IIC Testbed Demos Smart Manufacturing on PLC-based Equipment

The new technology allows plant operators to IoT-enable equipment in decades-old manufacturing facilities.

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Industrial Internet Consortium members have developed technology that enables plant operators to essentially IoT-enable equipment in decades-old manufacturing facilities without affecting the performance of the programmable logic controllers that automate manufacturing processes.

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