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Home » PLCs

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Siemens TIA Portal

New Open Source and AI Tools Make Keeping Track of Machine Programming Easier

Change management, aka version control, can be a challenge when all you want to do is get the packaging machine back up and running after a line change.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
April 8, 2025

Keeping track of your PLCs’ programming is easy as long as you don’t have to change it. When you do need to make program changes, the ability to keep track of them is easier with modern tools and AI.


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cybersecurity

Ransomware is big business—and you can’t afford to play the game!

A cyberattack not only creates costly downtime but also can destroy IP, cause food safety issues and just be plain expensive—whether or not you pay the ransom
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
September 24, 2020
Ransomware could cost your food or beverage company millions.
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panel PC
Tech Update

PLCs and controllers are being used as intelligent gateways to IIoT

Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
October 16, 2019
PLCs/PACs are the unseen workhorses in our processes and material handling/packaging equipment today.
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lye recovery crossflow system

Using incremental process control for largely manual processes

Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
April 16, 2019
Some food and beverage plants are potentially well-suited to totally automated process control. Other applications may not be so easy to automate but can still benefit from incremental process control implementations.
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EPIC industrial controller
Engineering R&D

New automation controller connects with sensors, actuators, PLCs, networks

Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
February 20, 2019
Enter EPIC—a controller capable of handling analog and discrete I/O with direct connection to sensors and actuators, running real-time tasks on board and connecting safely to cloud-based and on-premises applications.
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New Plant Products

IDEC MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC

April 12, 2018
Capable of controlling large machines or entire small-scale manufacturing facilities, the IDEC MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC has a 2,060 local I/O capacity.
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embedded PCs
Tech Update: PLCs & PACs

PLCs and PACs: Know when and where to use them

Programmable logic controllers have been around for decades, and programmable automation controllers for not quite so long, but each has its special role in the manufacturing hierarchy.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
December 20, 2016
A look at things to consider when determining how much technology you need to solve an automation problem.
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Rockwell, Cisco launch new architectures to reduce security risks
TECH FLASH

Major manufacturers’ ICSs remain vulnerable

The majority of ICS components connected to the internet are located in the United States and Europe
Jeremy Gerrard
Jeremy Gerrard
July 13, 2016

According to a new investigation by Kaspersky Lab, 17,042 ICS components on 13,698 different hosts exposed to the internet, likely belong to large organizations.


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Technology Sourcebook

All-in-one PLC

January 21, 2016
The Unitronics Vision700 all-in-one PLC offers a range of I/O configurations including digital, high-speed and analog I/Os, as well as PT100/thermocouple and weight/pressure measurement.
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PMMI releases mechatronics study guides

PMMI releases PLCs 1 study guide

Jeremy Gerrard
Jeremy Gerrard
December 9, 2015

In order to help candidates prepare for the PLC 1 exam, PMMI launched its Programmable Logic Controllers 1 Study Guide.


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