Highly Customizable Modular Panel PCs

Visualizing Smart Factories with accurate CNC touch controller.

Background

The central control system is the core of factory automation, with most modern manufacturing implementing CNC technology. From maintaining efficacy, precision, and reliability, the manufacturing processes are monitored in real-time with the highly responsive allocation of resources. Several machining processes these days have been improved by employing CNC control panel solutions, i.e., integrating embedded computers and highly customizable modular control panels.

Yet, the conventional all-in-one automation panels lack the flexibility to meet industry requirements. To address this need, Winmate created the M series of modular panel PC solutions. The modular industrial computers allow the computing box modules to be interchangeably combined with Winmate’s display modules to provide comprehensive platform solutions for industrial monitor systems and fulfill various demands of diverse applications in industrial automation.

Main Challenges

Efficacy, precision, and reliability of the touchscreen – For industrial applications, multi-function HMI system like reporting, monitoring, communication and network, and surveillance is required. High-performance and innovative modular touch panel PC product lines with diverse sizes of panel PCs and adaptive box PCs for various requirements are on demand to cost-effectively manage touch panel PCs throughout their lifecycles.

Standard industrial PCs lack I/O expansion capability and flexibility – The CNC adopts an embedded computer platform as a control server to run software, download complex CNC programs, and do calculations. To support such a complex performance and multi-tasking machine, an embedded system with expansion capability, fanless operation, powerful functions, good performance, small size, and high integration is the best choice.

Harsh working environment - Factories and industrial applications usually include extreme environments, such as water splash, dust, debris, strong vibration, and wide temperature variations. So, a modular panel PC must withstand those challenges and offer durability and long life.

Core Product

M-Series HMI Panel PC

M-Series Box PC

Why Winmate

Highly flexible modular HMI panel

Winmate provides an integrable HMI system solution with a simple and intuitive operating interface and highly expandable functions, creating a brand-new automated factory control system with a flexible production structure.

The modular panel offers interchangeable display and box modules. The swappable design makes the system maintenance easier in-field replacement and upgrade. With the touch and computing flexibilities, the Winmate modular panel PCs be used as a control panel, industrial monitor, industrial thin client, or web terminal for diverse applications.