Whether you’re just starting out with industrial automation or you’ve been working in the field for years, this glossary of PLC programming terms will help you understand and communicate complex terms efficiently. The first section is specific programming terms. The second section is general terms surrounding PLC product styles and functionality. We hope you find this list useful as a reference for PLC terminology.
During this unprecedented crisis, ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business is working to help customers and partners keep production lines going and to enable businesses to continue to function while many are working from home. From Friday March 27, ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business has been making key software services available free of charge to their customers until the end of 2020.
Allied Electronics & Automation has officially appointed Ken Bradley as president of its Americas region, effective March 31, 2020. Bradley had previously served in the role in an interim capacity, beginning in September 2019.
Allied Electronics & Automation has named Mike Walker as vice president and global leader of its sales team. Walker, who will be based in Fort Worth, joins Allied from Lennox International, where he spent more than 18 years in progressively senior sales, marketing and product management roles, most recently as the Vice President of Sales. He will lead a recently expanded sales team of more than 450 serving the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chile.
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, announced that it has expanded its product portfolio by signing a North American distribution partnership with Quest Technology International and Quest Manufacturing. The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with an “all-in-one” shopping experience that includes both industrial enclosures, wall cabinets, server racks, and accessories, as well as ethernet, HDMI and audio products, fiber optics, and installation tools.
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, and A.N. Solutions GmbH, a leading Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) design house, today announced that A.N. Solutions joined Digi-Key’s Design & Integration Service Program. A.N. Solutions will offer its professional engineering services to Digi-Key’s developer community, focusing on complex industrial IoT product development, challenging RF antenna design, monitoring and control wireless networking, sensor data integration, and more.
Mouser Electronics, Inc. announces a new eBook, in collaboration with Texas Instruments (TI), that explores the products and technologies necessary to meet current and future requirements for building automation. In Building Automation: Technologies at the Foundation of Smart Homes and Buildings, subject matter experts from TI and Mouser provide in-depth analyses on a number of topics and applications relevant to building automation.
New-Indy Containerboard has chosen technology leader ABB to provide the integrated electrical and automation systems and equipment for its Columbia paper machine rebuild in Catawba, South Carolina, USA. The leading supplier of high-quality recycled containerboard for the corrugated box industry is rebuilding its Number 3 paper machine to diversify its product capabilities.
The world of industry will not be able to meet in Hannover this year. Comprehensive travel restrictions, bans on group gatherings and a prohibition decree in the Hannover region make it impossible to stage HANNOVER MESSE. At the same time, the corona crisis is affecting the economy, and the manufacturing industry – HANNOVER MESSE’s core clientele – is already struggling with serious consequences of the pandemic.
As part of its commitment to hiring high-performing, diverse, and experienced leaders, Allied Electronics & Automation recently named three new executives to lead the company’s Finance, Human Resources, and Marketing functions: Manisha Kadoche as Chief Financial Officer, Katie Cartwright as Vice President of Human Resources, and Jessie Dearien as Vice President of Marketing.
In its continuing commitment to the success of tomorrow’s workforce, Emerson announces the application period is now open for its 2020 ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program for U.S. college students. The merit-based scholarships are awarded on the candidate’s potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the engineering, instrumentation, systems, and automation professions.
Anderson Power Products is pleased to announce the authorization of Digi-Key Electronics as a global distributor serving the electronic component industry.
TE Connectivity Ltd., a global industrial technology company with positions in connectivity and sensing solutions, completed its public takeover of First Sensor AG. TE now holds 71.87% shares of First Sensor. First Sensor, founded as a technology start-up in the early 1990s, is a global player in sensor technology. With its expertise in chip design and production, as well as microelectronic packaging, it develops and produces standard sensors and customer-specific sensor solutions in the fields of photonics, pressure and advanced electronics for applications within the industrial, medical and transportation markets.
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Certified Electrical Safety Engineer (CESE) certificate courses are the best way to make sure your team is up to speed on the latest laws and standards for functional machine safety in manufacturing. Wieland Electric provides industry recognized SGS-TÜV Saar certification, which covers the functional safety aspects of machinery with a focus on programmable electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical aspects.
Graybar, a distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, has recently announced the results from its Empowering Our Communities program, which was introduced last year in celebration of the company’s 150th anniversary and 90 years of employee ownership.