15 September 2008

CSense sponsors the Sustainability through Resource Conservation and Recycling 09 Conference

CSense is the main sponsor of the SRCR09 conference which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on 4&5 April 2009. The rapid growth of the world economy is straining the sustainable use of the Earth’s natural resources due to modern society’s extensive use of metals, materials and products. An astute and conscious application and use of metals, materials and products supported by the reuse and recycling of these materials and end-of-life products is imperative to the preservation of the Earth’s resources. The realisation of the ambitions of sustainable use of metals, materials and resources demands that the different disciplines of the material and consumer product system are connected and harmonised.

26 August 2008

Keynote speaker at CSense Users' Conference 2008

Dr. Tom Fiske who is a Senior Analyst at the ARC Advisory Group will be the keynote speaker at the conference. He will present their independent view on CSense’ market positioning and Advanced Process Control Best Practices. Dr. Tom Fiske has been with ARC since 1998. He is part of the Automation Consulting team at ARC covering the global process manufacturing markets. Tom is responsible for writing in-depth research reports and providing advice to clients with regards to their automation strategies and their production practices. His focus areas include Operations Management, Collaborative Production Management, MES, Process Simulation and Analytics, Advanced Process Control, Asset Optimization, and Real-time Performance Management Systems.

13 August 2008

New workshops at CSense Users' Conference

The CSense Users' Conference 2008 will take place on 29 & 30 September at Velmore Estate, Gauteng, South Africa. Two new workshops have been added to the conference program: CSense Chemical Workshop - Bert Baeck, an expert from the chemical industry, will be the Chairman for this session. Previously employed by Bayer in Europe, he’s now the Sales Director of D Square, a Solution Partner for CSense located in Belgium. He will share his experience of what the typical pains & opportunities are in the global chemical industry, and which of these can be realistically addressed by CSense. There will be a panel discussion involving end users from the petrochemical and chemical industries, including chemical engineers and executive managers. CSense Brewery Workshop - A panel of experts from the brewery industry will describe the typical challenges and business drivers in breweries internationally. CSense Solution Partners from different parts in the world will tell how they can create CSense Solutions to address some of these challenges. End users from different breweries internationally will participate in the discussion and express their requirements. For more information on the CSense Users' Conference click here.

08 August 2008

CSense event in Sudbury Canada

Please join us for this ½ day seminar where we will share best practices and real-world implementations within the Metals, Minerals and Mining industries. Discover how we have enabled others to significantly enhance process performance through the implementation of proactive troubleshooting initiatives and advanced control solutions. Click here for more information and registration

04 August 2008

PEER Group GmbH becomes CSense Solution Partner

PEER Group provides leading-edge factory automation software solutions, consulting and integration services to advanced manufacturers and OEMs in various industries. Many of the world’s top manufacturing companies turn to PEER Group to solve their most challenging equipment automation, data management and process control problems. PEER Group partners with leading software and automation companies to assure the most efficient delivery of highly functional, reliable and scalable solutions. PEER Group is appointed as a CSense Solution Partner in Germany and we look forward to working with them.

29 July 2008

CSense introduced at FiaMinas

Faiminas is the largest trade-show of industrial automation in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Last year it had about 8,000 visitors. It is estimated that this year the number of attendants exceeded that figure by far. Minas Gerais has the third largest industrial park of the country, behind Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, besides being recognized as an important pole for R&D and industrial automation services. The main vertical industries operating in the state are mining and steel, not to mention metals, automotive, food, textile, construction, chemicals and non-metal minerals. The trade-show, which is in its 4th year, presents the main solution suppliers for IA, ranging from small components to heavy machinery. Although the attendants were not constituted in its majority by CSense target public, due to a long existing partnership between Atan (a local leader SI recently bought by Accenture, now called AAIS – Accenture Automation & Industrial Services) and Aquarius (IA software distributor for GE Fanuc in Brazil) as well as some business opportunities already being developed by CSense with Atan, the event was considered a good opportunity to announce CSense and Aquarius future distribution agreement. All three companies have very positive expectations for their recent partnership.

24 July 2008

ProSys Engineering as new CSense Solution Partner

Prosys Engineering is based in Australia with a strength in Hydrocarbon and Minerals Processing. The company specialises in advanced process control and optimisation and has a solid track record in assessment and delivery of high payback solutions. They have been appointed as a CSense Solution Partner and we look forward to working with them.

22 July 2008

Astec Solutions joins the CSense network

Astec has been providing monitoring, control and management information solutions to industry for over eight years, helping improve manufacturing processes and operations leading to greater customer competitiveness and profitability. Operating across a number of vertical markets but with particular focus on Food and Beverage, Consumer Healthcare and Broadcasting, Astec are particularly effective at understanding customers’ problems and providing the most appropriate solution. Systems are delivered by Astec’s team of highly experienced and qualified software engineers who all have many years experience within the manufacturing environment. Implementing CSense Solutions will complement Astec’s position as the United Kingdom’s first GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Premier Solution Provider (PSP). Astec has a long history working within the GE Fanuc family of production management software. Astec’s ability to write custom OPC communication drivers will provide added value to CSense Solutions making sure that all potentially valuable data can be obtained from disparate systems and data sources. As a certified CSense Solution Partner Astec is looking forward to strengthening the message they can take to market and working hard to build new, long lasting customer relationships. CSense would like to welcome Astec to the network and look forward to working with them.

16 July 2008

CSense becomes an OPC Foundation Member

The OPC Foundation is dedicated to ensuring interoperability in automation by creating and maintaining open specifications that standardize the communication of acquired process data, alarm and event records, historical data, and batch data to multi-vendor enterprise systems and between production devices. The main advantage for the end client is that CSense software will now ease interoperability even further. CSense 4.2 already includes OPC HDA (Historical Data Access) and DA 3.0. OPC HDA provides access to data already stored. From a simple serial data logging system to a complex SCADA system, historical archives can be retrieved in a uniform manner. OPC DA (Data Access) is used to move real-time data from PLCs, DCSs, and other control devices to HMIs and other display clients. The Data Access 3 specification is now a Release Candidate. It leverages earlier versions while improving the browsing capabilities and incorporating XML-DA Schema.

09 July 2008

New Release: CSense 4.2

CSense Systems is proud to announce the release of CSense 4.2. The new release is packed with powerful new features and enhancements. One of the great new features is support for calculating and displaying Statistical Process Control (SPC) statistics from your historical process data in the Wizards. Another great feature is the extended OPC support to include OPC Historical Data Access (HDA) and OPC DA 3.0. Many enhancements were made to the Wizards to improve ease of use and several new editions were added to the solution development platform (CSense Architect). New blocks with included support for .Net were added to allow you to extend the existing block library with your own .NET based components. Other new blocks include the Cause+ block and a PLS (Partial Least Squares) block. The new release also includes several smaller enhancements to the existing CSense troubleshooting platform. The upgrade to CSense 4.2 is available to all current users. Please contact your CSense account manager for more information on upgrade options.