Mitsubishi's installed base of FX PLCs tops 10 million
25/01/2011 Mitsubishi Electric Europe
The installed base of Mitsubishi Electric's compact PLC line, the FX, has topped ten million units. This makes the FX Family models some of the most widely used PLCs in the world.It was over 30 years ago that Mitsubishi Electric launched the first compact PLC on the European market, transforming automation by bringing PLC control and functionality into smaller, lower cost applications that would previously had to rely solely on discrete relay-based logic. Since then, Mitsubishi has become the world market leader in this sector, and now has over 10 million installations of its compact controller to its credit.
The FX3U series is the third generation of this successful family of compact PLCs. Once again, it sets new standards - and not only in the compact controllers class. The FX3U takes compact controllers into another dimension, delivering performance that was formerly the exclusive domain of larger control systems in a compact package. In addition to digital and analogue I/O, the FX3U provides modules for drive, servo and high speed positioning applications.
With a cycle time of just 65ns, it is over four times faster than the previous generation of PLCs, giving considerably faster scan times and faster response, bring greater than ever precision control to time critical applications. But importantly, despite the integration of new third-generation technology, the MELSEC FX3 controllers are backwardly compatible to their predecessors.
The FX family now includes four independent but fully mutually-compatible product lines: the FX1S covering 10-34 I/O, the FX1N covering 14-132 I/O, the FX3G covering 14-256 I/O and the FX3U/UC covering 16-384 I/O. In each case the base unit can be combined with optional expansion and special function modules to configure a system precisely tailored to the needs of individual applications.
For more information, please contact
Jeff Whiting, Mitsubishi Electric, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, AL10 AAX
Tel 01707 276100 www.mitsubishi-autiomation.co.uk
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