With so many choices and configurations available to the user, how should you go about selecting the correct controller for your application? Mitsubishi Electric product manager Hugh Tasker offers his five golden rules for PLC specification. From modular PLCs that evolved from the room-filling computer racks of old – to micro PLCs […]
Electric motors are part of our way of life: in the home, in industry and in commercial buildings. According to Schneider Electric, motors consume 30% of the energy of a building, and 60% of the energy of industries and infrastructures. In business, 85% of electric motors control pumps, fans and compressors and by reducing motor […]
Improving productivity involves the whole of the value chain, not just production. The value chain is a set of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs to deliver a valuable product or service to the market. How value chain activities are carried out determines costs and affects profits. The manufacturing value […]
Integrated safety increases bread making productivity by 20% By improving operator access to safety and diagnostics information, Omron has helped Spanish bakery machine manufacturer Auxpama achieve a 20% improvement in productivity by avoiding unnecessary stops, whilst improving machine safety over EtherCAT. A couple of years ago, when the Sysmac platform was introduced, […]
By replacing a troublesome fluid coupling between a motor and gearbox with a VSD, £4,800 per year has been cut from a tile manufacturer’s energy bill at a UK tile glaze mill. The drive is protected to IP54, allowing it to resist water sprays when the mixer is being cleaned. The fluid-coupling at British […]