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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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They suffer from too much of it — specifically, too many different platforms, vendors, generations, and architectures layered on top of each other over time.
Downtime is expensive, stressful, and usually predictable in hindsight. The hard truth: most emergency failures don’t become disasters because the part is rare—they become disasters because the right part isn’t...
Plenty of factories run on equipment that’s 10, 20, or even 30 years old — and they run just fine. So why is modernization such a big topic right now?
Industrial automation failures rarely happen without warning. Long before a drive trips permanently, a PLC locks up, or an HMI goes dark, small signs usually appear—often dismissed as “quirks” or...
Few problems bring production to a halt faster than a communication failure. When PLCs lose I/O, drives drop offline, or HMIs stop updating, the system may still be powered—but it’s...
Industrial automation hardware is designed to be rugged—but it is not immune to poor electrical conditions. Voltage sags, spikes, harmonics, and transient noise can quietly cause drive faults, PLC resets,...
Unexpected downtime rarely starts with a dramatic failure. More often, it begins with a “small” issue: a drive that faults intermittently, an HMI that freezes during changeovers, a power supply...
In most factories, power supplies are the last thing anyone thinks about—until they fail. But in 2025 and heading into 2026, aging 24VDC and 48VDC power supplies are quietly becoming...
Unplanned downtime remains one of the fastest ways to exhaust a maintenance budget. But in 2026, more plants are finally shifting from “run it till it breaks” to smarter, data-driven...
In 2026, the fastest-growing cause of production downtime isn’t failed drives, blown power supplies, or aging motors—it’s the communication networks tying everything together. As factories evolve into interconnected ecosystems of...
If the last few years have taught manufacturers anything, it’s this: relying entirely on overseas lead times is a liability. Between global tariff swings, semiconductor shortages, shifting trade routes, and...
With global trade tensions escalating and tariff rates climbing across multiple categories of industrial equipment in 2025, manufacturers across the U.S. are feeling the impact where it hurts most: sourcing...
