BLOGS Add new entry Technology Ideas SIMPLE PLC POSITIONING CONTROL Recently we had a request from a customer who wanted to expand and improve his CNC tending operation. For more than a year the plant had been using a UR10e collaborative robot from Universal Robots to load and unload parts from one of his CNC machines. He was very pleased with the initial ROI on the project, and with the ongoing value of that installation that he decided to implement the UR Cobot on a second CNC machine. The idea was to... Jim Wachtel in PLCs October 20 0 Technology Ideas A WEB SERVER THAT COMES WITH A PLC The Mitsubishi iQ-F PLC comes with Ethernet built in. One of the many things this Ethernet port may be used for is a Web Portal. This Web Portal gives the user access to important data in the PLC by simply using a standard Web Browser. Things like serial number, firmware version, errors, and diagnostic information are easily accessed. A user can also check actual data running in their PLC program. Not only can they read the data, but if they log in with... Jim Wachtel in PLCs October 18 0 Technology Ideas WHEN RESISTANCE WON THE DAY A Simple, Inexpensive, & Quick Solution Saves the Day! We recently were asked to solve an unexpected issue for one of our PLC customers. They use the high-performance Mitsubishi iQ−F PLC, also known as the FX5U, which is equipped with 2 Analog Inputs and 1 Analog Output. The Analog Inputs are rated for 0 to 10 Volts with a 12-bit Analog to Digital converter allowing for a resolution of 2.5 mVolts. The digital number seen in the PLC will range... Jim Wachtel in PLCs October 18 0 Technology Ideas THE ROI DIMENSION WHERE GOOSEBUMPS GROW! “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.” These words from the opening of “The Twilight Zone” drew the viewer into the next few minutes with the hope of goosebumps. Well, so I’m told. You see I don’t have any pores or hair, and so no goosebumps either. Anyway, humanity seems to always be hunting for something more, something not readily apparent in life, while... Dave Alexander in Robots October 15 0 Technology Ideas WORKER SAFETY AND SATISFACTION I saw something on a TV sportscast the other day that would have curled my mother’s toes. Yes, yes, I said I “saw something”, because even though I’m a Cobot, I CAN see now through the wonders of machine vision, but that’s beside the point. What I saw was this commentator wearing a suit with a striped tie and a polka-dot shirt. It made my head spin, all 6 axes! But here’s the weird thing, he pulled it off. He looked pretty good in it. It left me... Dave Alexander in Robots October 15 0 Technology Ideas 5 MYTHS ABOUT COBOTS DEBUNKED Collaborative Robots Deliver Automation to Manufacturers of Every Size Thanks to the collaborative industrial robot revolution, the ambitions of manufacturing companies are increasingly realized at a much lower cost and with much less effort than expected. However, the introduction of cobots in automation planning discussions is sometimes met with hesitation which come from people's experience with non-collaborative traditional robots: ... Dave Alexander in Robots October 15 0 Theme Contact Us Powered by Invision Community