ITMA 2019

Ensures competitiveness: PC-based control for optimised textile machines

At ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, the textile industry will be looking for concrete answers to the current major challenges. There is increasing demand for faster and more flexible machine concepts, which enable manufacturers to respond in a timely manner and under strong cost pressure to trends and seasonal changes in the fashion industry. As specialists for PC-based control technology, Beckhoff offers a comprehensive and highly scalable modular system of components, which can be used to implement suitable automation solutions. With TwinCAT 3 as the central software platform, EtherCAT as a high-speed fieldbus and numerous other highlights, at ITMA Beckhoff will demonstrate how textile machines can be used to achieve competitive advantages.

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The control platform for textile machines: TwinCAT 3

one software for engineering and runtime
PLC, motion control, robotics, measurement technology and condition monitoring in one tool
highly modular platform for flexible automation
fast: up to 8,000 PLC commands in 1 μs
open control technology with flexible expandability

TwinCAT 3

Platform-independent user interfaces:
TwinCAT HMI

support for Windows and other operating Systems with HTML-5-capable browsers
browser-independent
engineering integrated into Visual Studio®
WYSIWYG editor
simple graphical programming
responsive: for all resolutions and display sizes in different formats, e.g. portrait mode (4:3), landscape mode (16:9)

TwinCAT HMI

System-integrated image processing for optimised textile production: TwinCAT Vision

integrates all image processing applications into the PC-based control platform
detection, measurement, identification of codes
flexible connection of freely selectable line scan and area scan cameras with support of the GigE Vision standards

TwinCAT Vision

Simplifies predictive maintenance and repair: TwinCAT IoT

simplifies the route of textile machine data from the sensor to the cloud
freely selectable cloud connection
secure data exchange via standard protocols
reduced personnel costs for maintenance and servicing
reduced downtime thanks to predictive maintenance

TwinCAT IoT

Open and flexible:
the ultra-compact Industrial PC series

low space requirement and flexible mounting
universal applicability
C6015: the most compact entry-level Industrial PC class
C6017: additional interfaces and integrated UPS
C6030: maximum computing power with four cores and up to 3.6 GHz per core
C6032: additional interfaces compared to the C6030

Ultra-compact Industrial PC series

New savings potential for industrial textile knitting machines: AMP8000

servomotor with directly integrated servo drive
decentralised connection of several servomotors through a single coupling module
ideal for systems that are spread over a large area
saves additional control cabinets and cabling
drive controllers encapsulated in the motor reduce the susceptibility of electronics, e.g. when processing carbon fibre materials

AMP8000