Accuray Systems

AccuRay designed, manufactured and marketed computer-based automation and management

information systems for manufacturing processes to save raw materials and energy,

increase productivity, lower costs and improve product quality. AccuRay automation systems

controlled manufacturing processes in the pulp and paper, rubber, plastics, textile and metals industries.

AccuRay systems measured the basic properties of materials, such as weight, moisture, thickness, width, opacity and component content.

The technologies for performing such measurements employed a variety of physical and electronic principles that included nuclear,

X-ray, infrared, radio frequency, optical, pneumatic and electromagnetic techniques.

AccuRay technology and expertise has helped ABB maintain its status as the leading provider

of measurement and control technologies for the Pulp and Paper industries.

Technology Trends

Technology is changing our behavior at a fast pace. A large part

of today’s modern process automation system now consists of

server-client technology, inherited from the office automation

(IT) world. With the introduction of open standards for operating

systems and standard PC hardware and software, a new

challenge was introduced to process automation system owners.

In the past there was a level of protection from frequent software

updates and constantly increasing connectivity requirements,

now these parameters are in a constant state of flux. The

industry has embraced this technology as process automation

supplier’s shift from proprietary hardware and software to

custom-off-the-shelf (COTS).