b'18 Partner News Winter 2022Enterprisea single source of configuration. Careful consideration and user consultation is required to ensure the technologies are deployed as part of a suitable workstation.Fairfield Control Systems has assembled a team of engineers to allow turnkey deployments in response to these challenges. Their team comprises IT, network, software, electrical and mechanical engineers with support from their trusted supply chain for fabrications and electrical installations. The team work collaboratively with their clients throughout the entire lifecycle of deployments, from initial consultancy and option studies to design, delivery, testing, maintenance and 24/7 support.Oliver Mangham, Applications Director at Fairfield Control Systems, said: By offering a turnkey deployment, we can manage the whole lifecycle of the project, ensuring technologies are tested and seamlessly integrated to form a safe, secure and resilient solution.Working in collaborationSecurely integrating IndustryThe Fairfields team will assist clients in evaluating new technologies, assessing their usability and how they can be securely 4.0 Technologies to form a safe,integrated. Their IT and software engineers can build and modify network infrastructure to make integration and data flow possible secure and resilient solution while meeting industrial cybersecurity standards such as IEC 62443. Should it be needed, their software engineers will develop integration brokers for handling data from different technologies and for By Fairfieldintegration into the clients Manufacturing Execution System (MES). In addition to the tech, their engineers have designed and deployed various There is a wide range of Industry 4.0Deploying, combining, and integrating newphysical workstations into manufacturing technologies on the market to supporttechnologies with existing business systemsenvironments, from workbenches and mobile complex operational requirements. Manycan be daunting. These deployments oftentrollies to large overhead gantry structures. of these technologies are ideally suited forinvolve many stakeholders, and they also quality critical, high precision, low volume,require physical infrastructure to makeThey will work with the stakeholders to high complexity operations or situationsthe deployment possible. Theres also theensure each workstation is suitable for requiring rapid training and up skilling. challenge of meeting the businesss internalthe tasks being carried out, considering specifications, standards and legislations asergonomics and human factors as well The barrier to deploying these technologiesare necessary by law and UKCA. as the requirements for tooling, services, is that a single standalone technology willlighting, maintenance and adaptability.often not deliver a return on investment andThe user experience plays a critical part in will be hard to justify in a business case. Theensuring new technologies are adopted.Fairfields expertise led to them being technologies only become more powerfulThis includes how users interact with thechosen by BAE Systems to help deliver new and can produce measurable savings andtechnologies and the physical workstationtechnologies that would digitally transform process improvements when combinedthey are deployed in. Integratingtheir Typhoon production line. Working and then integrated securely with businesstechnologies together minimises thewith BAE Systems, they have deployed and systems to form a single solution. number of user interfaces and ensuresintegrated many technologies.'