Engineers are always under pressure to reduce costs, improve quality and optimise plant utilisation, but as the saying goes, if you can’t monitor it, you can’t control it. So how is cloud computing helping plant managers monitor and control both local and remote assets? A growing trend The trend for remote monitoring systems is […]
Schneider Electric UK has announced that from September 2013 two high power versions of the Altivar 312 variable speed drive (11 kW and 15 kW, 3-phase, 400V) will come to the end of their commercial life. The two models will be directly substituted by equivalent Altivar 32 models of the same rating. Altivar […]
Completing the range of Mitsubishi Electric UK’s new iX HMI Series are three high performance industrial PCs for demanding applications, delivering a wide range of connectivity options and high performance for larger projects. The largest 21 inch model supports full HD. Efficient and modern HMI software The With smarter design and engineering […]
Omron Industrial Automation has recently opened a new European Automation Centre (ATC) in Barcelona, Spain, to provide specialist support for its inverter drives and other automation products. The facility includes laboratories for developing driving programming software, testing servo applications, developing robot control software, testing network configurations, and setting up individual customer tests in specific […]
The i3C Mini Intelligent Controller. The new Mini Controller complements the existing i3 product range of all in one PLC/HMI controllers by introducing a major product upgrade in both functionality and performance. The i3C Mini is a smaller version of the i3C, with a colour screen in the same body style as the […]