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42 MACHINERY UPDATE JULY/AUGUST <strong>2020</strong> www.machineryupdate.co.uk Feature: Name Automation, here robotics & vision systems It’s ideal for flow wrapping, cartoning and FFS New linear motion control system is more flexible Control platform for tomorrow… Phoenix Contact’s PLCnext has unlocked the door to the beneficial Linux operating system To meet the needs of food and beverage manufacturers to handle ever more types and varieties of products at increased throughputs, Rockwell Automation has introduced the iTrak 5730 small-frame In the last 30 years, deterministic intelligent track system. PLC Programming within a PLC CPU Rockwell says the system uses has largely been at the mercy of independent cart technology to support IEC 61131-3 programming language. smart, flexible and efficient machines. This is not to say that other languages Independent cart technology is and techniques (C++, C#, Opensource, designed to offer many benefits over etc) cannot and have not been utilised traditional gear, chain and belt conveyors, in control systems, but this has had including unlimited machine flexibility, to involve separate compilers and the better traceability and increased uptime. arduous management of separate CPU By using magnetic propulsion, the resources to achieve true determinism individually controlled carts can quickly within a system. start and stop with high precision, which However, Phoenix Contact’s latest reduces machine wear and is energy control platform, PLCnext, has unlocked efficient. Changeovers are also managed the door to this with its Linux operating quickly at the touch of a button. system. The PLCnext Runtime runs on This new system has the smallest the Linux operating system, but, footprint within the company’s importantly, the PLCnext Runtime has independent cart portfolio. It has a 50 mm access to the Linux operating system. minimum pitch that makes it ideal for This means PLCnext allows high primary packaging applications. level languages (for example C++, C#, T 0870 242 5004 Phython, Rust as well as Opensource) to Simmatic MU W www.rockwellautomation.co.uk N-D 2017.qxp_MU 19/10/2017 13:29 Page 1be combined with traditional IEC 61131-3 languages (FBD, STL, SFC, Ladder) and compiled on a common compiler. As a result, traditional IEC-61131-3 PLC code and high-level language programs can be run deterministically on the same CPU and even combined in the same task. PREWRITTEN APP DOWNLOAD It also allows the ability to download prewritten ‘Apps’ from the PLCnext AppStore to the controller, either as an entire complete application solution or as a service for the application program. This means end user companies, system integrators and machine builders can now future proof their businesses for years to come by having the traditionally trained IEC-61131-3 engineers of the present passing their knowledge and practical commissioning skills to the next generation of programmers, says Phoenix. T 0845 881 2222 W www.phoenixcontact.co.uk/plcnext Vacuum Conveyor BRINGING PNEUMATICS AND VACUUM TOGETHER Dustless conveying of your dry powder or granular produce Convey food materials, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics and other free flowing granular products Clean, safe compressed air driven multistage vacuum pump, pre delivery atex approval upon request Low maintenance with self-cleaning filtration, yet high level of capacity from 0.6 TPH to 6 TPH www.vmeca.com Simmatic Automation: VMECA product specialist and UK agent for 15 years. Vacuum challenges? Simmatic has the solutions T: +44 (0) 1299 877770 www.simmatic.co.uk E: sales@simmatic.co.uk
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