Click PLC Production Rate Calculation

Click PLC Production Rate Calculation Many times you need a simple rate per second, minute, or hour for the products being produced. This can easily be programmed in the Click PLC. The 1-second pulse bit will be our product being produced. This can come from a sensor on the machine to see the widgets. This program will calculate the rate of widgets per minute. The time per widget is from the leading edge of the input to the next leading edge of the input. When our input first turns on (leading edge) we will take the current time and store this in DS1. This will display the time per widget. The timer is then reset to 0. Our calculation for rate will be the product (widgets) per minute 1 second = 1000 milliseconds 60 seconds (1 minute) = 60000 milliseconds 60,000 / Current time per product = Products per minute This is the formula in the Click PLC math instruction Here is a link to download the Click ladder logic program: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7m3xxz1p77j9oy0/Click%20PLC%20Production%20Rate%20Calculation%20Example.zip?dl=0 Programming and examples of the Click and Click PLUS PLC series can be found at this URL: https://accautomation.ca/series/click-plc/ https://accautomation.ca/click-plc-timers-and-counters/ There are several reasons why we are using the Click and Click PLUS PLCs. Here are just a few.