New distributed control system cuts costs
June 1st 2004

Reported to substantially reduce the overall project costs and complexity associated with centralised control systems in conveying applications, Simplicon is a new distributed control system designed and manufactured in the UK by IDC. The intelligent, networked system is also suitable for materials handling, palletising, intelligent picking and routing operations. According to Kevin Buckley, managing director of IDC, the benefits of the system fall into seven basic categories: project tendering and estimating can be more accurately defined Bid interpretation, defining an offer and presenting a control solution can be more easily quantified and qualified Software complexity and program size are reduced Hardware, mechanical, electrical and control elements can be built and tested independently before shipment Standard, definable documentation for each element Existing installations can be easily upgraded or extended where cabinet space would otherwise prohibit Commissioning is a tuning rather than debugging exercise

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