Application
Convert an aging legacy system into a state-of-the-art machine.
Background
When the product tray arrives at the scoring station, it needs to be scored in different ways. There are 3 axes: X, Y and Z. The Z axis is for clearance of the knife. It is used to bring knife to ‘clear position’ (up) or ‘cut position’ (down). The X and Y axes are used to score the product. The scoring pattern is in horizontal, vertical or at any angle. Controllers have to calculate start and end positions. The synchronization points needed to be calculated in order to determine and plot the required angle of cut.
Requirement
Migration had to be done in such a way as to maintain required performance with ZERO downtime.
Technology Used
Migration was from legacy old NCU 570 controller and Siemens Simodrives to the latest Siemens 315T and Drives Technologies.
“This has been a smooth migration. For us, it was as simple as flipping the switch…”
– Joe Smith, Engineering Manager
Approach and Result
This project was completed in multiple phases. The customer did not want to stop the machine in order to migrate and test. Instead, the control system was installed in another panel, installed, and got tested. Once it was confirmed that the process was flawless, and client was completely satisfied, the old system was reconnected and production was back on its way with minimal interruption.
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