Making automation

Through innovative solutions, Banner Engineering makes implementing IIoT initiatives quick and easy

Until recently, machines have offered limited monitoring capabilities. However, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has opened up new ways to obtain and access machine data, understand its significance, and make equipment operate more efficiently. This combination of informational and operational technologies encompasses smart automation, which enables remote equipment monitoring and management, predictive maintenance, and process optimization, which can ultimately lead to increased profitability.

Though automation and smart automation are related, they are not the same. At its core, automation uses machines and technology to improve manufacturing efficiency, increasing productivity while lowering costs. Adding a smart component is a major technological leap from traditional automation, inserting a new communication layer between operator and machine that significantly enhances the ability to further improve return on investment.

Banner Engineering (Banner) is at the forefront of this smart automation evolution, taking a holistic approach to developing advanced technologies so machines are given a voice that provides a vast array of critical operating information to users in real time. More than 55 years of experience developing sensors, lighting, safety, and