National Instruments to revolutionise automation process

EPP News Bureau - Mumbai

To address the growing needs of machine and industrial control system, leading automation companies created a new class of industrial controllers known as Programmable Automation Controllers. These industrial grade controllers combine capabilities for logic control, process control, machine vision, and I/O integration – all using a single software environment.

By using single open software like NI’s LabVIEW, coupled with modular hardware architecture, enterprises can now easily address Advanced Automation applications while availing huge productivity improvements, and long term cost benefits. By adapting PAC technology, enterprises can future proof their investments by allowing them to cope with future system changes or requirements in terms of additional functionality or capabilities. NI PACs are fully capable of being integrated with existing PLC based automation systems thereby making available additional functionality or system expansion capability with minimal integration cost and effort.

According to Jayaram Pillai, Country Head, NI Systems India, “The advancement in automation technologies will bring great benefits to the manufacturing process and the industry itself. In the Indian market context, given the competitiveness of brands which operate on small margins and large volumes, NI’s PACs are more relevant due to the immense benefits it offers.”

National Instruments (NI) PACs come with certain unique advantages that help organisations achieve tremendous savings in terms of manufacturing time, increased productivity and enhanced savings. This is accomplished because of NI’s LabVIEW. By simply being familiar with LabVIEW use, engineers are able to address applications involving high-speed control, data acquisition, machine vision based inspection, custom motion control, advanced analysis and reporting.