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Industrial networking

Networks built for the plant floor.

Operational environments carry different protocols, different physical conditions and different consequences of failure to office IT. We design industrial networks around those differences.

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Where it fits
  • Manufacturing and process plants
  • Utilities and energy sites
  • Water and wastewater treatment
  • Ports, yards and external plant
  • Building plant rooms and energy centres
Stainless steel process line with conveyors and tanks, and control cabinets fitted with HMI touchscreens
Industrial networking

Our scope

What we do on these systems.

  1. 01Survey the operational environment (temperature, vibration, dust, electrical noise and physical access) before selecting any hardware
  2. 02Design ring, redundant-path and segmented topologies suited to control traffic and recovery-time requirements
  3. 03Specify ruggedised switching and media rated for cabinets, plant rooms and external plant
  4. 04Define the boundary between OT and IT networks, including the firewalling and the data flows permitted across it
  5. 05Plan installation and commissioning around production schedules so systems change over without stopping the process
  6. 06Document the network to the standard the operations and maintenance teams need, not just the IT team

Platform

What the system does.

  • Hardware rated for the temperature, vibration and ingress conditions where it is installed
  • Ring and redundant topologies with recovery times suited to control traffic
  • Deterministic behaviour for time-sensitive industrial protocols
  • Industrial protocols and standard IP traffic carried on one engineered network
  • Clear segregation between OT and IT domains, with controlled, documented crossings
  • Segmentation within the OT network, so a fault or compromise in one cell does not propagate
  • DIN-rail, cabinet and external mounting with appropriate power arrangements
  • Monitoring visible to both engineering and IT, without giving either uncontrolled access to the other's domain

Next step

Bring the complete environment into one conversation.

Tell us what you are planning, replacing, integrating or trying to stabilise. We will help define the right next step.

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