It may surprise you how much PLC systems are used in our daily life and industrial work. The programmable logic controller (PLC) system has been a significant technology in automatic manufacturing industrial operation since 1968.
It functions as the brain of an automation system to carry out manufacturing operations and provide highly reliable control of industrial automation processes. PLC is used to provide many command functions, applications, and advantages to create more efficient manufacturing industrial environments.
Let’s get acquainted with The top 20 applications of PLC in Industry and in daily life.
Top 20 Applications of PLC in Industry
Industrial Crane Control System in Operation of Overhead Traveling Crane: Industrial cranes often uses a radio remote control where Programmable logic controllers are used.
Glass Industries in glass production and recording data:
PLCs have been used for a long time in the glass industry to control material ratios. Also, they are used to process the production of large sheets of glass. PLCs are used in both analog and digital in the glass industry. Digital mode is used for the position, and digital quality control, whereas analog mode, is used for data recording.
Paper Industries: PLCs are used in the paper industries in the production of Pages, Books or Newspapers, etc.
Cement Industries: PLCs are used in cement industries to manufacture or mix the right quality and quantities of raw materials and data accuracy.
Time and Count-based Control System in Industrial Machines: This is a common use of PLCs where the duration of a process or the number of repetitions is indicated.
Temperature or Humidity Controller: PLCs are used in temperature or humidity control systems where the input of sensors is fed to the PLC system to decide how many units of humidity or temperature should be altered.
Fault Detection and Protection of Industrial Machines: PLCs are used as induction motors in industrial machines’ fault detection and protection.
Wind Turbine System: PLCs are used in wind turbine systems for Maximum Efficiency, Recording Data, and Safety Purposes.
Controlling sequence of conveyors: PLCs are used in Conveyor Belt System to control conveyors’ sequence and interlock procedure.
Conclusion:
The applications of PLCs are everywhere in our daily life. PLCs are indispensable in the industry. These applications are continuously making our lives more comfortable and easing industrial work. So, it’s safe to say PLCs are going to be heavily used until another technological breakthrough.