The programmable logic controller (PLC) is an important component in most modern automation and process control systems today. It's also susceptible to lightning-induced transients. To verify the ...

In November 2008, a central Texas utility commissioned HPI, a full-service turbomachinery design and construction firm based in Houston, to perform a major upgrade of its plant’s power distribution ...

Over the past decade, the functionality of different control systems has been merging. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) now have capabilities once found only in distributed control systems (DCSs) ...

Vibrating fluid bed dryers, coolers and pellet classifiers from process equipment manufacturer The Witte Co., Washington, New Jersey, are available with Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers ...

Sodecia GTAC has built 49 manufacturing lines based on PC-based control, ranging from machines with a single robot to lines with more than 20 articulated robots. With ever-increasing electronics and ...