Established in 1973, IDC has extensive experience in industrial control systems including hardware solutions
and programmable logic controllers, servo systems, robots and instrumentation. Our major PLC experience
has been with Allen Bradley and Modicon, but we have also worked with Texas Instruments, Reliance,
Mitsubishi, Omron, Square D and Honeywell/ISSC.

Our experience with Modicon controllers has involved projects using everything from 084 through 984, and
even a rare 1084 (S/N 1). We also have utilized Factorymate operator interfaces on multiple applications,
and have experience with Modicon’s motion control family of products. We have applied Modicon controllers
on products like:
• Sewage pump controls, simple to complex with analog inputs and multiple pumps
• Stacker cranes to store, retrieve and track automobiles during emissions testing
• Broach machines with tilting part cradles and resolver feedback to allow adjustment of the cut angle to
an accuracy of 0.01 degrees
• Plating machines with control of conveyor system and plating currents up to 30,000 amps utilizing feedback
based on shunts on the plating bus
• Pick and place press line automation
• Material handling systems from simple conveyors to multiple accumulation conveyors feeding into assembly
stations
• Multi-axis transfers with automatic die identification detection generation corresponding transfer path
changes

In the Allen Bradley line of controllers, we have worked with everything from the original PLC through the
PLC/5 series, SLC series and Logix5000 series, deploying everything from Remote I/O through DeviceNet,
ControlNet and Ethernet. We have also worked with AB products such as motion controls, vision products,
ASCII modules, Ethernet modules, Prosoft communications, etc. We have applied these systems to a broad
range of applications such as:

• Diesel crankshaft grinders with automatic tool dressing and wheel wear compensation
• Injection mold machines that assemble parts and interface with weld controllers
• Operator interaction and machine parameter adjustments provided on T-30C or PanelView terminals
• Projects using analog I/O and thermocouple feedback for temperature sensing
• Pump panels utilizing AB controllers, including a multi-pump storm water pumping system with
motors automatically started and sequenced with automatic pump skipping if they failed to start
• Blower motor/damper servo testers for automotive HVAC components in production
• Pressure pulse testers that apply pulses of a fixed amount of pressure until the devices under test fail
• Sewage and potable pump controls with SCADA interface for monitoring and control

We have designed and implemented many different types of diagnostic and production monitoring systems
for use with both Modicon and Allen Bradley PLCs, depending upon the customer's needs and desires. In
some cases, these have made use of the appropriate products within the control family such as Factorymate
or PanelView terminals. We have used other operator interface software to monitor or control PLC operations.

We also manufacture and market a line of strain-sensing instruments for stamping presses, assembly machines,
piercing operations, etc. Our TM90 Press Load Monitors offer sophisticated press & die protection,
with options to communicate with PLCs and computers. We have recently deployed a number of plantwide
systems that included:

• TM90 systems with Ethernet interface to a server
• Ethernet and Remote I/O or ControlNet interface to press controls as needed
• A database server collecting full-time signature records and automatically downloading recipes for each
die change via Ethernet
• Web server user interface to allow anyone on the network to view and monitor signatures and status
while allowing authorized individuals to perform management and setup functions
Similarly, our PM90 series Process Monitor can be used for in-process monitoring of sophisticated force
parameters in assembly, bending, piercing, riveting and other operations where the pattern of force produced
by the process represents a measure of the quality of the operation or part. It is also useful for production
testing of operating forces of assembled components such as seat tracks, mirror brackets, spindles and so
on.

We have also built a number of specialized computer-based data acquisition and control systems for both
customer research and for self-monitoring production systems. In many of these systems we use strain sensors
that we design and build to fit the specialized needs of the machinery. We have also interfaced with
Profibus transducers in certain applications.
As part of our instrumentation capability, we design and build circuit boards and interface modules for
many specialized I/O applications such as:

• Commutation sensor and interface to PLC for automotive servo testers
• PWM module interfacing PLC to automotive servos, emulation car systems in HVAC tests
• PLC-controlled regulated current source module
• PLC-controlled DC Voltage power amplifier

In summary, IDC Corporation is a well-established controls engineering and UL-listed panel build shop
with extensive experience in industrial controls, instrumentation