Pro-face America Introduces Industrial PCs

By DE Editors

Pro-face America (Saline, MI)  introduced the APL3000 Series of high performance industrial PCs that deliver enhanced data protection for demanding factory floor applications, according to the company. The APL3000 industrial PCs feature a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo CPU and expanded memory, up to 4GB of RAM.

A built-in Factory Alert System (RAS—Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)  monitors PC health and generates instant notifications about excessive heat exposure, impending hard drive or fan failure, CPU or power troubles. Advanced Data Protection uses hot swappable hard drives and RAID-enabled redundancy to protect critical plant data. WinGP software enhances application flexibility,  allowing the APL3000 to operate as an open HMI or as a PC running third-party Microsoft Windows applications.

The APL3000 Series industrial PCs are UL Certified Class I Div 2 and CE rated. The product line includes an extensive range of operator interfaces, from 12.1 to 19 inches.

The APL3000’s Factory Alert Health Monitoring system takes advantage of Pro-face’s one-of-a-kind RAS technology and provides early warning fault detection. RAS monitors PC operation and performance such as voltage, fan speed, internal temperature, touch panels, backlight, and hard drive failures. Instant notifications are generated via sight, sound, on-screen, and remotely, or can be digitally output to a PLC so it can automatically switch to safe operations mode.

The APL3000 Series is optionally available with WinGP or Pro-Server EX software. WinGP is a runtime option for Pro-face America’s popular GP-Pro EX HMI development software. WinGP allows the APL3000 PCs to run as a Windows-based Open HMI communicating with a variety of external devices, including PLCs, motion,  vision barcode readers, and RTUs. The software can also communicate with third-party Microsoft Windows based applications, including Visual Basic,  Visual C#, Visual C++, and C#.

For more information about the APL3000 ($2995), go to Pro-face America.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.