An electronic survey of Control Design readers was conducted in April 2013 in order to identify usage and application trends of HMI & industrial PCs among the industrial machine builders that comprise Control Design's readership.
In terms of importance of these operating characteristics, respondents ranked the aspects as follows:
1. Harsh/dirty environment capability (90.7% ranked as "important" or "very important")
2. Shock/vibration tolerant (84.2% ranked as "important "or "very important")
3. Enhanced operator temperature range (81.6% ranked as "important" or "very important")
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