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- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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I need info about how to build a panel for DCS/PLC:
The needed tools
The skills
The steps
Details
Thanks.
The needed tools
The skills
The steps
Details
Thanks.
I'm not sure where to start.
First, you need to decide how big a panel, and whether it is going to be freestanding or wall hanging, or pedestal mounted, etc.
Then you need to decide what service hazards it is going to be exposed to.
Then you can specify the physical panel itself.
Then you have to install the i/o and the other devices, and then you have to wire them according to code, recommended practice, and the customer's
specifications.
If you don't know how to do this, I strongly recommend that you hire a system integrator with a panel fabricating facility to do it for you.
Best,
Walt Boyes
Editor in Chief
Control magazine
www.controlglobal.com
blog:Sound OFF!! http://www.controlglobal.com/soundoff
_________________
Putman Media Inc.
555 W. Pierce Rd. Suite 301
Itasca, IL 60143
630-467-1301 x368
wboyes@putman.net
First, you need to decide how big a panel, and whether it is going to be freestanding or wall hanging, or pedestal mounted, etc.
Then you need to decide what service hazards it is going to be exposed to.
Then you can specify the physical panel itself.
Then you have to install the i/o and the other devices, and then you have to wire them according to code, recommended practice, and the customer's
specifications.
If you don't know how to do this, I strongly recommend that you hire a system integrator with a panel fabricating facility to do it for you.
Best,
Walt Boyes
Editor in Chief
Control magazine
www.controlglobal.com
blog:Sound OFF!! http://www.controlglobal.com/soundoff
_________________
Putman Media Inc.
555 W. Pierce Rd. Suite 301
Itasca, IL 60143
630-467-1301 x368
wboyes@putman.net
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