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Why and when would you consider adding a PLC to a UR Application |
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Hi Pros,
Every applications so far that we programmed did not require us to use a PLC. We had enough process power in the UR and all the IO's that we needed. I saw many post on DoF referring to PLC. What are you criteria when you decide whether or not you need a PLC. This adds cost to the projects and we simply don't want to buy it when we don't need it.
Every applications so far that we programmed did not require us to use a PLC. We had enough process power in the UR and all the IO's that we needed. I saw many post on DoF referring to PLC. What are you criteria when you decide whether or not you need a PLC. This adds cost to the projects and we simply don't want to buy it when we don't need it.
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thanks a lot and that makes sense since the IOs are quite limited on the UR. Anyone else using really a PLC to control the robotic cell and probably having the robot as a slave in the cell?
Back to the original question, I have seen an AB PLC used with the robot because the equipment that we were integrating into was ran by the AB and was an existing line that we added a robot to when I was still at SFEG. This was before UR added the Ethernet IP or prominent so it was basically a input/output handshake between the robot and the machinery. Similar to how we wire into older Haas mills.