What are the Major PLC Manufacturers?

today we will discuss several of the top plc manufacturers from around the world there are quite a few and hopefully this video will clear up some of the differences of the major brands before we get into today's video if you love our videos be sure to click the like button below and make sure to click Subscribe and the bell to receive notifications of new real Parrs videos this way you never miss another one as technicians engineers and programmers we have several choices when it comes to choosing a brand of plc depending on where you work you may have to familiarize yourself with many different plc brands some places use more than one manufacturer in a single facility so let's break some of the major brands down so we can see the difference probably the biggest name out there in the automation and PLC world is Siemens Siemens offers their somatic line of controllers giving users of all performance needs an option somatic stands for Siemens automatic the name itself should be an indicator of its role in automation in manufacturing they're somatic controllers have some pretty great standard features including Ethernet tcp/ip easy connections and for pro finet io communications profibus is included or easily added with a module when it comes to the somatic software Siemens claims that they offer maximum efficiency throughout the automation process their somatic step seven lets users configure program test and diagnose the basic advanced and distributed controllers programmers and engineers from around the world are familiar with the Siemens platform making it a solid choice for any company one of the largest PLC manufacturers used in the United States is Rockwell Automation and their Allen Bradley line of controllers allen-bradley offers controllers for all different sized projects their large control systems are being referred to as programmable automation controllers or PACs these are made with a complete automated project in mind a network of their large controllers can essentially run an entire plant with proper design and planning this is accomplished with their control logics controllers in software Gard PLC for safety systems and soft logics software suite allen-bradley also offers systems for smaller applications most popular are their micro logics SLC 500 and compact logics systems are still extremely powerful for the needs of almost any industry every manufacturing facility that I've ever worked in had several of each of these controllers installed in their equipment the programming for allen-bradley controllers comes in the form of rslogix 5000 and the newer studio 5000 the rslogix line of programming software has been around for many years and is progressed into an extremely powerful automation tool if you were to search for a job dealing with PLC's in the United States there's a pretty good chance it will require knowledge of rslogix and allen-bradley another well-known and high-end plc manufacturer is a BB a BB offers their AC 500 lineup that caters from small to large high-end applications one aspect of the AC 500 line that sets it apart from some of the other brands is their concept of any module in any CPU this means that no matter what CPU you have for your AC 500 PLC you can use any ABB AC 500 module this makes finding replacement parts easy and affordable one common factor between all three manufacturers that we have discussed is the option of modular devices all of these brands let the customer set up their system as they see fit you can add as many input cards or output cards or combination of cards as you need for your application they also offer fixed units in their smaller applications this means that the fixed PLC may have a set number of inputs and outputs built into the unit these are usually less expensive and great for small applications another thing to remember about each of these brands is that they have the parts for an entire project from the PLC to the HMI to the switches and motor drives all three brands make all of the components to complete the project look back at what we now know today we discussed three of the major plc manufacturers probably the most well known around the world is Siemens Siemens offers something for all applications big and small one of the largest and most well known in the United States is Alan Bradley by Rockwell Automation there rslogix programming software has been around for a long time the latest version is it's Studio 5000 lastly ABB is another PLC powerhouse they have been in the automation arena for many years as well they're a c500 line has anything you would need for a project just remember that all three brands can complete an automation project from start to finish with hardware and software remember that there are plenty of other manufacturers out there as well a simple search can lead to tons of information make sure that you head over to real parse comm to find even more training material for all of your plc programming 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Keywords: PLC Manufacturers, Siemens, SIMATIC, Siemens automatic, SIMATIC software, SIMATIC STEP7, Siemens platform, Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley, Programmable Automation Controllers, PAC, ControlLogix, GuardPLC, SoftLogix, MicroLogix, SLC500, CompactLogix, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, ABB, AC500, any module in any CPU, AC500 PLC

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Length: 7min 10sec (430 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 15 2018