Insights & Updates

Industrial automation insights, technical articles and updates from Feed4ward’s engineering team.

We write about what we actually work on. PLC and SCADA systems, control panel design, GAMP5 validation, Siemens automation, and the realities of delivering control systems for industrial and pharmaceutical manufacturing customers.

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Siemens S7-1500 vs S7-1200: Which PLC is Right for Your Manufacturing Application?

When specifying a new automation project, one of the first questions that comes up is which PLC platform to build on. For the majority of our customers, that conversation centres...

Lights Out Automation: How PLC’s & Software Integration Drive Change

What is Lights Out Automation? Lights out automation, also known as ‘dark factories’, is the concept of full automation of a production process or factory so that it requires minimal...