Written in C, this application connects a camera with a TCP/IP network. [...]

Continental’s plant in Korbach stems from a rubber making tradition dating back to 1907. In 2002 an amazing 34,000 km of rubber and 14 million tyres were produced. The plant, located in the middle of Germany, continues to innovate. The plant is standardized on Siemens S5 and S7 PLC’s and Beckhoff IPC with Twincat for control and WinCC for SCADA applications. Until recently each process could be considered an island of automation. New market opportunities are converted into new production processes in unique and effective ways. The solutions adopted by the team in Korbach deliver exceptional returns on investment. How do they do it?

The ATS OPC SQL Agent is a standard product with data transfer capabilities. It also takes care of rule based data transfer, supports XML, MSMQ, SOAP, COM and DCOM. It’s a low cost, effective option for any company who wants to connect the shop floor control systems to the IT systems”
Dr. Michael Hoppe
IT & Software Development Manager
ATS Germany [...]