Mainstream Brand PLC Comparison and Selection Guild

JAKARTA, Indonesia - April 7, 2017 - PRLog -- The programmable logic controller (PLC) has become one of the most effective tools in modern industrial production equipment; their main brands are Panasonic PLC, Mitsubishi PLC, Omron PLC (http://panasonic-plc.com/omron-plc-3/), Siemens PLC (http://panasonic-plc.com/siemens-plc-2/).

In recent years, the price of PLC products has been greatly reduced and its cost effectiveness is getting higher and higher, which is one of the important reasons for many technical engineers to choose a PLC. Before we describe our choice, we have to look at several major groups in the international PLC market.

PLC products in the world can be divided into three groups according to their region: United States, European, and Japanese products. PLC technology in the United States and Europe is isolated to cases of independent research and development, so the United States and Europe PLC products have obvious differences. The Japanese PLC technology is introduced by the United States, so USA and Japan PLCs are similar to a certain degree, but Japan's main positioning is in the small PLC. The United States and Europe are known for their large and medium-sized PLC.

Manufacturer	Brand
EU/USA PLC	Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider, LS, Emerson, ABB
Japan PLC	Mitsubishi, Omron, GE-Fanuc, Panasonic, Fuji
Taiwan PLC	Delta, FATEK
China Mainland PLC	Kinco, Inovance

After reading the first three of the world's PLC Groups, we talk about how to buy PLC products.

First, the system scale, how many points the PLCs need.

Two, determine the load type, AC or DC output, High Current or Low current, Relay output or transistor Output.

Three, storage capacity and speed.

Four, listen to the programmer suggestion. Some software is easy to learn but has too many commands; some software is hard to learn but has few commands (Siemens PLC).

The experience I got is below; if it is not right I welcome corrections.
SIEMENS is strong in process control and communication control and their analog module price is very cheap; however, the PLCs made in Japan have no advantage. Their analog module price is high and the programming is complicated, but they have the advantage of discrete control and motion control.

For example, some of the equipment is only some action control, such as the robot. You can choose the Panasonic PLC (http://panasonic-plc.com/), a device that has servo or stepper to position control; you also can select the MITSUBISHI PLC. For central air conditioning, sewage treatment, temperature control, etc. there are many analogs, so selecting SIEMENS PLC is more reasonable. If one's equipment has a lot of data to be collected in a site by the instrument of communication, SIEMENS is your best choice.

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