An electronic survey of Control Design readers was conducted in April 2013 in order to identify usage and application trends of HMI and industrial PCs among the industrial machine builders that comprise Control Design's readership .
When browser capabilities were included in our respondents' operator interfaces, the top main purpose(s) indicated were troubleshooting information (55.9%) and remote access (55.9%); operating data collection (41.7%), machine schematics (41.2%), and update software remotely (23.5%).
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) are the brains of the machine in many regards. They have evolved over the years.This new State...
Special considerations and requirements make packaging equipment an interesting vertical market unto itself. This new State of Technology Report from the editors of ...
This paper examines highly sensitive piezoelectric sensors for precise vibration measurement which is critical in semiconductor production to prevent quality and yield issues....
