• Factory automation
• Air conditioning control
• Alarm systems
• Car wash control
• Lift (Elevator) control
• Lock gate control
• Sluice gate control
• Refinery control
• Data logging

PLC Applications

Igris produces tailor-made software for applications and processes using PLC's.

PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers) are the mainstay of industrial process automation. A PLC will normally have a few switchable inputs and outputs and a microprocessor which is programmed to change the outputs depending on the inputs, internal counters and timers.

Many PLC's can be linked together using a network. This allows machines in different parts of a factory to be linked together e.g. conveyors and machines on a production line.

Connecting the PLC's to a central PC also allows central control and monitoring of the process from a control room PC.

Igris designs and implements automation projects using PLC's. We can design the PLC programmes, configure the network architecture and design PC Windows programmes to provide monitoring and control of the process.

All PLC's are similar in their operation and programming and we are happy to use whichever type of PLC fits your requirements.

We can also provide special PLC's that provide much more flexibility than normal PLC's through the use of 'C' programming language, and flexibility in configuring special inputs and outputs and very large memory modules e.g. for data logging.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Using a low-cost IMO K7 PLC, Igris recently created a very cost-effective machine logging solution for a manufacturer.

The IMO PLC interfaces to the machine, buffers the outputs and transmits the data via ethernet to a custom written logging and display programme on a PC server.

The IMO K7 can link to another K7 but not to a PC. So to make the solution work, Igris designed a PC communications programme that emulates an IMO K7.