New high performance FX3S Micro from Mitsubishi Electric creates new PLC category

  Mitsubishi Electric’s new FX3S creates a new PLC category as it completes the market-leading FX3 compact PLC range with their most powerful micro PLC yet. Using the power and flexibility of the existing FX3G & FX3U premium compact PLCs in a micro format Mitsubishi have created a new PLC category of Premium Micro PLC. […]

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Harmonic reduction for variable speed drives

  What are harmonics? Harmonic distortion is a form of electrical pollution that can cause problems if the sum of the harmonic currents increases above certain limits. A harmonic current is one with a frequency at a multiple of the fundamental frequency, for instance a 250 Hz current on a 50 Hz network is the […]

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Schneider Magelis XBT GT HMI goes underground to deliver gold

  A Ghanaian goldmine operator reports a marked increase in the operational reliability of its underground railway system by switching to a Schneider Electric.  The M340 and Magelis XBT HMI platform delivers a solution robust enough able to withstand the most arduous of environmental factors such as temperature, vibration and humidity.   UK Company Clayton […]

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Schneider Electric UK Magelis HMI range review Part 1

  Schneider Electric UK offers a wide range of Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) to provide a control and visualisation interface between a human and a process, machine, application or appliance. The Magelis Series allows users to control, monitor, diagnose and manage and optimise this interaction.   The general purpose Magelis HMIs include simple text displays, […]

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FX3GE from Mitsubishi Electric UK with onboard Ethernet

  With most plants & factories using Ethernet as their standard network topology these days it makes sense to use the same technology to link automation products together. The new FX3GE CPU from Mitsubishi Electric UK now has an Ethernet interface built-in as standard, making it possible to share data at up to 10/100mbps with […]

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