TXI Aggregate Group Uses P62F switch to migrate quarry control systems to Ethernet

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TXI saw the benefits of connecting its installed programmable logic control (PLC) system using fibre-based Ethernet in its rock quarry at Bridgeport, Texas. Fibre cabling provided an interference-free medium for connecting instrumentation in different areas of the site, and would speed up accurate communications among various control stations in the quarry. However, the system to be installed required the ability to withstand the wide temperature range of the North Texas climate, as well as resist the dirt, dust, and irregular dynamite blasts at the quarry site.

Z Technologies and TXI chose GarrettCom’s P62F Hardened Switch for the deployment of the new Ethernet network. The compact P62F is designed to thrive in rugged environments with a minimum of fuss. Other alternatives required housing an Ethernet switch in a refrigerated box, which would have wasted energy and increased both complexity and cost.

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