SIMOTION Application Examples
Packaging machine for water-soluble pouches
Requirements:
• Over 1000 pouches per minute can be filled
• Production costs needed to be reduced by 30% as a result of the material savings
Solution:
• Drum control: synchronous gear operation with a virtual master
• Knife function: Camdisk profile
• Programming: "Structured Text" acc. to IEC 61131-3
Benefits
High productivity
High accuracy and precision
Reduces packaging materials by 30%
Recipe storage for ease of machine change over (various drum sizes)
Customer statement:
"Siemens demonstrated how SIMOTION could provide for all of our machine logic and motion control in one unit while controlling three temperature control loops."
08/15/2006 | Author: Caroll Ford