I have a project to add another Allen Bradley PV 550 to an exsisting install.The current PV 550 is a RS 232 comms only unit as thats what the port on the SLC 5/05 is along with the ethernet port.Is there any way to add another pv 550 to this PLC ?
This is only part of a autoloading system for a press . The base plate ,which also supports other members of the system ,was thought to be ok if made from carbon steel to keep the cost down as it is approximately 18 sq. ft .Being that it runs at 140 KW / 9 KHZ , it generates a substantial field...
I recently installed an Induction Heater for heating carbon steel bars .The heating coil sits about 7" over the 3/4" steel plate that supports it . The problem is the 3/4" plate is heating up to well over 200 deg f after just a few minutes of operation .What can be put between the coil and the...
I want to open up some space in my 1 story ranch .I would like to remove the load bearing wall that runs down the center of the house. I would make a 30' beam from 4-2x10's on a 2x12 that would be in the attic space ,on top of ,and secured to all of the 2x6 ceiling joists from the attic side ...
The bars are in a rack next to each other. The purpose of the sensor is to locate the center of each bar so the robot can pick it out of the rack utilizing a magnet mounted on the same robot.The range it would need to detect would be approx. 6" ,down to 2" when it would lower down to pick up the...
NEED HELP LOCATING A DC SENSOR THAT IS TO BE MOUNTED ON A ROBOTIC ARM THAT WILL DETECT VARIATIONS IN HEIGHT FROM THE TARGET .TARGET SIZE IS APPROX.1.125 ROUND STEEL BARS
Having occassional noise problems on a forging press with 2 Allen-Bradley resolvers into 2 AMCI resolver cards which are in a SLC500 chassis.What belden cable will offer the highest noise immunity?
