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Optimizing Efficiency Resource Kit

Green Engineering: Optimizing the Efficiency of Existing Systems
See how National Instruments customers have optimized the efficiency of their existing systems. Also view tutorials and videos explaining the technology that enables these applications.

Kit Contents



  • Tutorial: Connect LabVIEW to Any Industrial Network and PLC
    Learn about the different methods to connect LabVIEW and National Instruments PACs to any industrial network, device and PLC.


  • Tutorial: Increase Productivity with an Integrated Software Framework for Measurement and Automation
    Learn how companies gain a competitive edge by using computer-based measurement and automation systems to design and test higher quality products at lower costs and in less time.


  • Webcast: Integrate NI PACs with Any PLC
    Learn about the three ways to add advanced analysis and control functionality to any PLC: Digital I/O, OPC and Gateways, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each.


  • Case Study: LabVIEW Reduces Emissions and Costs of Turbine-Engine Stimulation
    See how Turbine Stimulation Technologies is using virtual instrumentation to improve well fracturing techniques. The combination of NI LabVIEW and NI Compact FieldPoint offer a rugged, off-the-shelf control system and reduces development time.


  • Case Study: I2S Uses CompactRIO to Optimize PLC Automation in Steel Rolling Mills
    See how I2S updated a PLC architecture from the ground up using off-the-shelf, programmable automation controller (PAC) hardware, and increased production and quality of steel rolling mills using the National Instruments CompactRIO PAC for improved efficiency and accuracy.


  • Case Study: NI PACs and PXI Replace PLCs for Advanced Centrifuge Control
    See how the University of Colorado at Boulder replaced an existing 200 I/O point PLC control system with an advanced control and data acquisition system for a 400 g-ton centrifuge using National Instruments LabVIEW, NI programmable automation controller (PAC) products, and NI data acquisition hardware and software.


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