Everything you Wanted to Know About PLCs & HMI
Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 05:42:28 +0000
In this modern era of living, across all countries and industries, we are observing an exciting new wave of contemporary technological development, driven by automation and efficient & skilled human understanding. A couple of exciting and prominent technological concepts that are at the forefront of this rapidly enhancing high-tech world are Human Machine Interface (HMI), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
HMI software fundamentally works as a communication link or platform between individuals operating machines and the system to oversee and control operations. A few variants of the Human Machine Interface software also transform data from industrial control systems into visual depictions of these systems that can be interpreted by humans for their clearer understanding and analysis.
This also ensures that employees can administer and utilise seemingly complicated types of machinery without much inconvenience. It results in a host of benefits such as increased productivity, heightened employee satisfaction & morale, and efficient documentation & storing of data. HMI is a software facilitating human & machine interaction which makes it a critical component of the broader scope of SCADA. Both these phenomena help propel the applicability of the Industrial IoT across different sectors.
The influence of automation is simply too tough to ignore. It’s a remarkably helpful form of technology that administers the performance of various types and forms of machinery present in the manufacturing sector. PLC is a common example of such a type of technology that has become regularly related to the concept of automation as a whole. It consistently monitors the various inputs involved in the performance of a particular form of machinery and enhances it to a level that makes these manufacturing process as fluid as possible. To match the demands of rough industrial environments, PLCs are uniquely designed to be extremely robust and sturdy, often competent enough of functioning under unfavourable conditions such as unpredictable temperatures, humidity, vibration, and noise. The applicability of PLC’s can be witnessed in various mechanical functions –
- Wind Turbine Operations
- Cement Manufacturing
- The Smart Factory
- Virtual Modelling
It can easily be concluded that IIoT is revolutionising how companies across several industries monitor their business, opening paths for them to introduce a new age of automation and smart industry solutions. This along with the applications of HMI, PLC, and SCADA software are helping them amplify the economy by cultivating dependable industry services. It promotes a cycle of generating job opportunities, maximising inputs, and increasing revenue.
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