The packaging lines at Auckland’s New Zealand Sugar.. …….Company are running more productively than ever, following the installation of specialised software that’s helped operators optimise their equipment and boost efficiency. The improvements follow the refinery’s recent installation of an Ampla real-time reporting system designed to identify bottlenecks, production inefficiencies and analyse the causes […]
Anti-crab: Protect equipment and increase efficiency and crane service life. The ATV 71’s anti-crab function is an automatic realignment system that helps prevent crane skew and crab drift related to cranes with long spans. It maintains the path and the track parallel between the two bogies independent of load position or initial crane assembly. Operating Principle Anti-skew […]
Optimise your control and your price with Magelis The Magelis XBT GC HMI controller combines human machine interface (HMI) and control system (PLC) functions in a single product. It’s the only HMI controller available with available direct input/output (I/O), remote I/O and I/O extension modules for entire HMI controller range and a built-in high-speed […]
This paper produced by Schneider Electric USA explores the affect of various short-circuit current ratings (SCCR) values to Altivar ATV 61 and ATV 71 inverter drives. It considers potential equipment damage at low (5kA) and high (100kA) short-circuit currents and compares the impact of adding a 3% line reactor and Adding a DC Choke […]
Lean Automation Solutions to Increase in Popularity The idea of combining a PLC with an HMI is not new, but leading industrial market research company IMS Research, says that pricing pressure and reduced installation costs are set to drive significant sales growth over the next two years as more machine builders adopt them. IMS […]