Product category:
Industrial Drives/Controls
News Release from: Inmoco | Subject: ELAU PacDrive
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 August 2002
Drive aims to revolutionise packaging
automation
Inmoco is set to launch a new system at PPMA, designed specifically to revolutionise packaging automation.
Inmoco is set to launch a new system at PPMA, designed specifically to revolutionise packaging automation The ELAU PacDrive uses only standardised hardware, interfaces and software to offer packaging companies an automation system that employs the same structure for both small and large machines
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 30 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Reductions in development times, easier machine layouts and substantial savings in cabling time are the major benefits provided by the new Elau PacDrive SCL-055.
As a result, machine development times are cut by up to 50%, whole machine life cycle costs reduced by up to 30%, while productivity is increased by an average of 25%.
Developed from well-proven PC technologies, the PacDrive has been designed especially to meet the requirements of the packaging industry.
It consists of a powerful PC-based control, the PacController, which provides a platform for both IEC61131 PLC and motion control functions.
A Profibus DP master connection for all PLC signals, and a digital Sercos drive bus for the control of decentralised servo drives are also integrated into the control.
In addition, extensive facilities for monitoring and control, using operator interface panels and Windows-based HMIs, are provided via RS485 and Ethernet interfaces, the latter also enabling supervisory systems to interrogate PacDrive and easily diagnose all states of the system.
The benefits of PacDrive's totally digital open architecture, and highs levels of integration in hardware and software, are evident from the new standards of performance that can be achieved with the system.
Compared with conventional automation architectures, PacDrive reduces development times by around 50%, machine costs by 30% and increases productivity by 25%.
It not only permits precise motion functions with greater dynamics and more flexibility, but is also an ingenious and trend-setting approach to simplifying the complete automation solution.
What is more, the consistent automation concept minimises the costs for quality assurance, spare parts and service substantially.
The compact-book sized PacDrive is a truly international product, complying with a host of international standards including CE, EN, UL and CUL.
With the demands for standardisation in the global field of packaging technology growing stronger, this means that no other system is more qualified to achieve conformance and deliver the improvements in performance and development and life cycle costs required by both builders and users of packaging machines. Request a free brochure from Inmoco ...
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