General Description : Proven Firmware for Decades
Uticor, IA - Established 1968
http://www.uticor.net/
Uticor, formerly Struthers Dunn Systems division, has been in the forefront of PLC Technology since late 60's even though Modicon is generally credited for the invention of PLCs in a General Motors Plant in Detroit, the fact is that Uticor was one of the early inventors of PLCs back in 1968. It held numerous patents on PLCs, then called Process Control Computers.
Uticor did not market its process control computers as independent PLC products. Instead these process control computers were used as sub systems in the automotive and elctric utility companies.
In the 1970's, Uticor applied it's PLC technology to welding controls and became one of the top suppliers of this technology to the Automotive industry. In fact, Uticor provided university research grants in collaboration with Ford in this area.
 What you see in the large cabinet in the picture at the top of the page is Director 4001 PLC introduced in the early 80's. This highly successful product was mostly applied in mission critical applications
such as welding controls
in the automotive plants, mines, power generation and distribution industry.
The Firmware and hardware implementation scheme of the PLC is basically derived from Director 4001 with from additional enhancements such as auto-tuned PID loops. We have shrunk the hardware by using the latest in semiconductor technology as well as surface mount assembly technology.
This incredible PLC, thus, has actually been tested and proven over the last two decades. The same engineering team that designed the Director series PLC's developed the PLC. |
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