A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) or Programmable Controller is an industrial digital computer which has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines or robotic devices or any activity that requires high reliability control and ease of programming and process fault diagnosis.
ABB’s automation devices deliver solutions with high performance and flexibility to be effectively deployed within diverse industries and applications including water, building infrastructure, data centers, renewable energy, machinery automation, material handling, marine and more.
Vdeal System Pvt. Ltd. is associated with ABB India Ltd to provide a wide range of PLC’s to provide solutions for small, middle and high-end applications.
ABB PLC ranges are as below
ABB AC500
With the AC500 PLC range we provide a reliable and powerful platform to design and create scalable, cost-effective and flexible automation solutions.
Scalable
The scalability of the AC500 PLCs is achieved by offering a large variety of devices to design and implement configurations suitable for simple control tasks or complex automation solutions.
The AC500 PLC provides action flexibility with one integrated software.
Cost-effective
The AC500 PLC range consists of various CPUs, I/O modules, communication modules, communication interface modules and accessories.
The “all modules used on any CPUs concept” in combination with our life cycle policy helps our customers to react quickly, flexibly and economically on new requirements.
Flexible
- Our AC500 is designed to offer the needed easiness, security and reliability to expand the automation system to new challenges.
- The memory, performance and the networking capabilities mean more functionality, advanced visualization, more operating comfort – for even better individual customer solutions.
ABB AC500-eCo
The AC500-eCo from ABB is a range of scalable PLCs offering cost effectiveness for modern industrial automation applications where small flexible PLC solutions often represent the ideal solution.
Scalable
Save money by starting small – the flexibility of the AC500 platform enables to scale up as and when needs dictate.
ABB’s AC500-eCo has been designed to integrate seamlessly into the broader AC500 family, offering you the decisive benefit of having a fully scalable and modular system.
The AC500-eCo offers individually customized solutions to be created by using S500 and S500-eCo I/O modules for small applications.
The Automation Builder engineering suite available across the entire AC500 PLC range will save you time with easy configuration, many libraries and function blocks for the most diverse specific customer requirements.
Flexible
The AC500-eCo is approved for customer use by accredited certification organizations around the world. This means the entire range can be deployed safely, reliably and globally.
Easy handling
The user program can be downloaded via a SD card without the need for programming tools.
CPUs with integrated I/O’s for small applications available.
Pre-wiring is possible via the use of pluggable terminal blocks.
The modules can be fitted to the DIN rail with easy-to-use Snap-On mechanism.
As an open Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, it securely delivers supervision, control, data acquisition, scheduling and performance reporting to customer’s production assets, scaling from single machines to unified multi-site factory solutions.
The ABB Zenon software, developed by the Austrian automation company COPA-DATA, extends communications, machine to machine connectivity and application control possibilities for machine builders. This supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software extends ABB’s discrete automation portfolio which includes variable speed drives, motion control solutions, motors, programmable logic controllers and human machine interface panels.
ABB Zenon SCADA Software:
As an open HMI and Operations Data Management System, zenon securely delivers supervision, control, data acquisition, scheduling and performance reporting to production assets, scaling from single machines to complete production lines.
With its more than 300 supported communication protocols, native drivers and simple to setup cloud interfaces, ABB zenon connects to most control devices and becomes a universal component as data collector, data router and information presenter in heterogeneous industrial environments of the Internet of Things. ABB zenon is protected by a security system designed for being deployed into a critical infrastructure.
ABB zenon comes with audit trail, batch and production scheduling capabilities and is a certified energy management system.
Easy to use reporting functions
- Give deep insight into production processes
- Allow quality assurance, production optimization and online reporting.
ABB zenon’s multi user engineering capabilities and object oriented design ensures low startup cost and high engineering productivity. The long life cycle of ten years and backwards compatibility help protecting our customers’ investment.
SCADA’s multi user engineering capabilities and object oriented design ensures low startup cost and high engineering productivity for your team. Through the open engineering interface architecture and the integration with Automation Builder, SCADA perfectly integrates with your engineering tool chain.
The ABB CP600HMI is designed to be interfaced with the ABB AC500 PLC. The ABB CP600 is ABBs latest HMI, and is now available in a broader range, from the entry level (4.3) to the high-end panel (15). The ABB CP600 HMI is highly flexible and is specifically designed for advanced applications in complex systems or processes. ABB CP600 HMI uses premium graphic panels created with either the PB610 engineering software or the web browser panels via the PLC web server. The ABB CP600 HMI series gives better information representation to ease human-machine interaction.
Engineering software for the ABB CP600 HMI is based on XML technology, enabling you to create easy intuitive graphics. ABB CP600 HMI visual objects are created with the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are totally independent of the operating system, providing high customization flexibility and easy integration with your automation system. The ABB CP600 HMI allows for easy creation of dynamic objects with configurable properties, the ability to interconnect objects, transformation or easy resizing and, quite simply, getting the most out of your creative design.
Highlights
- Serial interface, configurable as RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485.
- Printer support for serial or USB interfaces.
- Compatible printers use PCL5 or ESC/P2 printer control languages.
- Engineering tool Panel Builder 600 with WYSIWYG, Drag and Drop.
- 3D Scalable Vector Graphics SVG, free graphic widgets in large gallery.
- ABB drivers for effortless integration with ABB AC500 PLC platform, ABB Drives, ABB Motion controllers, ABB Robots IRC5, ABB Pluto.
- Drivers for Modbus RTU and TCP.
- Three internet remote access techniques, plus FTP, SNTP, RSS.
- Data transfer function to convert between protocols and interfaces like a gateway.
- Web cam and video playback for CP651, CP661, CP665 and CP676.
- Binary project file download to control panel with Panel Builder 600 over Ethernet.
Additional features of the CP600 series’s
- Data acquisition and trend presentation
- 64k Colors
- User memory RAM 128 MB Flash Disk & 256 MB DDR
- Recipe data storage
- Multilanguage applications
- Powerful macro editor using Java script based on standard
- ECMA-262 execute widgets and pages events to get more capabilities
- Alarms and historical alarm list
- Eight level password protection
- Report printing to serial printer
- Vector graphic capabilities including the support of multiple layers and object transparency
- Data display in numerical, text, bar graph, analog gauges and graphic image formats.
- Dynamic object properties supported
- RSS feeds, rotating menu, scheduler.