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Posted on 10/29/2009 at 12:14 pm | Viewed 139 times | 0 comments
This story starts out while having lunch with Stefano from Enerdoor Inc at Subway. I enjoy taking Stefano there because he has only been in the US for a while and is still learning english. Come to think of it so am I. Anyhow.. the people at subway talk fast and when they ask “White or Wheat” it comes out like one word 'whitaweet'. Its fun watching Stefano's puzzled expression as he thinks of what 'whitaweet'. could possibly mean.
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Posted on 08/24/2009 at 02:22 pm | Viewed 182 times | 0 comments
Recently I had the opportunity to specify a complete automation solution. Servo's, PLC parts and an Operator Display. This was a 4 axis machine with two relatively large robotic arms. The robotic arms are supported by an overhead rail. The two arms independently move along the horizontal rail. The also extend and retract vertically.
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Posted on 04/08/2009 at 03:10 pm | Viewed 297 times | 0 comments
Phoenix Contact Controller Upgrade
Jim and I had been tasked with removing an ILC200 controller and replacing it with a newer ILC150 Controller. The software to program these controllers is called PC-Worx. PC-Worx is an IEC 61131-3 compliant software package. There were a few issues due to differences between the controllers. One issue was that somehow we had lost our default values. There were not that many default values so we manually typed them into the new program.
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Posted on 02/04/2009 at 05:18 pm | Viewed 342 times | 0 comments
I show up at a customers to show them how easy motion can be on a Panasonic PLC. I start up my laptop and notice they have WiFi so I connect to it. Its nice to be connected. I then write a very simple program using a pre-made Panasonic function block. The function block in the picture below is the entire program.
Screen Shot
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