WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLC AND DCS

Answer Posted / samir kumar sanyal

Plc is a part of DCS in which plc control only the
equipments which are operate by on off system but DCS can
control those equipments and process variables very
accurately. That's why DCS is used for very big and
sophistricate plant.

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