Probably a Windows-based HMI (“human-machine interface”). I used to build sorting machines that use variants of the typical “industrial” tech stack, and the ac

Probably a Windows-based HMI (“human-machine interface”). I used to build sorting machines that use variants of the typical “industrial” tech stack, and the actual controllers are rarely (but not never!) Windows. But it’s common for the HMI to be a Windows box connected into the rest of the network, as well as any server.