FactoryMation introduces the new XGB Programmable Logic Controller family from LS Industrial. XGB PLC family offers high performance, robust functionality, and a compact design that programs from a ...

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...

Industrial controller redundancy improves system availability, but only if it is implemented with the right capabilities. In many cases, conventional wisdom tells us that if one is good then two are ...

Sales of programmable logic controller (PLC) I/O modules are up "quite strongly after the recession," with double-digit growth in both 2010 and 2011, whiles sales of distributed control system (DCS ) ...