I had an occasion this weekend to add a PLC as a controller for the shared resources in the manufacturing facility - i.e. compressor, exhaust system, etc. Everything is set up so that when a machine gets turned on, all of the resources that that machine needs is turned on. Some safety stuff has been added as well, such as there is now a pressure sensor on the air compressor which should trip if the compressor 'sticks on' as it tends to do when the pressure switch fails, causing all sorts of excitement.
It definitely made me long for the automation/controller stuff I did in a previous life - a lot similar to the stuff you're doing. It also made me long for a few sticks of panduit raceway/duct since things are not nearly as pretty as I would have liked. Well, that and all of the supplies/tools you need to really make something like this look professional. As it is, it's more functional than pretty. I did have a surprise though, I bought some multiconductor control cable to run from the PLC to a control/status panel. Every time I've ever used this in the past, the conductors are all different colors. This cable was all black wires with the wire numbers written on the wire itself. Never had seen this style. After I got over my 'This isn't what I expected' grumpiness, I decided it was probably ok, although it did take a bit of time to find the first few wires. I'm just glad my close-up vision hasn't failed me yet. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > First time wiring up a Schneider VFD...the terminal block was easy to work > with and took about an hour on each of two I did this morning. > > Jaime Solorza > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
