MTConnect Institute Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group Lead by Memex Automation President and CEO

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Last week at the International Manufacturing Technology Show

, the MTConnect Institute proposed the establishment of the Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group (WG). This group will be essential in addressing the very important issue of providing best practices and overall guidance for the physical connectivity of the thousands of legacy machine tools in manufacturing shops around the globe. The group will be lead by David McPhail, President & CEO Memex Automation Inc., and John Turner, Director of Technology for FA Consulting and Technology, as the co-chairs and consist of manufacturing equipment providers, ISVs, consultants, and users.

Dave Edstrom, President and Chairman of the Board for the MTConnect Institute stated, "This proposed working group is critical for enabling MTConnect on the countless number of manufacturing's legacy machine tools and I fully expect our MTConnect Technical Advisory Group to approve this new working group. We want to see an array of hardware options to enable MTConnect for both small and large installations."

David McPhail, President and CEO Memex Automation Inc., stated, "I am excited to participate in an industry leading group dedicated to empowering productivity improvement on the shop floor for all machines."

John Turner, Director of Technology for FA Consulting & Technology stated, "Bringing the capabilities of MTConnect to existing machine tools will allow manufacturers to increase productivity of their existing assets, driving down costs and increasing plant output. I am excited to co-chair the MTConnect Legacy Machine Tool Working Group to help bring the benefits of MTConnect to the existing installed base of machine tools."
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MTConnect Institute is an organization that develops and provides open standards intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing controls, devices and software applications by publishing data over networks using the Internet Protocol (IP). The standards offer a solution to the exchange of data from shop floor devices to higher level systems.

About Memex Automation Inc.

Memex Automation Inc., http://www.memex.ca, a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., was created to leverage the research and development of Memex Electronics, which was founded in 1992. Memex continues its tradition of serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying component hardware, memory upgrades, and visionary shop floor communication technology. Memex Automation products are "Automating the Automation" allowing a manufacturer to increase productivity and decrease costs. Memex Automation focuses on delivering value with Real-Time Machine Monitoring and Control, which utilizes OEE+DNC solutions that boost efficiency by up to fifty percent with minimal capital investment. Memex Automation is based in Burlington, Ontario.

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MTConnect Institute Legacy Machine Tool Connectivity Working Group Lead by Memex Automation President and CEO

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