Motion control system with integrated drive control

Technology CPUs

21.11.2019, 15:44

Motion control system with integrated drive control

Siemens is expanding its product portfolio of technology CPUs with the Simatic Drive Controller. It combines a Simatic S7-1500 controller with motion control, technology and safety functionality with a Sinamics S120 drive controller in one space-saving device.

The controller combines a Simatic S7-1500 controller with a Sinamics S120 drive controller. © Siemens

Due to its high performance, the new controller is particularly suitable for applications with many axes in which a multi-axis drive system is used - for example in packaging, printing and textile machines. It is available in the two performance classes CPU 1504D TF and CPU 1507D TF. Thanks to integrated safety functionality for the controller and drive, even demanding requirements for personal and machine safety can be met.

Simatic Drive Controller is equipped with extensive interfaces, including three Profinet and one Profibus interface for communication such as with HMI, peripheral and other drive systems as well as onboard technology I/Os. These enable the efficient implementation of dynamic motion control applications.

With the "PLC-spanning synchronization" function now available in all technology CPUs, gear and cam synchronization can also be implemented across CPUs, meaning that there are virtually no limits to axis quantity setups. In addition to power distribution to several CPUs, modular automation concepts can also be easily implemented with the PLC-spanning synchronization. The Simatic Drive Controller is engineered in the TIA Portal engineering framework. as

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