Human Machine Interface

Human Machine Interface

Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a user interface or dashboard that connects a person to a machine, system, or device. While the term can be technically be applied to any screen that allows a user to interact with a device, HMI is commonly used in the context of an industrial process.

HMI is usually used to visually display data, track production time, trends, and tags, oversee KPIs, monitor machine inputs and outputs and many more usage.

HMIs come in a variety of forms, from built-in screens on machines, to computer monitors, to tablets, but regardless of their format or which term used to refer to them, their purpose is the same, which is to provide insight into mechanical performance and progress.

HMIs commonly communicate with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and input/output sensors to get display information for users to view HMI screens can be used for a single function, like monitoring and tracking, or for performing more sophisticated operations, like switching machines off or increasing production speed, depending on how they are implemented.

HMIs are used to optimize an industrial process by digitizing and centralizing data for a viewer. By leveraging HMI, operators can see important information displayed in graphs, charts, or digital dashboards, view and manage alarms, and connect with SCADA and MES systems, all through one console.

Previously, operators would need to walk the floor constantly to review mechanical progress and record it on a piece of paper or a whiteboard. By allowing PLCs to communicate real-time information straight to an HMI display, HMI technology eliminates the need for this outdated practice and thereby reduces many costly problems caused by lack of information or human error.

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Human Machine Interface are available through Quick Time Engineering Inc.

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Quick Time Engineering Inc is an international company with offices and distribution networks in the USA, Hong Kong, Europe and Malaysia.

In its 20 years of operation since 1998, Quick Time Engineering Inc had emerged from a local engineering company with a single staff that provided solutions in factory automation to become nowadays a company that serves the Oil & Gas industries, EPC contractors, System Integrators and other industrial automation and process control companies worldwide. Customers from over 50 countries worldwide trust us with their need for process control instruments and industrial automation products.

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