Embedded processors handle the rising complexity of automation tasks by employing architectures that are quite different from those of programmable-logic controllers. It is no secret that ...

Michigan-based TranTek Automation designs and builds automated welding, material handling, inspection, and assembly systems. The company is known for its preconfigured robotic welding cells, as well ...

This article originally appeared on July 3, 2019. Packaging lines are well-known examples of multi-programmable-logic-controller (PLC) operations. There are PLCs on the conveyor lines, which may or ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Historically, motion controllers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and industrial personal computers (PCs), which ...

For a plant-based paper shredding system to run smoothly and produce the desired tonnage, dozens of mechanisms need to be running correctly and be synchronized with one another. One misstep and the ...