At PMS we are struggling to maintain records of production data i.e. Machine production counts, rejects, machine down time etc. Our production supervisor takes the readings manually from all 7 cells. He than enters the data on the excel spread sheet for further analysis. This process is time consuming and wants to see it happening automatically.
We have two s4c and 5 IRC5 controllers. Initially I want to test on two IRC5 controllers and than connect to the remote server which runs webware option on it. Currently we don?_Tt have pc software option installed on all 7 controllers. Is it possible to run same software options on all robot controllers?
My next task is to control external I/O which should run parallel to the main program there by maintaining the same cycle time.
I have two option’s
1: To use multitasking software option; which is ideally suitable for handling various tasks in future.
2: To use PLC?_Ts to handle monitor different tasks;
Currently we dont have any of the below option installed below on our controllers
1: PC software options
2: Multitasking option
3: FTP option
4: Suitable PLC?_Ts compatible on IRC5 and S4C controller and any options needed to connect to a controller bus
5: webware server and client software
Any cheap package availabe?
Due to market slowdown we would like to get cheap and reliable options.
Could I automate all the above option by using PLC?_Ts so that we can save huge amount
Or ABB?_Ts software options?
Guyz please reply