Servo simplifies packaging machine design
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Inmoco product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 13, 2003
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.
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, an integrated servo motor/drive system from Inmoco.
Specially designed to overcome the physical constraints of beverage, pharmaceutical, food and other liquid packaging applications, the purpose-built SCL-055 integrates motor and drive in the same trapezoidal enclosure.
As a result, it is ideally suited for direct integration into rotary tables used in capping and labelling operations.
The SCL-055 (SCL stands for servomotor capping and labelling) is the latest mechatronic advance in Elau's PacDrive automation system.
The latter is PC based and uses only standardised hardware interfaces and software to provide packaging companies with an automation platform that employs the same structure for both small and large machines.
The benefits of this are many: machine development times are cut by up to 50%, whole machine life cycle costs are reduced substantially, and productivity is greatly increased.
The design of the SCL-055 unit continues the PacDrive modular concept, providing a solution to running motor cables from rotating machine components to amplifiers located in control cabinets - in the process overcoming problems that had previously precluded the servo automation of these machine categories.
By providing this solution, the SCL-055, with its reduced space requirements and simplified, single-cable installation, facilitates a fundamental change in the way that bottling lines will be designed, now and in the future - paving the way for breakthroughs in flexibility and throughput.
The PacDrive SCL is a robustly designed unit, offering high levels of protection against the aggressive environments in which it is designed to operate.
The SCL motor's IP67 rated sealing and Hart Coat surface treatment are resistant to liquid intrusion as well as corrosive chemicals necessary for aseptic filling.
In addition, a reinforced bearing handles greater than normal radial loads, so that the motor can be directly coupled with a belt drive.
The motor design also offers excellent performance density, with low electrical losses, and achieves high levels of precision via a high-resolution encoder (sincos, 1 million increments per revolution).
In terms of motor performance, the RMS holding torque is 1.0Nm, peak torque is 4.4Nm and rated speed is 3000rev/min.
Finally, in keeping with the flexibility of Elau's modular design philosophy, up to 99 of the PacDrive SCL-055 servo drives can be controlled by a single PacDrive controller.
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