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Industrial Automation Co, located in Raleigh, NC, is a global reseller of hard-to-find and obsolete industrial automation parts. We offer comprehensive customer support and a top-tier warranty on all products
OMRON PLC Field Guide: Sysmac NX/NJ, CJ2 & CP1 PLCs, NA-Series HMIs | Industrial Automation Co. Engineer's Field Guide · OMRON Automation The OMRON Automation Playbook:Sysmac NX/NJ, CP1 PLCs & NA-Series HMIs OMRON runs a huge share of the world's packaging lines and electronics assembly cells. Here's how to navigate...
OMRON runs a huge share of the world's packaging lines and electronics assembly cells. Here's how to navigate Sysmac controllers, legacy CJ2 and CP1 PLCs, NA-series HMIs, and certified replacements...
On an assembly line, every station has to finish on time and hand off cleanly. Here's how servo drives, PLC line control, robots and cobots, safety, and HMIs fit together,...
A fault code on a VFD tells you which protection tripped, not necessarily what went wrong. Here's how to look up a code for your brand, understand the common fault...
When a PowerFlex drive fails and the model is no longer available, the machine still has to run. Here's how to identify exactly what you have, size and cross-reference a...
End-of-line packaging and palletizing is where product leaves the plant, and where manual labor is hardest to staff. Here's how packaging line automation fits together, from conveyor and servo drives...
A Fanuc alarm on a down machine can feel like a verdict on the whole drive. It usually isn't. Here's how to identify the amplifier module you're dealing with, read...
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In industrial manufacturing, equipment decisions rarely happen in calm conditions. A controller faults during second shift. A drive trips intermittently and clears before anyone can trend it. An operator station...
In modern manufacturing, uptime is not just a performance metric — it’s a business requirement. Yet many control systems still contain hidden weaknesses that can take an entire line, cell,...
In industrial automation, modernization is often framed as an obvious upgrade — something you do when your system is “old.”
Because replacing a controller that didn’t need replacing wastes money, time, and engineering effort.
In most cases, “end of life” simply means the manufacturer has stopped producing or officially supporting it.
When most people think about the “cost” of an industrial drive, they think about one number: the purchase price.
Unplanned downtime rarely results from a single dramatic failure. It almost always comes from a series of small, invisible decisions that quietly accumulate risk.
“Run it until it breaks” can feel like a practical, budget-friendly maintenance philosophy—especially when production is already stretched thin, and capital approvals are slow. But in modern manufacturing, the true...
When a production-critical automation part fails, and the OEM quotes a 26-week lead time, you’re not dealing with routine maintenance—you’re dealing with a continuity event. The goal isn’t just to...
When a line goes down, the clock starts immediately. Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) is the average time it takes to diagnose a failure, restore function, verify operation, and get...
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For plant managers, maintenance leaders, and controls engineers: In a world where lead times are long, tariffs are high, and factory downtime is more expensive than ever, choosing the right...
Industrial Automation
Automation is often treated as a one-way upgrade path: more connectivity, more intelligence, more layers, more software, more integration. And in many cases, that’s exactly what delivers better performance.
