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  1. Taggy

    PLC output cards used in Europe

    Apologies it should of said PNP on that post, my only excuse is that it was extremely early in the morning here! We have stuck with omron for many years and they have been extremely reliable! Taggy
  2. Taggy

    PLC output cards used in Europe

    bin2work I suppose there a number of different issues surrounding this but ive always used the NPN option mainly when it comes to commisioning a piece of plant you can have a small cable permenatly attached to ground this can then be touched on each point of all your output cards to prove the...
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    Idec Microsmart

    I am not familiar with the PLC but the way i would attempt to do this would as follows. Firstly a timer self ressetting of 60 secs and a flag related to this timer. Then a counter which is storing the number pulses from your particualar input into a data memory area. You would then have a block...
  4. Taggy

    Accuracy of flush mounted Inductive Barrel Sensors?

    Speedy Not sure if you have already stated this idea using different termonolgy, apologies if you have. Have you thought about using a "magnetic cylinder sensor" this maybe another ooption rather than using a standard barrel senors? Regards Taggy
  5. Taggy

    random element on ladder programming

    Just had a quick look through our manuals and software for the PLC's i use and i can not see a function that would do this' which i did expect to be honest. Sorry i cant be of any help and keep us informed of anything you do find.
  6. Taggy

    random element on ladder programming

    ok well i guess you mean you just want to randomly switch your twelve outputs on and off. Personally im unaware of function that would do this well on PLC's i use, but the easiest way (From my known knowledge anyway)would be to write some code that would switch different outputs on and off for a...
  7. Taggy

    random element on ladder programming

    kounoupis Im not entirely sure what you mean but if you have say "12 memories" or data memory areas, then each particular memory will contain a piece of information which may or may not change like if you are monitoring an analouge input it will change. When you say activate or deactivate...
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    plcwireing

    jj4 What is it exactly you want to know is it connection details of I/O cards,Analougue cards,Comms cards for example, these will vary slightly from one manufacturer to the next? Also what manufacturer are you using? As for programming, the software will vary from one manufacturer to the other...
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    Sensor for measuring web thickness?

    PLCRookie As everyone has said always try for the easy solution, but also TygerDawg mentioned Keyence sensors i have used there sensors and PLCs alot and they are very good easy to set up etc try something like the VG series that keyence do but if you do go down that road speak to a rep and...
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    Flir InfraCAM

    Hi I am fairly new to this forum and have found it extremely interesting. I do not have any kind of detailed knowledge of Thermography but i have a simple question. I am just wondering if anybody has had any use or thoughts on FLIRs new infraCAM as the company i work for is currently thinking...
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