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Edge Computing

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 4, 2018 11:30:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories

 

 
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Pneumatechnique: Enclosure Constructor Cuts Costs with Automation Solution from Rittal

[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 18, 2018 9:11:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories, We Are Rittal

British enclosure constructor Pneumatechnique Ltd. was looking for ways to reduce its operating and overhead costs through automation. It found the solution it needed at Rittal: The Perforex machining center reduces the machining time for enclosures, improves the accuracy of recurrent working operations, and allows specialist production staff to be deployed more efficiently.

“Today, we can complete a project in 20 minutes that would previously have taken four hours. At the same time, quality has improved.” Adam Wilson, Production Manager at Pneumatechnique Ltd.

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Nestlé, Switzerland: Hygienic Design at the Research Center

[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 16, 2018 11:50:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories

 

Food hygiene. The Nestlé Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Orbe, Switzerland, is the group-wide research and development center for coffee, chocolate drinks and malt beverages. Nestlé demands state-of-the-art process technology, high availability and hygienic design from its suppliers when purchasing new machines. Enter Rittal.

"We simply want to acquire the best and most modern products the market has to offer."  - Phillipe Demarque, Project Manager, Nestlé PTC Orbe

Efficient cleaning

Nestlé has drawn up a comprehensive hygiene specification for all open processes in foodstuffs production. This stipulates how electrical cables are to be fixed in place, regulates the cleanability of

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Water Treatment Plant Challenge: Pumping out a Powerful Solution for Metro Vancouver

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 29, 2017 10:11:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories

As the second largest secondary treatment facility in Canada, Metro Vancouver Regional District’s Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (MV AIWWTP) in Delta, B.C., presently serves about 1.3 million people in 14 member municipalities in the Fraser Sewerage Area (FSA).

The pumping facility at the Annacis Island plant is a critical part of the infrastructure, as collection and conveyance systems transport the FSA wastewater to the plant. The three 1,200-horsepower influent pumps and four 684-horsepower trickling filter pumps have been in service for about two decades and were at their end-of-life stage. These large pumps regulate the level of raw sewage in the wet well, conveying it into the treatment plant. Should these fail during high flow situations, there are overflow gates, but these bypass raw wastewater into the Fraser River, which would lead to consequential fines and penalties due to its environmental impact. The trickling filter pumps power the flow of the partially treated waste over trickling filters for secondary treatment, which capture most of the bacteria before the final purification processes.

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Solutions for Energy Efficiency and Recycling Issues related to a Deep Water Drill Ship Installation

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 27, 2017 8:09:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories

The Challenge

Manufacturers in the marine and offshore space face unique challenges. Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA), a manufacturer of electrical power and control systems headquartered in Montague, PEI, encountered one with its hybrid power initiative, the first hybrid drill floor destined for installation on ultra-deepwater drill ships operated by Transocean, Swiss offshore drilling contractors.

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Rittal and IBM Welcome First Tenants to Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 15, 2017 12:11:00 PM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Rittal Success Stories

The companies partner to launch the Lefdal Mine Datacenter, revolutionizing the data storage and colocation industry.

Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD), which opened in May 2017, represents a revolution in data storage and colocation. The LMD, a collaboration between Rittal, IBM and the government of Norway, is a game-changer in data storage. It represents the most cost-effective, secure, flexible, and green datacenter in Europe.

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Keeping Your Cool in Your Edge Data Center

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 15, 2017 12:00:00 PM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Rittal Success Stories

Of all the concerns for an edge data center, cooling capacity consistently rates as a primary focus. A checklist of requirements includes:

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Understanding Edge Computing

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 10, 2017 10:35:00 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Rittal Success Stories

Edge Computing Defined

Edge computing houses data processing capability at or near the “edge” of a network. Usually, servers are contained in a micro data center, with as few as one or two enclosures. Data which is mission-critical, such as a system fail, is captured and available in real-time on site. Edge computing is valuable in capturing bandwidth intensive and latency sensitive data for analysis, lowering operating costs and improving energy efficiency. Lower priority data can be sent to the cloud or to a remote data center.

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What Edge Computing Means for IT

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 8, 2017 9:36:24 AM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Rittal Success Stories

Edge computing has risen to the forefront of information management in a very short time. Edge computing houses data processing capability at or near the “edge” of a network. The efficiency of this data management is well-documented. It is difficult to argue that accessing real time data for analysis is superior to later data retrieval. Latency of mission critical data is virtually eliminated. The decreased use of bandwidth and the elimination of data bottleneck to the main data center or cloud enhances productivity and cost savings.

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Taking it Global Together: Rittal and IBM

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 3, 2017 3:28:46 PM / by Rittal North America LLC posted in Data Center Solutions, Industrial Automation, Rittal Success Stories

Rittal Corporation and IBM have formed a global alliance, grown from a successful cooperative effort launched in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) in 2015. Rittal’s expertise in IT infrastructure coupled with IBM’s resiliency services in planning, constructing, operating and servicing data centers forms the basis for construction of data center projects.

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