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Currently, I am in US but there is a company in India for which i used to work (http://www.pyrotechindia.com) which manufactures Process control instruments such as
Indicators, Controllers, Counters, timers, Flow
totalizers, Converters, PID controllers, etc.
I was told that typically big plants (petrochem) have DCS in them and the need for these instruments is very little, if a plant has DCS. These are used more in PLC based plants which happen to be smaller.
By reading more on internet, I got the impression that DCS and PLC can both do analog and discerete controls, generally. So if a PLC or DCS are doing all the control why would anyone have the nede to use a discrete controller in a plant (the only possibility if it's a small section where having a PLC or DCS is prohibitively expensive)?
I want to gauge the future of these products. I don't understand it very well as to how companies
here in USA market these products as I assume
most of the plants are big here. What's the future of manufacturer of such products... Is market for these products shrinking? What could be a good supplement line of products?
I am sorry for asking lots of questions... I am an
Engineer by profession and trying to get more
information about the market...
Thanks for your reply in anticipation..
regards,
AT
Indicators, Controllers, Counters, timers, Flow
totalizers, Converters, PID controllers, etc.
I was told that typically big plants (petrochem) have DCS in them and the need for these instruments is very little, if a plant has DCS. These are used more in PLC based plants which happen to be smaller.
By reading more on internet, I got the impression that DCS and PLC can both do analog and discerete controls, generally. So if a PLC or DCS are doing all the control why would anyone have the nede to use a discrete controller in a plant (the only possibility if it's a small section where having a PLC or DCS is prohibitively expensive)?
I want to gauge the future of these products. I don't understand it very well as to how companies
here in USA market these products as I assume
most of the plants are big here. What's the future of manufacturer of such products... Is market for these products shrinking? What could be a good supplement line of products?
I am sorry for asking lots of questions... I am an
Engineer by profession and trying to get more
information about the market...
Thanks for your reply in anticipation..
regards,
AT