Oct 11, 2010 – Written by Peter Alpern – Industry Week
Establishing Guidelines for Implementing Open Standards That Would Unify Machine Tools Around the World.
The MTConnect Institute, an organization that develops and provides open standards to foster unified machine tools in facilities worldwide, named Memex Automation to lead the working group it has established to formulate best practices and overall guidance.
David McPhail, president and CEO of Memex Automation, will lead the working group, along with John Turner, director of technology for FA Consulting and Technology. Other members of the group will be manufacturing equipment providers, independent software vendors, consultants, and users.
The Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group was introduced in September at IMTS 2010 by the MTConnect Institute and the OPC Foundation. OPC, which develops open specifications for interoperability in automation, and MTConnect have outlined a plan to develop standards called MTConnectOpcUa, which will be a set of specifications to ensure interoperability and consistency between MTConnect specifications and OPC specifications, along with the manufacturing technology equipment, devices, software or other products that implement those standards.
MTConnect is a manufacturing industry standard that is being implemented for organized distribution and retrieval of process information among CNC machine tools. Initial development of the standard was conducted jointly by researchers at the University of California-Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology, with input from machine shops, original equipment manufacturers, and machine tool manufacturers.
Memex, which is based out of Burlington, ON, Canada, is a division of Astrix Networks Inc., which supplies component hardware, memory upgrades, and shop-floor communication technology to the manufacturing sector.
“This proposed working group is critical for enabling MTConnect on the countless number of manufacturings legacy machine tools, and I fully expect our MTConnect Technical Advisory Group to approve this new working group,” said Dave Edstrom, president and chairman of the MTConnect Institute. “We want to see an array of hardware options to enable MTConnect for both small and large installations.”
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Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness With Lean and Value-Stream Mapping
/in ArticlesAs published on the website Quality Digest, link to original article.
MTConnect and Memex Support Legacy Machine Connectivity E-mail Clarification
/in Blog, Recent NewsDave Edstrom, President and Chairman of the Board for the MTConnect Institute, has requested that we clarify an earlier email where we stated, “A significant announcement at the show was the industry consortium, MTConnect, asked Memex to co-chair the Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group to develop industry standards, effectively endorsing our product direction.”
Dave Edstrom stated, “We are thrilled that David McPhail is the Co-Chair, with John Turner, of the new Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group. It is imperative that everyone understands that the MTConnect Institute has never and will never endorse any company, organization or set of products. This is why I asked Memex Automation to send out this clarification.”
MTConnect Names Memex to Lead Working Group on Best Practices
/in Press ReleasesOct 11, 2010 – Written by Peter Alpern – Industry Week
Establishing Guidelines for Implementing Open Standards That Would Unify Machine Tools Around the World.
The MTConnect Institute, an organization that develops and provides open standards to foster unified machine tools in facilities worldwide, named Memex Automation to lead the working group it has established to formulate best practices and overall guidance.
David McPhail, president and CEO of Memex Automation, will lead the working group, along with John Turner, director of technology for FA Consulting and Technology. Other members of the group will be manufacturing equipment providers, independent software vendors, consultants, and users.
The Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group was introduced in September at IMTS 2010 by the MTConnect Institute and the OPC Foundation. OPC, which develops open specifications for interoperability in automation, and MTConnect have outlined a plan to develop standards called MTConnectOpcUa, which will be a set of specifications to ensure interoperability and consistency between MTConnect specifications and OPC specifications, along with the manufacturing technology equipment, devices, software or other products that implement those standards.
MTConnect is a manufacturing industry standard that is being implemented for organized distribution and retrieval of process information among CNC machine tools. Initial development of the standard was conducted jointly by researchers at the University of California-Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology, with input from machine shops, original equipment manufacturers, and machine tool manufacturers.
Memex, which is based out of Burlington, ON, Canada, is a division of Astrix Networks Inc., which supplies component hardware, memory upgrades, and shop-floor communication technology to the manufacturing sector.
“This proposed working group is critical for enabling MTConnect on the countless number of manufacturings legacy machine tools, and I fully expect our MTConnect Technical Advisory Group to approve this new working group,” said Dave Edstrom, president and chairman of the MTConnect Institute. “We want to see an array of hardware options to enable MTConnect for both small and large installations.”
To see the full article, please click here.
MTConnect Forming Working Group on Best Practices
/in Press ReleasesThe MTConnect Institute named Memex Automation Inc. to lead the working group it has established to formulate “best practices” and provide overall guidance for the physical connectivity standards of the network it is implementing to unify machine tools in shops worldwide. Burlington, Ont. based Memex is a unit of Astrix Networks Inc. that “leverages” the R&D of Memex Electronics, a supplier of component hardware, memory upgrades, and shop-floor communication technology to the manufacturing sector.
As published on the site American Machinist, copy of article MTConnect Forming Working Group on Best Practices.
Tim Smith Joins Memex Automation As Dealer Channel Manager
/in Press ReleasesOriginal article posted in SBW!RE. Link to original article here.
Tim Smith will serve the following Team Function with Memex Automation: Dealer Channel Manager, Project Management, Resource Allocation, Site Survey Analyst, and Project Acquisition.
Smith comes to the Memex Automation team with extraordinary experience. Smith is a technology professional with over two decades of front line, integration and consulting experience in multiple IT related industries. Smith provides a focus on details and processes on which Memex Automation solutions are successfully implemented. Among his many talents are; project management, channel sales management, integration execution, client consulting, and research and development management; to successfully conceive and deploy complex enterprise level industrial connectivity projects. Trained and product certified by notable technology partners such as Motorola, Multitech, AVAYA, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Wavetrend, among a few, gives Smith a unique skill-set to bring together technologies for successful solutions.
David McPhail, President and CEO Memex Automation Inc., stated, “Tim Smith participated in the initial development of the mainstay products over the years and brings a wealth of technical and industry knowledge to the team.”