Want to know what’s really new in controller technology and how it can impact the future for machine builders? This interesting article in OEM Magazine titled “PLCs Gain Esteem as the Brains Behind the Machine” leads off with quotes from Emerson’s Vibhoosh Gupta (VG) and Rich Carpenter, setting the groundwork for the question, How have the machine controls – the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) – evolved to accommodate the need for more flexibility, connectivity, and functionality? VG says, “Tesla is teaching us that the relationship between OEM and customer is not a one-time transaction. If a machine is smart, you can make it a multi-touch transaction by providing [new] capabilities and service to the customer.”
The article goes on to detail advances from a wide range of controller manufacturers that will be of intertest to machine OEMs and users alike. Don’t miss it.
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