{"id":15596,"date":"2022-06-13T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automazioneindustrialeferrazza.it\/sistema-scada-industria-40\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:02:17","slug":"scada-system-industry-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automazioneindustrialeferrazza.it\/en\/scada-system-industry-40\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of a custom made SCADA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The SCADA in 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems<\/a><\/strong> (aka: SCADA<\/strong>) are a key element for industry 4.0<\/strong> and system integration technologies. Installing some last generation PLCs is not enough<\/strong> to be Industry 4.0 certified, because the factory also needs a system able to supervise the whole production, connect the different machines operating on the line and manage the whole automation plant based on the gathered data.<\/strong> The only system able to do so is a SCADA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The importance of SCADA systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a previous article<\/a> we talked about how a SCADA<\/strong> system works and what items are connected to it, based on the industrial plant it has to supervise. However, we never talked about how important<\/strong> such systems are for industries all over the world<\/strong> and how flexible and adaptable they can be. Without a software that gathers and shares all production <\/strong>with the other hardware and software systems, we couldn’t talk about Industry 4.0<\/strong>. Without those functions, it wouldn’t also be possible to monitor industrial plants such as water treatment plants (for which Ferrazza already developed a custom made SCADA<\/a><\/strong>). Vital to the correct functioning of such plants is a system capable to monitor every alarm that might be triggered during the working phases, thanks to the many installed and interconnected sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An industrial Maestro<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Supervisory systems don’t limit themselves to monitor alarms and gather data<\/strong>, though. SCADAs are also<\/strong> very efficient and useful<\/strong> to plan<\/strong> and manage the production<\/strong> cycle and how much a production line, based on the availability of raw materials<\/strong> and the recipes uploaded through control panels. A program that can tell us how much our machineries are actually going to produce and, as a result<\/strong>, how much they’re going to work, allows us to better schedule working shifts<\/strong> of human operators, robots and plants. A better and more efficient working cycle<\/strong> scheduling translates no doubt to less energy waste<\/strong> and<\/strong>, last but not least, to a better well-being of our employees<\/strong>. It’s not difficult to see how a SCADA actually behaves like an orchestra director, but for industrial machines and IT platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Do you speak PLC?”<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So far we mentioned how important SCADAs are for a more efficient industrial line and for production data gathering. But what if we wanted to share<\/strong> those data<\/strong> from our EMR to the production line<\/strong>; would it be possible without a SCADA? Unfortunately no. Shall we share<\/strong> commands and instructions<\/strong> straight from our EMR<\/strong> software to the production line<\/strong>, the PLC<\/strong> installed on the machines wouldn’t undestand a single byte of information<\/strong>. To overcome this barrier, the SCADA comes in our aid. Acting as an interpreter<\/strong> between the two different systems (EMR and PLC), the Supervisory System translates the instructions taken from the EMR into production parameters that the PLC can<\/strong> actually understand<\/strong>, so that the machines can also understand which recipe is being used to produce a certain item. Same way around, as soon as the PLC starts sending data from the production line<\/strong> to the EMR, the SCADA first has to translate the data in information that the EMR software can understand<\/strong>; otherwhise the only understandable information would be that the production is still running.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Do you need a SCADA, but you don’t know who to call? Contact us for a tailor made solution.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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