califflash
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I had a training class at work a few weeks ago on Yaskawa PLC’s and Servos. I was curious what other people’s thoughts were.
I have to really give them credit. They have created a very nice environment for machine control. I have used automation direct, AB, codesys, and a few others. Somehow I’ve not done much work in Siemens. I would definitely pick these PLC’s over anything, other than AB, for a machine level PLC. The environment was very diverse like codesys, but much easier to develop and troubleshoot. The documentation on the PLC and libraries was also very good, which was surprising given my experience with Yaskawa drives.
I wouldn’t want to do process control or large systems with these PLC’s. Also, one of or low quantity machines/panels I would stick with AB. The controllers cane save you a lot of cash but I think you would spend more in development hours than you would save until you started building st least 5 machines.
I’d be happy to know everyone else’s experiences were.
I have to really give them credit. They have created a very nice environment for machine control. I have used automation direct, AB, codesys, and a few others. Somehow I’ve not done much work in Siemens. I would definitely pick these PLC’s over anything, other than AB, for a machine level PLC. The environment was very diverse like codesys, but much easier to develop and troubleshoot. The documentation on the PLC and libraries was also very good, which was surprising given my experience with Yaskawa drives.
I wouldn’t want to do process control or large systems with these PLC’s. Also, one of or low quantity machines/panels I would stick with AB. The controllers cane save you a lot of cash but I think you would spend more in development hours than you would save until you started building st least 5 machines.
I’d be happy to know everyone else’s experiences were.