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What's driving your Industrial computer costs?

Pro-face America Newsletter

03-17-2009

Saline, MI -

March 2009 Welcome to Pro-face America's HMI and Industrial PC Solutions.  Pro-face delivers a broad range of plant and machine visualization solutions, helping you make informed decisions. Learn more about Pro-face America What's driving your Industrial computer costs? Did you know that the majority of Industrial PC costs occur after the sale?  The subtle costs of maintenance greatly impacts the total cost of ownership of an industrial PC. What are these typical cost drivers? Product Revisions - when your supplier modifies the product you have approved for your application, what is the associated cost transfer to you to re-evaluate? Product Availability - life expectancy for an industrial PC can be 2-4 years.  Discontinuation of a product restarts the product evaluation and certification cycle which adds cost.  What if the availability was increased to 7 years? Product Migration - Maintaining panel cutout compatibility significantly impacts serviceability in the field.  If your supplier does not maintain drop-in replacement products from generation to generation the cost to maintain a site or machine skyrockets.  Repair/Serviceability - Does your supplier provide fast repair service (a few days) or are you recommended to buy a spare unit due to slow response repair facilities? Buying a spare unit to place on a shelf impacts your true in-service warranty period. You can summarize the four key cost drivers above as Investment Protection.   They are essential to keeping your total cost of ownership low.   Compare investments to see your after-the-sale costs with typical IPC suppliers. Compare Now!  New IPC Brochure!! Announcing the NEW Pro-face Industrial PC Brochure! This new printed piece includes updates on current Pro-face IPCs as well as specifications on new products. You'll find detailed specifications on: PS3000 industrial PCs, including WinGP additions and the NEW DC units! NEW APL3000 high-performance industrial PCs, including RAID and WinGP options! FP3000 flat panel monitors. HMI software details, including GP-Pro EX and WinGP. Download Pro-face's New IPC Brochure Now! In This Issue What's driving your Industrial computer costs? New IPC Brochure Industrial PC Tools Industrial PC Tools On-Demand Open-HMI Get more value out of your Pro-face Industrial Computers! A GP-Pro EX HMI runtime option, called WinGP, is available that provides on-demand operator Interface functionality.   Why buy an operator interface and an industrial PC for the same process when your Pro-face unit can do both jobs? Learn more Integrated Factory Alert       An integrated powerful self-monitoring feature.   The APL3000 monitors internal temperature, fan RPM, power source, hard drives, etc. and alerts factory personnel upon error detection.  Factory alert system provides time for maintenance to react without shutting the process down.  Learn more IPC Connectivity View the multiple ports and interfaces available on the APL3000 series including RAID! See diagram now! Next Issue Pro-face vs A-B EtherNet/IP Native Tag Not all drivers are created equal!

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