Combined strengths: Sloth PLCs are making it easier to couple the power of PCs and PLCs in a automation environment
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Standard PLCs are designed to be used to control many devices, but many users of controls are seeing the advance of a combination of PLCs and PCs, and hybrid controllers have been devised. Previously, where a PC was used for visualization together with a conventional PLC control, the connection was effected by a serial or network inteface, which can lead to bottlenecks. Slot PLCs are essentially ISA modules integrated into a standard PC, and such boards have boosted the use of PCs as industrial controllers. Mannesmann Rexroth demonstrated the advantages of combining PCs and PLCs at the recent Hanover Fair.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1999
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Real Wales
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The Welsh Development Agency offers several financial incentives to incoming companies as part of its campaign to promote Wales as an economic force. Key sectors include healthcare, automotive components, and electronics. Much of the growth is in the electronics sector and Wales has 54 Japanese companies, the highest concentration in Western Europe. The agency is encouraging industry to work with universities to improve the link between education and manufacturing and is also advocating action which will help smaller companies to improve productivity.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1999
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