IPC recipe book

A few years ago it was still a topic of discussion as to whether industrial PCs and programmable logic controllers were in competition with each other or were complementary. Today, both systems have their place and are used as a matter of course.

For almost two decades now, Beck IPC GmbH, a subsidiary of Festo AG & Co, has been developing industrial control technology based on PC technology. In order to make the grade, every new development has had to meet certain requirements. Each one must be:

This book describes examples of applications using the controllers from Beck and Festo. We trust you enjoy browsing and reading through the book, and hope that the descriptions might give you some ideas for new solutions of your own.