INSPECTION/COLOR CONTROL SYSTEMS -- Guarding the Web

Virtually all control systems built today are computerized, adds Manny Patel, of Windsor, NJ-based Innolutions Inc. Since computer and microprocessor technology is a rapidly changing field, keeping up with this technology can be a challenge, he admits.

"Individual components and technologies become obsolete and unavailable literally overnight, and a manufacturer can be left without a product if care is not exercised in the design of controls," Patel warns. "We design our computerized controls to be platform independent, and to run on industry standard hardware. In this way we can always provide the highest performance and the lowest cost as technologies continue to develop and mature. This approach also allows our customers to have a base of "second source" components and upgrades constantly available."