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"With LabVIEW and CompactRIO, we improved the rolling mill production throughput to better control the coil welding process."

- Christian Lequeux - C L Consulting SPRL

Using CompactRIO for Increased Production Throughput and Welding Quality

For several decades, the main tasks for the control of industrial systems was reliable, discrete logic and straightforward analog I/O. In recent years, the complexity of devices and systems significantly increased along with the requirements for performance measurements, signal processing, data logging, and advanced control. Growing investment in areas such as medical, life sciences, and renewable energy is fueling this trend on top of the development in industrial machines and systems. With 20 years of measurement experience, National Instruments offers high-performance hardware platforms for optimizing automation applications. NI programmable automation controllers (PACs) can help you add precision measurements to your control to create high-performance monitoring applications or realize advanced controls.

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It has been said that you can control only that which you can measure. As control applications become more and more sophisticated, you need to turn to higher-speed and higher-quality measurements. NI CompactRIO PACs address these challenges by incorporating a flexible, high-performance, real-time system; a highly flexible and reliable user-programmable FPGA; and modular, measurement-class NI C Series modules. With NI LabVIEW software, you can implement your custom control system using graphical programming. It provides hundreds of analysis and control functions so you can build powerful monitoring and control applications.

Optimize Automation Resource Kit
Download a collection of online resources for optimizing your next automation system.

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NI LabVIEW Graphical Development Software

NI LabVIEW is a graphical development environment with configuration-based tools and powerful programming capabilities for developing measurement, analysis, and control applications with professional user interfaces. LabVIEW and NI PACs make FPGA technology easily accessible, so you can define your own control circuitry while reducing the complexity and costs associated with traditional custom hardware.

  • Acquire high-speed measurements
  • Easily implement PID and advanced control
  • Take advantage of FPGA for custom circuitry

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Programmable Automation Controllers for Optimized Automation

NI CompactRIO hardware is ideal for monitoring and controlling industrial systems. Select the appropriate chassis, controller, and modules for your application, and the CompactRIO advisor recommends the necessary components and accessories to complete your system.

  • Customize your system by choosing only the components you need
  • Print an itemized list or visit the online store to purchase your system
  • Acquire third-party modules from NI Alliance Partners for special needs

Select your components

Locate an NI Partner

NI solutions partners are companies involved in the delivery of NI products as solutions or companies that provide complementary software and hardware products.

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Advantages of Using NI for Optimized Automation

  • Optimize existing systems with precision measurement and advanced control
  • Increase throughput, system efficiency, and yield
  • Use measurement and analysis capabilities to increase uptime
  • Add new functionality to existing systems through open connectivity


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