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Controls Product Brief
| January 31, 2002

Integrated PC control

Marketed as an integrated, PC-based solution for industrial applications, the MP2000 integrates multi-axis motion control, logic, human-machine interface (HMI), and an open bus network.
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Controls Product Brief
| November 30, 2001

Piston fillers sport HMI

FEMC (Bedford Heights, OH) piston fillers are now equipped with Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers and interfaces from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) that control nearly every aspect of the filler’s operation.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Plant-floor operations software

NWM Quality Monitor 2.1 from Northwest Analytical (Portland, OR) is designed for plant-floor quality data collection and SPC charting. Features include a visual Wizard-based operator interface designer; flexible design to allow for simultaneous viewing of weights, dimensions, measurements, and more; illustrated SOPs; multiple source input allowing for data collection from keyboard, measurement devices, and bar-code readers; and integration with other manufacturing data systems.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2001

Motion/HMI link

The PacDrive OPC Server V2.0 offers direct and standardized access to virtually any human-machine interface (HMI), facilitating data exchange functions.
Controls Product Brief
| June 30, 2001

Machine control software

CTC Parker Automation (Milford, OH) has developed an updated version of MachineShop™ software for developing HMI and machine control applications. Version 1.01 features more than 20 new enhancements, including a configurable memory model that can double the program and system memory.
Controls Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Product interface

SoftPLC (Austin, TX) and InduSoft (Austin, TX) have interfaced their products, making it possible for a SoftPLC controller to have an HMI, data acquisition system, and connections to both wireless instrumentation and the Internet.
Controls Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Wrapper saves costs

Rexroth Indramat’s (Hoffman Estates, IL) new PPC (Combined Motion & Logic Controller) eliminates the need for a separate PLC on horizontal form/fill/seal machines from AmeriPak (Warrington, PA).
Controls Product Brief
| November 30, 2000

Touchscreen

GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, GA) has made an addition to its QuickPanel family of slim-profile touchscreen graphical operator interfaces. The 6’’ TFT QuickPanel Jr.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2000

Graphics capabilities

Developed for use with general purpose conveyor controllers and high-end operator control stations, Cscape™ Version 4.0 by Horner APG (Indianapolis, IN) supports operator interface functionality with new graphic capability.
Controls Product Brief
| August 31, 2000

Ethernet driver

CTC Parker Automation’s (Milford, OH) Allen-Bradley Ethernet Driver allows use of its Interact HMI software for Ethernet communications to Allen-Bradley SLC-5 and PLC-5 controllers on the factory floor.

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