Imagine a typical day in your fabrication environment. Now imagine supervising production lines from your desk, perhaps reading the last shift's production statistics for 60 welding stations with just a few clicks of your mouse. Imagine no more. The advent of digital communications technology is transforming this fantasy into reality. The age of bridging pieces of a manufacturing environment to function as one well-oiled machine is here. Digital communications is not a new concept, but using it to synchronize your production equipment is. From cell phones to cameras, we've heard about digital taking center stage for the past couple of decades. The movement to digital data highways is logical once we understand the terminology and practical applications.
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