Hardy Process Solutions’ HI 1756-nDF dispenser/filler modules for Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLCs are easy to install and simple to set up. Designed for use in the food and beverage industry, they work in a variety of material-feed by weight applications. The modules automate the entire process by monitoring, controlling, tuning and maintaining the dispense/fill operation. The material-feed process moves raw material, or finished product, from one location to another. The modules use WAVERSAVER technology to eliminate the effects of the process and surrounding vibration for fast, stable weight display.
Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.