IIoT and legacy machine connectivity
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects equipment signals with usable operational information. Jantek scopes machine data acquisition from PLCs, drives, meters and additional sensors, including brownfield equipment with limited documentation.
The engineering review establishes interface compatibility, tag meaning, sampling needs, timestamps and local buffering. Protocols such as OPC UA, Modbus TCP/RTU or MQTT may be considered where supported; the choice follows the equipment and architecture rather than a fixed technology stack.
MES, ERP and shop-floor integration
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration can link production orders, product identifiers, machine events and completed quantities. The scope should define which system owns each record and how failed exchanges are reconciled.
For example, a completed machine cycle can be associated with the active order, while a stoppage event can prompt operator classification and maintenance follow-up. The deliverable is a coordinated workflow with accountable owners.
Brownfield modernization and PLC upgrades
Machine retrofits and control-system migration help manufacturers address obsolete components, integration limits and supportability. Jantek’s work includes PLC/HMI integration, drive upgrades, equipment interfacing and installation and commissioning support.
Before selecting hardware, review I/O, electrical drawings, program backups, sequence logic, interlocks and available shutdown windows. A brownfield modernization plan must account for production continuity and testing, not only component replacement.
Quality traceability and recipe verification
Connect batch or SKU identity with machine settings, inspection results and process records. Recipe verification compares actual parameters with approved limits and provides a traceable path for handling deviations.
Any automatic recipe transfer or equipment write-back needs authorization, validated limits, local control interlocks, acknowledgement and an audit trail. Machine safety and time-critical control require their own engineering validation.
OEE, downtime and maintenance workflows
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) combines availability, performance and quality. Useful OEE analysis depends on agreed planned production time, ideal cycle rates, total counts and good counts. Incorrect source definitions can create misleading results.
Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance projects need representative sensor data, operating context and validated baselines. Industrial AI/ML should be assessed against data quality and actionable maintenance outcomes before committing to a model.
On-premise industrial data integration
A local edge architecture can keep acquisition, buffering and selected applications operating at the plant. Where cloud services are useful, define which data leaves the site and how the system behaves during an internet outage.
Jantek’s feasibility review considers network access, system ownership, backup and recovery, support arrangements and integration dependencies. Local deployment still needs disciplined maintenance and access controls.
