufacturing equipment
Most hospitalized patients receive an IV soon after admission … and sometimes insertion of the needle is painful. But once placed, discomfort subsides — as the plastic tubing that connects the IV bag to the arm is shaped to smoothly glide into veins and remain comfortable during use. Equipment made by Silverstone Automation — the manufacturer’s […]
Remote connectivity among features of Mitsubishi Electric’s newest widescreen HMI
The latest human machine interface (HMI) from Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is the GT25 Wide HMI, an interface that monitors and controls machine components with a graphical touchscreen that connects to equipment such as PLCs, VFDs and servos. Information is displayed on high-resolution screens – 7-in. wide video graphics array (WVGA) or 10-in. wide extended […]
Weintek adds touchscreen Windows PCs to remote access platform
Weintek USA Inc., the industrial HMI solution provider expands the capability of the cMT Remote Access line of Human Machine Interface devices with the addition of the cMT-iPC10 and cMT-iPC15 industrial touch screen flat panel PC’s with embedded Windows OS. In todays manufacturing environment of continuous improvement, the analysis of production or process data is an ongoing effort. […]
UniStream 5-in. compact and connected PLC+HMI+I/Os from Unitronics
Unitronics’ newly-released 5-in. UniStream is a multifunction programmable logic controller in a compact hardware profile to include a PLC+HMI+I/O built in a single unit. The all-in-one compact PLC+HMI with built-in I/Os fills a niche in the programmable controller market — serving OEMs and system integrators who need space-saving controllers delivering the functionality to control complex […]
Weintek enhances HMI line with 15-in. wide screen
HMI provider, Weintek USA Inc. has enhanced the revolutionary remote access cMT line with the cMT3151 HMI containing not only the cMT built-in server providing universal remote access but also a 15-in. (1024 x 768) High Definition touch screen display with video capabilities that can support the most complex control systems. With all the features of a traditional […]
HMI5071L 7-in. HMIs offer lowest price ($550) and UL certification
Maple Systems HMI5071L HMIs offer a slim design, one Ethernet port, and are UL certified. The HMIs are programmed with easy-to-use EZwarePlus and users can program them to display in either landscape or portrait mode. The new 7-in. HMI5071L HMIs excel where OEMs need UL certification but also needs to keep overall design cost down. […]
HMI has WiFi connectivity for IIoT functionality — and security
WiFi is indispensable in today’s industrial controls marketplace — so control devices have evolved to include WiFi connectivity. One catch: Industrial control networks must function in realtime and be available, responsive, and secure — design objectives that often conflict with pressures to reduce costs while boosting connectivity and remote access. As a solution, Maple Systems HMI5103L […]
Touchscreen HMIs offer low-price option for local machine control
When it comes to standalone machines needing only local machine control, price is a key design consideration — and such machines demand quality HMIs at a great value. To serve such applications, Maple Systems now sells Basic HMIs for local machine control at a low cost. The Basic HMI series is suitable for companies and […]
Smart HMIs (from Maple Systems) now with MySQL database connectivity
At times it’s difficult to get valuable data from the production floor to operations and management. Here, Maple Systems Smart HMIs can help — by connecting to MySQL databases and letting plant managers send logged data and event (alarm) information to a MySQL server. Now one can synchronize sampled data to a remote MySQL server […]
