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Technical articles on PLC programming, VFD applications, IIoT deployment, and smart factory automation trends from our engineering team.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Mitsubishi Electric vs Siemens PLC: The 5-Year Cost Error You Can't Afford

Mitsubishi vs Siemens PLC — The penalty for choosing the wrong PLC platform over five years isn't a slightly higher line item—it's a cascading cost that compounds through replacement cycles, license lock-in, and lost production hours.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Mitsubishi Electric vs Allen‑Bradley PLC: total cost over five years — which constraint dominates your ledger?

Mitsubishi vs Allen-Bradley PLC — You bought a CompactLogix 5380 starter rack for $2,100, and by year three the engineering hours to add one remote I/O node and the tag‑based license fee have pushed the real cost north of $8,500 .

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

“My machine glitches once per shift – and the PLC is only 60% loaded. How?”

Mitsubishi vs Omron PLC — That question came from a process tech in a bottling plant. He had a Mitsubishi FX5U running a pick-and-place cell.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

7. The only spec that matters for a maintenance-light panel: 34 ns vs 85 ns, and the $3,200/year trick you’re probably missing

Mitsubishi vs Siemens PLC — The myth: “All IEC 61131-3 PLCs are roughly equal in reliability; the only difference is the software you know.” A maintenance-light panel doesn’t just need a PLC that runs – it needs one that stays running…

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Mitsubishi Electric vs Schneider PLC: What the Datasheet Hides

Mitsubishi vs Schneider PLC — You've just placed a Modicon M241 on a packaging line because it lists "8 MB program memory" — three times the FX5U's 64k steps (~256 kB). On paper, it's a win.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Is the faster PLC always the better runtime partner? (Mitsubishi FX5U vs Siemens S7-1200)

Mitsubishi vs Siemens PLC — The claim you hear on panels and LinkedIn threads: “My Siemens S7-1200 finishes a logic sweep in 85 ns — of course it’s the right controller for a 24/7 line that needs absolute runtime determinism.” The…

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Myth vs Reality: Does Allen-Bradley PLC Runtime Under Real Load Really Lag Mitsubishi Electric?

Mitsubishi vs Allen-Bradley PLC — The popular notion in North American control rooms is that an Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5380 is the safer bet for high-speed logic when the load gets heavy—that its 1 Gbps EtherNet/IP backbone and integrated…

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

“But the datasheet says it’s faster” — Why Mitsubishi Electric’s PLC Efficiency Is the One You Can Actually Keep (and Omron’s Isn’t)

Mitsubishi vs Omron PLC — You didn’t buy a PLC for its nameplate speed. You bought it to close a valve, fire a cylinder, or move a servo before the part arrives.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

3 Reasons Why Load Doubling Exposes PLC Architecture, Not Just Processor Speed

Mitsubishi vs Siemens PLC — You've modelled the line at 80% scan cycle utilisation. Then a new customer spec adds 40 analogue inputs, three more axes of registration, and a web server for OEE. The load doubles.

Blog Wednesday 17th of June 2026

Your PLC Spec Just Said You Have Headroom — But What If the Load Doubles?

Mitsubishi vs Allen-Bradley PLC — You sized a machine PLC for 500 I/O, 50 axes, and a 5 ms cycle. It runs fine today. But procurement just told you: next line expansion doubles the conveyor count, adds 30 more servo axes, and your controls…