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 "Just in Time" through
decentrally control technology networked through Ethernet |
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At Ford Europe‘s Belgian factory at
Genk a fast Ethernet backbone with 100 Mbaud in full-duplex operation connects 130 BC9000
Bus Terminal Controllers made by Beckhoff. These control a complex transportation system
known as the tunnel, which handles the clocked provision of components and systems from
five suppliers. The tunnel owners themselves invested about 7 million Euro in hardware,
software and network technology.
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Sawing, Milling, Clinching, Drilling in a
Single System |
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Optimal automation is like winning in Formula 1: Only when all
components are best defined in relation to one another can the best results be achieved.
Schüco, the German system developer and builder for window, door and facade profiles and
solar systems, achieves this twice over. The corporate partner of the successful Formula
One team of West McLaren Mercedes offers its profile machining system with the
elegantly-shaped Beckhoff Control Panel.
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Totally PC based Control |
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In planning their new Controls generation,
Husky - global supplier of injection molding systems to the plastics industry - have
embarked on an integral approach based on an Industrial PC, fieldbus components and
software from Beckhoff‘s product portfolio. The challenge to be met by
Beckhoff‘s solution included a software PLC for machine control and a software NC for
electrical axes as well as integrated hydraulic drive and temperature control.
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PC Control for Flexible Packaging |
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Machine controllers based on PCs open up new dimensions for
production output: This ”guiding principle“ of automation has been consistently
put into practice by Windmöller & Hölscher of Lengerich in Germany, with its
redesigned ”ARCOMAT®2“ gantry robot. The new series of palletizing robots is
fitted with universal, PC based control technology made by Beckhoff, consisting of
Industrial PC, fieldbus technology and PLC/NC software.
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