World’s first fully automated duct forming machine Ducting for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) is a hugely important global engineering industry. With the help of Omron Automation, UK producer of duct manufacturing equipment Firmac has engineered a fully-automated line rated by the supplier as one of the most sophisticated applications of […]
Mitsubishi’s Simple Motions reduces cutter control costs. The MELSEC-L Series Simple Motion module LD77MS enables advanced motion control functions such as positioning, speed control, torque control, cam control, synchronous control and mark detection to be realised easily with just simple parameter settings, and ideal for reducing cutter control costs. Rotary knife […]
Enhancing the capability of the Altivar ATV61 and ATV71 inverter drives, the optional integrated IMC controller card removes the need for an additional PLC in smaller application functions. The Schneider Electric Altivar IMC integrated controller card has eight tasks to suit different machine requirements (cyclic, event-triggered, free). A task can be synchronized with the […]
For manufacturers of intelligent devices, connecting them to an Industrial Ethernet (IE) is a challenge facing many companies who sell their products worldwide. There are a number of IE protocols and they tend to be based on a regional basis. In Europe PROFINET, in the Americas EtherNet/IP and in Japan and Asia the CC-Link IE […]
Total control package for automatic carton partition assembler. A leading US manufacturer of paper-processing machines has chosen a fully integrated automation and control system from Mitsubishi Electric for their Jumbo Automatic Partition Assembler. Premier Paper developed the product in response to demand for a flexible system for the production of corrugated […]