Austrian Computer Scientists - Odo Josef Struger, Herbert Edelsbrunner, Georg Gottlob, Hermann Maurer, Peter Wegner, Raimund Seidel, Wolfgang Pree (Paperback)

Chapters: Odo Josef Struger, Herbert Edelsbrunner, Georg Gottlob, Hermann Maurer, Peter Wegner, Raimund Seidel, Wolfgang Pree. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Odo Josef Struger (August 12, 1931 - December 8, 1998) was a pioneer in modern day automation. Struger was born in 1931 in Unterloibl. This is a town in the municipality of Ferlach in Carinthia of Austria. He moved to the United States in the 1950s and lived in the Cleveland area most of his life. PLC Control PanelStruger is sometimes known as the "father of the programmable logic controller" as is Dick Morley. Struger was involved in the invention of the Allen-Bradley programmable logic controller (PLC) during 1958 to 1960. Struger is often called the father of Allen-Bradley's programmable logic controller ("PLC") and credited with creating that acronym. The abbreviation "PLC" and the term "Programmable Logic Controller" are registered trademarks of the Allen-Bradley Company. Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) became the programmable logic controller device leader in the United States during the tenure of Struger. This is a device that is part of computers used today in nearly every machine automated factory worldwide. It is an electronic device that allows precise numerical control of machinery. It makes possible modern factory automation, as well as heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, plastic injection molding machines, commercial washing machines, and amusement park rides. It is even found in lavish stage effects of Broadway productions. The devices are designed to work in real time, taking in information, processing it and producing commands to control a mechanical process as it happens. The Programmable Logic Controller ("PLC") came about as a replacement for automatic control systems t...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1804808