Articles
Explore our library of brief, easy-to-read articles that share our expertise in solving various automation challenges and offer product suggestions to simplify your search. This section offers access to decades of application experience helping machine builders design and install efficient manufacturing systems.
We cover techniques to solve an automation problem, as well as help you in selecting products that support specific machine types. Find the topics that can give you a competitive edge with your projects here.
EtherCAT: One Machine Network
EtherCAT is becoming the most popular machine protocol. Why? Unmatched performance, the highest precision and real openness make the difference to other Ethernet industrial protocols.
Sysmac NJ Series: The evolution of the PLC
The Sysmac NJ Series is a new class industrial controller, capable of performing like a last generation computer, while retaining the endurance and reliability of an Omron PLC.
The Sysmac Family
Sysmac stands for System for Machine Automation Control and has been a trade name for our Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) since their launch in the early seventies. Since then we have shipped more than 10 million units world-wide. From now on the Sysmac name stands for a complete machine automation platform.