Industry Standard, Reliable, Serviceable

Sterling ProMeasure Systems Automatic Gages use industry standard Allen Bradley PLC and HMI products. RSLogix 5000 is used for all PLC programming and FactoryTalk View ME or Connected Components Workbench is used for all HMI programming, dependent on the HMI selected.

Control of pneumatic valve operation and functional IO is performed via intelligent Ethernet/IO based valve stacks. Numatics and SMC brands available.

All gage movement functions are monitored while in operation and appropriate HMI diagnostic information is presented to the operator or technician via the HMI should the motion not successfully complete as well as other unexpected events occur (part removal while in operation etc). For customers who have the capability to collect real-time data for historical retention from the Gage PLC via an in-house SCADA system.

Computer-less gaging is an option where the gage PLC or in-house SCADA system performs the tolerance/limit checks versus a computer based software solution. This can result in increased reliability as the computer is removed from the solution.