Product category:
Industrial Drives/Controls
News Release from: Lenze | Subject: Drive PLC
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 June 2000
PLC specifically controls inverter
drives
Lenze's new Drive PLC is designed to be a PLC that specifically controls inverter drives, and offers advantages such as the built-in CAN system bus and IEC1131-3 programming
Lenze launch a unique new product, the Drive PLC Designed as a PLC that specifically controls inverter drives, the new Drive PLC offers high performance and time saving features
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lenze's new Drive PLC is the ideal control unit for smaller machines - it is designed to work with an inverter and a number of basic functions are built in for Drive PLC/inverter communication.
It matches the Lenze vector range of frequency inverters with advantages such as the built-in CAN system bus.
The Drive PLC is programmed in the IEC1131-3 suite of languages, already familiar to engineers involved with PLC programming.
Lenze offer software called Developer Studio for writing programmes, debugging and simulation.
Furthermore, there is a library of application based programmes specific to inverter drives, for example: limit switch positioning; traversing and temperature control.
These programmes simplify the machine designers' task and speed up development times considerably.
As a low-cost device, performance is remarkable! Up to 50K instructions can be stored.
Typically, processing times are below 0.3ms per 1,000 binary instructions.
The I/O can be extended to 512 including digital and bipolar inputs and outputs.
Snap-on modules allow serial communications by PROFIBUS, INTERBUS, CANopen, DeviceNet and RS232/485.
The Drive PLC offers small size, high performance and low cost for applications such as door drives, tensioning, HVAC temperature control and cut-to-length. Request a free brochure from Lenze ...
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