High-speed interface cards December 2002 The PCL-846 Series from Advantech are four-port, high-speed RS422/485 interface cards with transmission speeds of up to 921,6 Kbps. Each port has a 16C550 UART with an on-chip 16-byte FIFO buffer for ...
Adding multiloop temperature control to a PLC system November 2002 An OEM that builds extruders wanted to integrate dedicated PID controllers, and an Allen Bradley SLC503 PLC, into a single operator interface. The DLC - dual loop controller was chosen to perform the ...
Precise PLC data capture and analysis made simple November 2002 The increasing complexity of automation control systems makes it more difficult for system designers to eliminate every possible fault. But a new PLC analysis tool could help.
Increasing time and cost ...
PSY systems for variable speed control refurbishment/integration November 2002 In today's markets, manufacturing control systems do not only require scadas and PLCs to perform the control system functionality, they also require variable speed controllers to complete the overriding ...
Compact and powerful HMI/controllers November 2002, Siemens South Africa Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has added two new Simatic-C7 devices to its family of control systems for controlling and HMI. Simatic C7-613 is a low-cost device equipped with a four-line text display ...
Safety relay versus safety PLC: safety control architecture October 2002, Rockwell Automation The key to achieving success in developing a safety control system is in understanding all of the variables and making decisions that maximise functionality while reducing long term costs
PLC-based system expansion in petrochemical plant October 2002 A petrochemical company was expanding quickly owing to the strong economy. Economic growth was so rapid that the company frequently experienced shortages of raw materials, with demand for its products ...
New S7-300 standard CPUs with significantly higher performance October 2002 Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has upgraded its range of Simatic S7-300 programmable controllers with a series of new standard CPUs. There are three new devices - CPU 312, CPU 314 and CPU 315-2 DP ...
FTP file transfer from computer to controller October 2002 The file-oriented exchange of data with Simatic S7-300 controllers is made possible by the new Simatic Net CP 343-1IT communications processor from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). The module is equipped ...
Multiserial communication controller September 2002 The PCL-747+ from Advantech, is an expandable intelligent multiserial communication controller available in 8, 16, 24 and 32-port configurations. With its 40 MHz RISC processor, 512 KB of RAM, and a suite ...
Single channel controller August 2002, Timecount With primary applications in temperature control in plastics processing and packaging machines, manufacturing and food processing, etc, the R2900 can operate as a 2-step, 3-step, continuous action, step-action, ...
Cost-effective controllers and programmers for OEMs August 2002 The Industrial Measurement & Control business of Honeywell has introduced a new series of four low-cost general-purpose controllers for OEM applications.
The DC1000 controllers are available in 1/16 ...
Multiport RS232/422 controller July 2002 The PCL-747+ from Advantech is an expandable intelligent multiserial communication controller available in 8, 16, 24 and 32 port configurations. With its 40 MHz RISC processor, 512 KB of RAM, and range ...
New product category for industrial automation June 2002 The ALPHA controllers are an appropriate, cost-effective automation choice for a very wide variety of applications involving complex counting and timing processes, logic operations and analog signal processing
PLC makes simultaneous use of four CPUs June 2002 The simultaneous use of up to four CPUs - a completely new feature - gives Mitsubishi Electric's Q significantly improved control, monitoring and diagnostics functionality, compared to its predecessor. ...
High performance, cost-effective controllers June 2002, WIKA Instruments Shinko Technos of Japan has recently redesigned and upgraded its controllers to offer a higher level of performance at a lower cost. This comes as good news amidst the increasing cost of standalone controllers ...
Versatile automation device for decentralised control June 2002, Timecount IVO has designed an intelligent automation controller for application as a small local control and regulator unit. Designed for installation in front panels, the PCD45 process controller displays the ...
Effective process (PLC) control software change management at Mozal May 2002 "We needed a solution that would control and regulate the storage and release of software versions on our PLCs and HMIs (15 different InTouch applications) in order to eliminate potentially costly production stoppages"
