Some common pitfalls in machine safety have to do with not wiring devices correctly. Many devices today can cover a range of safety levels, such as SIL 1 through SIL 3, but have different wiring ...

A three-day training program for automation technology and IEC 61131 programming—available for free from WAGO—will occur on five separate dates in 2016: March 8-10, May 3-5, August 2-4, September ...

Modern industrial automation owes much of its flexibility to programmable logic controllers. Before programmable logic controllers (PLCs) appeared in the 1970s, factory control was dominated by ...

With Open Core Engineering, KAT engineers can now perform full programming control in the LabView environment without having to create PLC code in a separate program. Source: Bosch Rexroth. Kraus ...