Roberto Barco

Industrial automation resources from Barcelona

Roberto Barco works in consultative sales for industrial automation and is associated with Panasonic Industry Iberia in Barcelona. His personal website brings together technical articles, calculators, and examples of sensor and automation-component applications, particularly for laboratories.

Specialization

His work centers on Panasonic servo motors, PLCs, human-machine interfaces, and sensors, with applications in industrial and laboratory automation. His articles discuss choosing and using optical and capacitive sensors for tasks such as detecting reagent levels, confirming liquid-waste discharge, and sensing when a waste tank is full.

Tools

The website offers interactive calculators for engineers and project managers:

• A maximum sensor-error calculator that estimates expected error using linearity, resolution, and temperature characteristics.
• A packaging-machine operating-cost calculator that estimates annual energy, maintenance, labor, materials, depreciation, and shift costs.

Technical articles

The site collects posts originally published on LinkedIn about Panasonic sensor applications. Examples include the BE-R optical sensor for reliable detection in waste tanks, the BE-A sensor for contactless reagent-level detection and waste-discharge confirmation, and safety equipment for laboratory automation. It also includes technical comparisons, such as diffuse-reflective versus triangulation sensors.

Contact

Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Email: roberto.barco@eu.panasonic.com. Listed Panasonic Industry Iberia Barcelona phone: 93 504 30 10; fax: 93 675 58 923. He also has LinkedIn and X/Twitter accounts.