In a competitive market like this, the demands imposed on industrial manufacturing processes have evolved significantly. With the continued adaptation of new features and increasingly higher demands in terms of efficiency and operational quality, these processes require a powerful and scalable automation systems.
Powerful; using a single controller or PLC for machines with a high level of processing performance for commands drive the entire production cell. Such PLC in the machine must integrate logic control, motion, vision, security, robotics and connectivity of the whole process at such a rapid microseconds speed per instruction. Depending on the type of process to which the PLC is required, these powerful controllers are typically used in manufacturing applications where high precision movements respond in real time.
Scalable; using field devices in decentralized peripherals. In other words; sensors, actuators and machine transducers intercommunicate with each other and go across together through a single communication cable to the PLC. In addition, these peripherals can be placed anywhere in the production cell and have the ability to expand at any time in order to expand and extend the operation of the machine in the short, medium or long term; as a result of the constant changes in the industry.
The use of programmable logic controllers in the industry has generated huge profits, leaving behind the use of extensive and multiple relays and wiring systems, generated as a result of a deep maintenance, as well as investing more time in diagnosis. A compact, flexible and modular PLC transforms the process into a powerful and scalable automation system instead; with the possibility of diagnosis at real time and reducing maintenance significantly and the inactivity of machines in the production lines.
Source: Dimep Automatización.
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