Home>Topics>Programmable Logic Controller
  1. All
  2. Article
  3. Print

Programmable Logic Controller

Programmable Logic Controller news and technical articles from Vision Systems Design magazine. Search Programmable Logic Controller latest and archived news and articles

  1. Smart Camera Checks Electrical Tape

    Print

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    … good contrast images of both the tape end and the fiducial mark in the platen. Edge detection Triggered by a programmable logic controller (PLC), the camera images the tape and platen and embedded edge tools are first used to find both the fiducial …

  2. SMART CAMERAS: Antisway crane system embeds smart camera

    Print

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    … that incorporates a smart camera , fiber-optic communication link, and feedback control system based on a programmable logic controller (PLC; see Fig. 1). FIGURE 1. MVLZ has engineered an automated antisway system that incorporates a smart …

Related Topics:

  1. PLC
  2. Smart Cameras
  3. 3-D Vision System
  4. Camera Link Camera
  5. Motion Controls
  6. Camera
  1. Structured Light System Inspects Ski Surfaces

    Print

    Sun, 1 Apr 2012

    … ski fail such an inspection, the industrial PC with an Intel quad-core CPU running the system triggers a programmable logic controller (PLC) to stop the conveyor. An operator then removes the ski, which is either rejected or sent for further …

  2. Smart Cameras Think Outside the Box

    Print

    Sun, 1 Jan 2012

    … programming of the camera's vision functionality can also be programmed in more conventional industrial programmable logic controller (PLC)-style languages. For example, Festo's smart camera can run a number of off-the-shelf vision …

  3. INTEGRATION INSIGHTS - Medical Parts Get a Clinical Checkup

    Print

    Thu, 1 Dec 2011

    … framework, the machine incorporates a bowl feeder into which batches of devices are manually loaded. Employing a programmable logic controller (PLC) from Allen Bradley, the pneumatically driven bowl feeder feeds the products onto a linear track that …

  5. MACHINE-VISION SOFTWARE: Vision framework supports multiple software packages

    Print

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    … verification (OCV) capabilities. Combined with the ControlVision VisionServer HMI framework and a CompactLogix programmable logic controller (PLC) from Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee, WI, USA), the system can be integrated into existing line controls …

  6. Inspection system prints and verifies drug tablets

    Article

    Mon, 5 Sep 2011

    … identified as a smaller white spot. The inspection results for each of the six tablets are then sent to a programmable logic controller (PLC) that controls a vacuum system, which picks up the tablets that have passed the inspection and places …

  7. Smart cameras solve a pressing problem in aluminum production lines

    Article

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

    … not cut properly, the BOA camera alerts a programmable logic controller (PLC), which then shuts down the machine ..... was not cut properly, the BOA initiates a programmable logic controller (PLC) from Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee …

  8. X-ray Imaging Delivers a Better Cut

    Print

    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    … ray imaging system, a combination of commercially available and custom image-processing software, and a programmable logic controller (PLC) to direct automated rotary knives to separate the carcass into the correct portions based on the internal …

  9. OCR/OCV vision systems improve reject rates and quality yield on pharmaceutical line

    Article

    Fri, 26 Aug 2011

    … systems with the packaging line WJAI configured the vision systems to communicate with the Allen-Bradley programmable logic controller (PLC) and human machine interface (HMI) software that run the machine. When the operator begins running …

View More