Felix Perruci, Michael Smith

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PLCs, PACs March 1, 2000

Real-time data messaging and displays aid detergent packing

Real-time data can't aid users if they can't see it. Based on this simple logic, engineers and technicians at Unilever Home and Personal Care (Cartersville, Ga.) recently developed a low-cost, flexible, real-time message display that presents status and efficiency of the plant's eight dry laundry detergent packing lines.

By Felix Perruci, Michael Smith