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Indusoft Technology Heats Up Production

Using the drag-and-drop paradigm, American Water Heater designed an application to monitor and control the ventilation system in weeks rather than months.

Manufacturing engineers successfully coupled the ventilation system to 17 tempera­ture systems through­out the plant.

Within a few months, more than 100 different control points will also be monitored, enabling the coordinated management of production rates and downtime.

efficiency for consumers. And when they decided to upgrade the technology of their manufacturing facility, they looked at a number of high-tech SCADA and HMI vendors and then chose InduSoft.

While good ventilation is important, many manufacturers do not make the connection between ventilation and other operational processes. An astute observation, however, caused the management staff to rethink that fact.

Hot running water. Most of us take it for granted and give no thought whatsoever to what life might be like without it. American Water Heater Company is one of the leaders in the contingent that makes that simple luxury a reality.

Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, American Water Heater employs more than 1,000 people and prides itself in constantly finding new and innovative ways to lower cost and improve