After more than a decade of articles touting the benefits of PC-based control over programmable controllers and predictions of the PLC's demise, this much is clear: both PCs and PLCs have their place ...

As part of our research for the February 2011 feature story, “Control Vendors Put More in the Box,” Automation World posed a handful of questions via e-mail to vendors of integrated logic and motion ...

While robot original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) each offer their own tightly integrated controllers, recent developments now enable control by a programmable logic controller, or PLC. For ...

While PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are an industry norm, demands for data, memory, and processing power are intensifying. Soon enough, the PLCs may no longer be the go-to industrial computer.

Modern PLCs now have enough processing power to handle complex robot calculations that previously required separate proprietary controllers and programming ...

DPA Products help design engineers, OEMs, machine builders and system integrators stay ahead of the curve by combining visionary thinking with real-world practicality. Future-focused and reader-first, ...

Automation of manufacturing process by implementing a PLC based operation in Engine division in Tata Motors,India. Tools used: – PLC Siemens S7-300 – Ladder Logic ImplementationThe machine is located ...

The centerpiece of Yaskawa’s iCube Control™ platform, the iC9200 is an EtherCAT®-based machine controller providing control for motion, logic, safety, security, and more. Powered by the Triton ...

The NUMSafe application program for machine safety control uses the same software development tools used to commission the overall system, including CNC, PLC, drives and I/O modules. This unified ...