Programmable Control
 KeControl C3, KEBA’s newest generation of controls, which has their debut on the SPS/IPC/DRIVES fair in Nuremberg in November 2009, have been selected as a winner of the iF product ... News | MA Staff | February 02, 2010 Read more |
 This year, with all of the economic challenges facing manufacturers, staying competitive is going to require cost reductions, increased productivity and efficiencies, innovation and the adoption of new technologies to he... Features | André Voshart | January 27, 2010 Read more |
 Okay, you’ve tackled PLCs, and now you can program them with one hand behind your back. So what’s next? What’s the next logical challenge? Think SQL and relational databases. Why? You’d ... Columns | Steve Hechtman | January 07, 2010 Read more |
 The automation systems market for discrete industries started to slow down rapidly with the economic trouble alarms that started sounding in the U.S. at the end of 2007. The manufacturing ... News | MA Staff | December 08, 2009 Read more |
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Californians have always been faced with the problem of how best to conserve, control and move water. California has a wide diversity of climactic and geographical contrasts. The northern part ... Features | Danetta Bramhall | October 08, 2009 Read more |
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What kind of controller is best for your application? Is it a PLC (programmable logic controller) — or perhaps you should use a PAC (programmable automation controller), or maybe a ... Features | Bob Nelson | September 23, 2009 Read more |
 Through the ’90s and the past decade, PCs became indispensable to every business, and naturally, many people and vendors started looking at using them to control machines and processes on ... Features | Scott Bury | September 23, 2009 Read more |
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Wireless Ethernet PACs Opto 22, developer and manufacturer of the SNAP PAC System family of programmable automation controllers, I/O and accessories, has provided both wireless and wired Ethernet networking options on its standard SNAP PAC programmable automation controllers (PACs) and I/O systems. The ... more... |
Compact process PLC Honeywell has expanded distribution of its MasterLogic line of high-speed, compact PLCs to process manufacturers. It can be deployed in a stand-alone mode without requiring any human machine interface. It is also an additional controller that can be used with ... more... |
Remote controller The Allen-Bradley DataSite remote terminal unit (RTU) controller from Rockwell Automation is a PLC that processes a user program, and controls and monitors the operation of other equipment, in remote locations with extreme temperatures, such as those in the oil ... more... |
Touch-screen PLC Unitronics’ new V570-57-T20B offers the same functions as its Vision570 touch-screen PLC but at a lower price — the only change is with the type of the display backlight (white LED instead of fluorescent). On-board I/Os can still be added ... more... |
Programmable control module Sierra Instruments has released its new programmable control module, the Compod, which when coupled with Sierra’s Smart-Trak mass flow meters and controllers simplifies basic flow control installations and permits networking of multiple instruments using MODBUS RTU protocol. Its two digital ... more... |
Analog CPUs added to PLC line The CLICK PLC line, from AutomationDirect, now includes three analog CPU models. The new CPUs feature two analog inputs and two outputs with ranges of voltage up to 5 VDC or current up to 20 mA. The modules include two ... more... |
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Editor's Update: Feb 10, 2010
Conference Board gives Canada a D for innovation, and the
Machine Automation Safety Congress returns in May
