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abbreviations
IoT – Internet of Things
IPC – Industrial Personal
Computer
NUI – Natural User Interface
PLC – Programmable Logic
Controller
Electricity + Control AUGUST 2017
<<Author>>
Driaan Coetzer is a Field
Application Engineer at
Omron Electronics. +27 (0) 11 579 2600
STANDBY + BACK-UP
The IPC platform has
been designed to em-
power engineers to
develop machines and
factories that are better,
safer and faster.
The IPC platform meets
the requirements of in-
dustrial end users for
maximum robustness
and reliability.
Based on the guiding
principles of power, re-
liability and scalability,
the IPC platform is suited
to visualisation, data
handling, measuring,
and controlling.
Based on the guiding principles of power, re-
liability, and scalability, the IPC platform is
ideally suited to visualisation, data handling,
measuring, and controlling. The design-and-build of
the technology has been simplified to eliminate any
false touches on the touch panel, and an innovative
design for unit heat reduction, all to maximise up-
time and reduce costs.
Unnecessary complexity raises the probability of
unnecessary problems, which means it is best to re-
move these totally in order to improve reliability and
maximise performance. This means the industrial PC
platform has no internal cables or heat pipes, struc-
turally-uniform mechanics to enable future expan-
sion, reduced assembly, maintenance, and labour
costs, and rock-solid architecture due to a die-cast
aluminium case.
Fourth-generation processors: The perfor-
mance of the IPC platform is based on fourth-gener-
ation Intel Celeron and Intel Core i7 processors. The
industrial-quality touch-screen panel PC and monitor
allows operators and maintenance engineers to in-
teract more effectively with the machine. The touch-
screen controller can detect non-standard actions
such as false touches, palm detection, water spatter,
and cleaning – even if the user is wearing gloves.
Machine usage: Designed specifically for ma-
chine usage, the IPC Machine Controller combines
the utility and precision of the Sysmac platform with
the versatility and range of Windows programs. The
two platforms operate simultaneously but separate-
ly. This means that in any instance where Windows
itself is down, the machine’s operation will not be
affected. As a result, engineers become much more
New IPC Platform
Empowers Engineers with
Latest Advances in IT
Driaan Coetzer, Omron
The Industrial PC platform (IPC) from Omron has been designed to empower engi-
neers to develop machines and factories that are better, safer, and faster by giving
them the freedom and flexibility to explore the opportunities provided by modern IT.
In addition, the IPC has been designed to meet the requirements of industrial end
users for maximum robustness and reliability.
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