Control Design

Why did Four Peaks Brewing switch to LEIBINGER – Coding & Marking. #machines for bottle and can #coding? From #production #downtime to faulty #marking #systems, Control Design explores the challenges that the Arizona #brewery faced and how the German #technology company helped resolve them in an exclusively online article at ControlDesign.com. #codingmachinery #printers #breweries #FourPeaks #Leibinger #ControlDesign Read the full article here??? https://lnkd.in/gVjmjrEj

It's Monday, so you know what that means: a new #Control Intelligence episode! ??? Check out Control Design's latest short and sweet episode on #objectoriented #programming, written by contributing editor Tobey Strauch. #objectorientedprogramming #OOP #PLCs #ControlIntelligence #ControlDesign Give it a listen here??? https://lnkd.in/gcq_8EHr

Are #electromechanical #relays better or worse than #solidstate relays? In terms of #functionality, they both switch a #signal based on an input to the relay, Tobey Strauch reported, as she finds the trade-offs between #EMRs and #SSRs in this Control Design article. What do you think? Let us know which relay you prefer! #electromechanicalrelays #solidstaterelays #enclosures #ComponentConsiderations #ControlDesign Read the article here??? https://lnkd.in/gvMbBDZm

Should #motion #control remain in the cabinet or move onto the machine? Control Design contributor Rick Rice explores motion control's relationship dynamics with the #cabinet and the #machine in his column. "Centralized #motioncontrol means the entire group of #servo #drives are located in the main control #panel with #power and #encoder cables are routed out to each physical #motor mounted on your machine," he writes. #servodrives #controlpanel #applications #centralizedcontrol #ControlDesign Read the full article here??? https://lnkd.in/ey7WzZ5X

The symptoms of poor #shielding and #grounding can show up as a variety of #hardware and even appear as #software issues, Joey Stubbs, PE writes, including: ?? #IO not behaving normally, ??#drives faulting, ??#controller #logic issues, and more. Joey shares key considerations for #electromagnetic #interference and grounding in this article from Control Design. #LiveWire #enclosures #electromagneticinterference #electrical #ControlDesign Read the full story here??? https://lnkd.in/g5UjmZrD

#Hardware and #software will dictate appropriate #educational needs, Charles Palmer says in his latest column. "With the exponential #advances that have evolved and continue to evolve in the sphere of #controls #engineering," he writes, "it is natural that the #training methodologies have needed an equal if not expanded system of how young controls #engineers are brought up to speed in the #workplace." Read Charles' full article to learn more about his insights on the future of the controls engineering #workforce. #controlsengineering #trainingrequirements #youngengineers #AutomationBasics #Control Design Charles' full article??? https://lnkd.in/g4-AihaX

Our editor in chief Mike Bacidore and managing editor Anna Townshend wrote some AMAZING articles for this event! Read them all here: https://lnkd.in/gem7aXPA

Happy Monday Control Design community! We're back this week with a column from Tobey Strauch discussing #objectoriented #programming versus ladder #logic. Could you be using #OOP without even knowing it? Find out by reading the full column at ControlDesign.com. #PLCs #programmablelogiccontrollers #Objectorientedprogramming #ladderlogic #ComponentConsiderations #ControlDesign Read the full article here??? https://lnkd.in/gjwdtskH

Have you listened to Anna Townshend's monthly #news podcast???? Anna condenses the most important Control Design news into one easy-listening #podcast. Catch it on the last Monday of each month. #industrynews #machinebuilders #systemintegrators #ControlIntelligence #ControlDesign Listen to the September news podcast here??? https://lnkd.in/gQvh3HkM

#News from Control Design: HANNOVER MESSE 2025 will focus on #investment in #digitalization, #automation and #electrification. 5,000 companies, including 200 from partner country #Canada, will participate in the German #industrial trade fair. "We are at a historic crossroads," Deutsche Messe AG's Dr. Jochen K?ckler said. "The current global environment is shaping what the industrial #power structures will look like in the future." #industrynews #tradefair #management #DeutscheMesse #HannoverMesse #ControlDesign Read the full story here??? https://lnkd.in/dmpEzJ4x