American Machinist Announces Memex Automation President and CEO to Lead MTConnect Institute Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group
MTConnect Names Memex to Lead Working Group on Best Practices according to the October 11, 2010 issue of American Machinist. The article noted that the group, “Will establish guidelines for implementing open standards that would unify Machine Tools around the world and that Memex Automation President & CEO David McPhail will lead the MTConnect Institute Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group.”
MTConnect Institute is an organization that develops and provides open standards intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing controls, devices and software applications by publishing data over networks using the Internet Protocol (IP). The standards offer a solution to the exchange of data from shop floor devices to higher level systems.
At the International Manufacturing Technology Show, the MTConnect Institute proposed the establishment of the Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group (WG). This group will be essential in addressing the very important issue of providing best practices and overall guidance for the physical connectivity of the thousands of legacy machine tools in manufacturing shops around the globe. The group will be lead by David McPhail, President & CEO Memex Automation Inc., and John Turner, Director of Technology for FA Consulting and Technology, as the co-chairs and consist of manufacturing equipment providers, ISVs, consultants, and users.
Dave Edstrom, President and Chairman of the Board for the MTConnect Institute stated, “This proposed working group is critical for enabling MTConnect on the countless number of manufacturing’s legacy machine tools and I fully expect our MTConnect Technical Advisory Group to approve this new working group. We want to see an array of hardware options to enable MTConnect for both small and large installations.”
David McPhail, President and CEO Memex Automation Inc., stated, “I am excited to participate in an industry leading group dedicated to empowering productivity improvement on the shop floor for all machines.”
About Memex Automation Inc.
Memex Automation Inc., http://www.memex.ca, a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., was created to leverage the research and development of Memex Electronics, which was founded in 1992. Memex continues its tradition of serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying component hardware, memory upgrades, and visionary shop floor communication technology. Memex Automation products are “Automating the Automation” allowing a manufacturer to increase productivity and decrease costs. Memex Automation focuses on delivering value with Real-Time Machine Monitoring and Control, which utilizes OEE+DNC solutions that boost efficiency by up to fifty percent with minimal capital investment. Memex Automation is based in Burlington, Ontario.
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