Monday, July 21, 2014

Red Lion Graphite HMIs



Red Lion’s Graphite series allows you to easily connect, monitor and control your process in industries that include manufacturing, oil and gas, and water/wastewater. The series’ range of plug-in modules enables you to easily create a solution for today, with an option to expand to meet changing business requirements. Further, organizations will realize a reduction in development and commissioning times over traditional systems that use an HMI paired with separate I/O, PLCs and other controllers.

“We have used just about everyone’s HMIs, and Graphite is by far the best in terms of appearance and functionality,” said Pierre de Giorgio, president at BlueBay Automation. “It is the most feature-rich HMI that we have ever used, the graphics and resolution are amazing, and with Red Lion’s Crimson 3.0 software, the move to Graphite is seamless.”

Graphite HMIs are available in eight different models, in sizes ranging from 7” to 15”, with sleek bezels that provide a relatively large display given their overall dimension. Both the 7” and 10” HMIs are available as sunlight visible models.

Offering a built-in web server, Graphite HMIs enable users to monitor and control their application via PCs, tablets or smartphones. SMS text-messaging and email alerts provide early warning of process issues, which helps to avoid costly downtime. In addition, its built-in protocol converter allows programmers to select 13 or more simultaneous protocols from a list of over 250 to seamlessly integrate disparate devices such as PLCs, drives, barcode readers and panel meters.

The new HMIs are supported by Red Lion’s award-winning Crimson 3.0 software, which is included at no extra cost. Crimson 3.0 makes it fast and easy to configure protocols, define data tags, set up sophisticated applications and create an attractive user interface. Designed for ease of use, Crimson allows customers to cost-effectively standardize on one HMI for all of their machines, regardless of the PLC or drive manufacturer used.

Features and Benefits:

  • Significantly reduce programming time using our easy-to-use, drag-and-drop Crimson 3 software 
  • Graphite’s sleek bezel allows users to save panel or enclosure real estate resulting in real dollar savings
  • Rugged construction provides wide temperature range and shock and vibration specifications for installation in harsh environments
  • Using modular capability, Graphite can easily accept direct inputs from various devices or provide full PID control
  • Modular capabilities include:
    • PID control
    • DC current and voltage
    • RTD/thermocouples
    • Process signals
    • Analog outputs
    • Digital I/O
    • Universal input

For more information about Red Lion and its new rugged Graphite series HMIs, please visit www.redlion.net/graphite.

Red Lion Graphite HMIs

Red Lion Technical Datasheets

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