geniusintraining
Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator
Ultimately I think AD is 3rd in US market share and I that might be a comfortable lead.
Disagree ... Mitsubishi is 3rd then AD
Ultimately I think AD is 3rd in US market share and I that might be a comfortable lead.
Disagree ... Mitsubishi is 3rd then AD
Agree but I see a lot of Omron specified too.
Agree... I do think Omron and AD are maybe more neck in neck... maybe even Omron with the edge, I go by sales of communication cables and AD are down on the list but a lot of customers would/are buying direct from them, I do sell a LOT more Omron cables than AD but I am cheap when you look at a percentage of cost, I am sure a lot of AD customers buy their cables from AD and not me (even though I think mine are better)
I think its funny how different industries lean more for one than the other... when I go to a Peach manufacturing its going to be AD and Omron, when I go to Chickens its more Allen Bradley and Ice Houses are Mitsubishi's
I go by sales of communication cables...
you're only seeing brands backwards enough to still use proprietary cables.
Well, I agree with the tribal thing but that's not the problem here, IMO.I don't have examples to the contrary, but would say that this is normal human behaviour. We're still tribal deep down and allegiance to a brand (any brand) is based on that and not always logic.
Well, I agree with the tribal thing but that's not the problem here, IMO.
To make an informed decision one also assume people have access to 1. un-biased information and 2. know well what their own selection criteria is. I honest don't see either of these very common in this industry at the end-user level. Ever. Even for something as common in the USA as AB PLC, I still sometime get **** programming from OEM or integrator.
Also, as mentioned, the ability for after sales support is paramount in our world. I have been burned more than once going with something "better and more advanced".
Just saying, maybe there are tons of very legit reasons for people going with the tried and true.
GE and Honeywell are also in the mix.
Here is a list from 2014:
List of Top Most Widely used PLC’s in the Industry.
ABB
Siemens
Rockwell Automation(Allen Bradley)
Mitsubishi
Delta PLC
Panasonic
Schneider Electric
B&R Automation
Bosch(Rexroth)
Hitachi
Keyence
Fuji Electric
GE-Fanuc
Honeywell
Keyence
LG
L & T
Omron
Beckhoff
Unitronics
WAGO
Crouzet
Fatek Automation
Toshiba
Yokogawa
Messung
The order of that list doesn't look right;