Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Motion/HMI link

The PacDrive OPC Server V2.0 offers direct and standardized access to virtually any human-machine interface (HMI), facilitating data exchange functions.

From Elau (Chicago, IL), OPC, which stands for “OLE for Process Control,” is based on Microsoft’s OLE/COM and DCOM technology. OPC offers unrestricted data exchange between different automation systems and components.

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