Secure remote access for plant floor equipment MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS are under ever-increasing pressure to deliver robust production equipment with complex feature sets under shorter schedules and tighter budgets. After a new tool is delivered to a customer the expectations are for short commissioning schedules with quick resolutions to issues that are found during startup and initial operation. The increasing complexity of new manufacturing equipment often requires multiple software and PLC developers to complete the project development within aggressive schedules. It is not feasible or desirable to send the entire development team to the customer site to resolve tool issues associated with commissioning a new tool.
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