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OPTIMA CONTROL SOLUTIONS 15


cent of maximum speed (with a high quality analogue tachometer feedback device, well-coupled with a good quality motor     


 controllers to current plc technology Process logic control systems have been commonplace since the    As development advances, manufacturers tend to introduce new product ranges; periodically,  they do release a new range, the old one has two limited support  is provided by the manufacturer direct, the second one – by independent means that has no  generally outlasts the former,  equipment where second-hand 


Optima Control Solutions has been operating at the leading edge of control system technology since 1995


 Some obsolete PLC equipment  as a direct result of its original


 Siemens S5 equipment, for  number of companies despite it ceasing to be manufactured  and support requirements for this equipment has dwindled to dangerously low levels with  strategies needed and very        of employing the latest PLC   – recent PLC models


Fieldbus networks reduce I-O connections and the cost of hard wiring


  


   – A single PLC may    – Most PLC   machines can be successfully controlled by lower cost, higher  the need for more costly 


-   the advent of AC vector motor controllers, the most common  industrial variable speed control involved one of a small number  


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