Case Studies

Thousands of organizations around the world use Ignition® to improve their processes. Here are some of their stories.

Case studies in our most popular industries:
  • Water/Wastewater
  • Oil and Gas
  • Food and Beverage
  • Manufacturing
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case study Construction Materials

Steel Manufacturer Implements Custom MES With Ignition & Sepasoft

Metaldom had a problem — their data was arriving too slowly to make decisions. Even worse, after the data was manually entered into their Manufacturing Execution System (MES), plant floor operators still didn’t trust it. Based on their extensive history working together, Metaldom turned to Dominican Republic-based system integrator Intelca to develop and implement a custom MES solution using Ignition.

8 min video

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case study Oil and Gas

Mobile Energy Provider Implements Ignition for Dynamic, Remote SCADA

When most people think of SCADA, they probably imagine a plant floor defined by production lines. Odds are though, this mental image features stationary equipment. In contrast, Certarus’ assets are always on the move, which makes sense, because SCADA only begins to describe the organization’s use of Ignition — the enterprise industrial integration platform for SCADA, IIoT, HMI, and more.

4 min video

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case study Energy

Ignition-Based Framework Powers SCADA for Urban Microgrid Project

The electrical grid has existed for just shy of a century and a half, but as continual access to power has become increasingly crucial for work, education, and daily life, energy companies must find sustainable solutions to provide for their customers, especially in highly populated urban areas.

13 min video

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case study Food and Beverage

Revitalized Bourbon Distillery Merges Tradition With Innovation

Bourbon distillery Castle & Key implemented Ignition at their facility in Frankfort, Kentucky, with the help of Gray AES to replace an outdated FactoryTalk system. The mobile-responsive Ignition application was Gray AES’ first large-scale project using Perspective, featuring a high-performance HMI, alarming, and reporting, but most importantly access to historical data.

10 min video

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Clovis Community College Puts Industry 4.0 Into The Hands Of Students & Teachers

Next to the robotic arms, the off-the-shelf miniature smart homes may not appear to be a key part of Clovis Community College’s Automation, Robotics & Mechatronics lab, but this unassuming hardware is providing students and instructors alike with a unique opportunity to build industry-grade automation applications.

12 min video

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case study Building Automation

How Inductive Automation Uses Ignition

Here at Inductive Automation, we have found plenty of everyday uses for Ignition because it allows us to create customized tools that generate tremendous value. Discover a few of the ways we leverage our own software platform.

17 min video

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case study Oil and Gas

Water Infrastructure Company Replaces Point-To-Point VPN With MQTT

Goodnight Midstream chose Ignition because it could fulfill several requirements: data mining and business intelligence work on the system backend; powerful Linux-based edge deployments; easy upgrades that could be performed by administrative staff; location data driven by an external database; and template support.

8 min video

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case study Manufacturing

Iron Foundry Gains Competitive Edge & Increases Efficiency with Innovative Technology

With help from Artek, Ferroloy implemented Ignition to digitally transform their disconnected foundry through efficient data collection and analysis while integrating the new system with existing software and specialized machinery.

11 min video

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case study Pharmaceuticals

Variety of Connections, Unlimited Licensing Aid Cancer Therapy

Autolus Therapeutics is working hard to deliver life-changing benefits to cancer patients.

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case study Manufacturing

Two Companies Assist University with Engineering Education

For engineering students, experience with real-world tools can be very beneficial.

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case study Manufacturing

Improved Efficiency and Reporting for Large Manufacturer

Atlas Copco is a global company based in Stockholm, Sweden, with 40,000 employees worldwide.

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Three Companies Aid Engineering Education

In many ways, today’s engineering students are our future. They’ll be key players in keeping our industries running for the next few decades.

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