SANTA CLARA, CA – October 10, 2019 (Microsoft IoT in Action) – BehrTechTM and MAJiK Systems have signed a strategic partnership to bring wireless connectivity to legacy Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). Together with BehrTech’s MYTHINGSTM wireless connectivity platform and MAJiK’s PLC data monitoring and analytics software suite, the integrated PLC solution provides robust, long-range, and scalable connectivity for PLC data communications in remote and complex industrial environments.
“Together with MAJiK we are bridging the gap between information technology and operational technology across legacy systems and environments,” says Wolfgang Thieme, Chief Product Officer at BehrTech. “This PLC integration solution enables you to tap into valuable production data that was previously inaccessible in isolated, closed-loop systems.”
The MAJiK integration platform collects critical data points (i.e. PLC tags) from brownfield PLCs. Through a connection to the MAJiK platform, a MYTHINGS transceiver reliably and securely transfers this data to a remote base station. Data can then be relayed to an enterprise cloud platform or on-premise application system such as a Manufacturing Execution System or Enterprise Resource Planning solution for storage, analytics, and visualization. The solution does not require PLC reprogramming and supports multiple cross-vendor PLCs and physical interfaces.
“Most legacy industrial assets, machines, and facilities are not designed to connect beyond campus networks. This creates huge data silos,” says Jared Evans, COO at MAJiK Systems. “Our PLC integration solution enables companies to transform their brownfield plants into digital factories without absorbing the costs and complexities of building an entirely new greenfield plant or reprogramming legacy PLCs.”
The partnership’s first deployment was at a remote mining site for a large Canadian gold and silver mining company. The company wanted visibility into its heap-leaching process, but, due to harsh environmental conditions, Ethernet cabling and legacy wireless solutions were not feasible. Using BehrTech and MAJiK’s PLC integration solution, the company was able to transmit critical PLC data from a previously isolated and disconnected lime silo around a 300ft heap leach to an administration building. The company can now monitor lime silo levels in real-time, providing the operational visibility needed to avoid expensive production delays and over-ordering, while improving worker productivity and safety.
About BehrTech
BehrTech offers a disruptive wireless connectivity software platform that is purpose-built for massive-scale Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks. At the core of the platform is MIOTY, a new communication technology standardized by ETSI that provides reliable, robust, and scalable connectivity unlike any other technology on the market. BehrTech is the world-wide licensee of MIOTY developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits. With its approach to interoperability, BehrTech makes it easy for end users to retrofit its MYTHINGS platform in any environment and enables partners, system integrators, and VARs to deliver fully-integrated IIoT solutions that enable data-driven decisions to be made.
About MAJiK Systems
MAJiK Systems eliminates wasted potential in manufacturing by allowing you to monitor, analyze and optimize your industrial processes in real time. MAJiK’s IIoT Software connects directly to capital equipment to retrieve and normalize manufacturing data from any PLC, HMI, CNC, SCADA System, or Factory Information Database. Based in Kitchener, ON and active throughout USA, Canada and Mexico, MAJiK works in diverse sectors such as Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods, Industrial Supply, Process Engineering, Mining and Farming.
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