Drive Technology for Intelligent Production Systems
- Knitting machine for the production of custom-made medical products
- Control of the main drive in continuous and reciprocating modes and its secondary drives using up to 20 stepper motors
- Single-unit production
- Automatic configuration for a wide variety of complex knitting patterns
- Intelligent production systems with an autonomous order management process
Our services for this product:
Requirements
- Production of medical stockings in single-unit batches
- Global real-time online support
- Smart production systems with an automated order management process
Solution approach
- Very rapid automatic dynamic reconfiguration of the mechanical system
- Suppliers (electronic feed mechanisms) for controlled, uniform thread feeding plus special modes, e.g., manual and automatic thread tension adjustment
- Secure access to all control systems and mechanical components via a remote access system
- Use of the available IT infrastructure for automatic order management
- Compact rack solution with a scalable multiprocessor system
- Low-level, high-performance programming in C++ to achieve the required knitting speed.
Specific Benefit
- Custom Manufacturing in Mass Production
Technical Data
Electronics Supply Voltage (Ue): 24 V
Power supply voltage (Up): 36 V, ±48 V
Continuous output current: 6 A
Hardware: Rack with 15 circuit boards, including processor
Controllers: Positioning, Speed
Motor types: 1x variable-frequency drive (VFD) main drive, 20x stepper motors
Fieldbus: CAN, CANopen, RS232, RS485
Networking: Ethernet
Encoder resolution: 4096 pulses per revolution
Encoder systems: integrated
Control signal: Internal bus systems
Digital outputs: max. 400
Digital inputs: max. 280
Pattern blocks: Piezo 128
For a perfect fit:
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