ENTERTRON
COMPARISON
Entertron
offers many advantages over the competition when
it comes to:
All
comparisions are done against Automation
Direct...whose advertising you have most
certainly seen and are familiar with. Entertron
has taken the approach one step further. We are
providing not only a comparision on pricing, but
informing you of other hidden costs that you may
not be aware of:
- Cost
of ordering by reducing part number
requirements
- Additional
cost to support non-standard hardware
required by customer specification
- Reduction
of carrying costs with fewer parts
required
- Quantity
pricing for a small OEM of 50 pc / year
(5 pc / month)
How can
Entertron simplify the ordering process?
Very
easily...fewer part numbers. An Entertron Micro
PLC will have at most, two part numbers for a
single system. The larger Elite-2000 will have no
more than six. To purchase a minimum system
(DL205) from Automation Direct, you would require
at least four part numbers (rack, cpu and
I/O)...that doesn't even include cables, software
or manuals. All of these additional consume
valuable time of your purchasing person. Time
that could probably be spent elsewhere.
Upon
request from some of our OEM customers, we have
provided a special part number. One part number
for their entire bill of materials, ordered from
Entertron. That can include - PLC, operator
interface and cables.
We offer a
warranty policy, second to none...5 years for the
Smart-PAK series and SK1600-RIC and 7 years for
the Elite-2000. We offer repair after the
warranty has expired - up to 10 years. The
majority of our competitors do not offer this
additional service. In order to get one of our
competitor's products serviced once the warranty
period has expired, you would more than likely
use a third party "repair house". The
cost associated with a third party tend to be
extremely high.
Entertron
offers Micro PLCs with such features as Analog,
RTD, Thermocouple, Real Time Clock, Expanded
Memory, Multiple serial ports. Most of these
features are reserved for more expensive modular
systems.
A major
cost to OEMs is the loss of buying power. This
occurs when the OEM must use a different PLC to
satisfy a customer's specific request. Savings
are lost through both hard and soft costs. Hard
costs include:
- Smaller
volume purchases of standard product
- Software
costs for non-standard controllers
- Additional
hardware - cables and manuals
Soft costs
include:
- Time
required to learn different software
- Additional
resources and training to support
non-standard components
Entertron
offers a solution to avoiding customer
specification. How? Simple...by going from a
traditional PLC to an embedded PLC. This allows
OEMs to standardize on one manufacturer of PLCs.
How can you accomplish this?
- An
embedded PLC does not look like a
traditional PLC
- An
embedded PLC offers the appearance of a
custom design
- Avoid
using PLC as a description of your
control
So, by
using an embedded PLC from Entertron, your buying
power will increase and your cost to support your
product will decrease.
- 12 inputs /
12 outputs, DC power
- 16 inputs /
12 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, DC power
- 8 inputs /
6 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, 2 analog I/O,
DC power
- 16 inputs /
12 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, 2 analog I/O,
DC power
- 8 inputs /
6 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, 4 analog I/O,
DC power
- 8 inputs /
6 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, 8 in / 4 out
analog , DC power
- 8 inputs /
6 outputs, 2 RS232 ports, 4 analog I/O, 4
RTD, DC power
- 16 inputs /
12 outputs, AC power
- 24 inputs /
20 outputs, AC power
- 32 inputs /
24 outputs, AC power
- 16 AC
inputs / 16 triac outputs, 2 RS232 ports,
AC power
- SK1600-RIC
vs. DL-06 (DC in / Relay out)
- SK1600-RIC
vs. DL-06 (AC in / Relay out)
- Software
Comparison
- Touch
Screen Comparison
- Output
Comparison
- Powersupply
Comparison
- Smart Relay
Comparison
- Micro PLC
Analog Comparison
- OEM PLC
Analog Comparison
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