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20th Anniversary Special | The Transformation of Industrial Automation Control – PC Control Technology

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20th Anniversary Special | The Transformation of Industrial Automation Control - PC Control Technology

More than 70 years ago, the birth of computers opened the information age for human society. Subsequently, microcontrollers and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) gradually replaced traditional relays, becoming the mainstream control devices in the field of industrial automation. However, everything changed in 1985. That year in Germany, a young engineer named Hans Beckhoff discovered that … Read more

Upgrading Automation Systems with PC Control and EtherCAT

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Upgrading Automation Systems with PC Control and EtherCAT

| Soft Packaging Sorting System.Image source: Beckhoff Author | James Fig Through a PC-based control device and EtherCAT sorting solutions, NPI helped a distribution center reduce its hard-to-fill labor demands while increasing throughput and shortening turnaround times. The internal logistics industry is booming. However, for large postal and parcel providers, e-commerce retailers, and third-party logistics … Read more