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Right Time for Integrated Control?

Posted April 22, 2008 8:35 AM

Factory automation is a complex task involving multiple control disciplines: motion control, programmable logic control, CNC, and robotic control. Has the time come for the seamless integration of all four controller types? How would this interoperability impact your company's productivity and business planning?

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Re: Right Time for Integrated Control?

05/01/2008 11:47 AM

Curious, the timely integration of four control platforms, PLC, motion control, CNC, robotic. The Delta Tau Data Systems platform has provided this feature for over 10 years. The problem is that one needs to learn to use the product and write the code. I do not see this as the time that we engineer our way out of engineering. We will continue to need to learn and write code for industrial applications.
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