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Higher Efficiency by Looking at the Big Picture – Nr.18/2009

SPS/IPC/Drives 2009: Baumüller presents integrated engineering and innovative drive components

Nuremberg. Efficient automation begins with engineering. Automation concepts that are intelligently planned and correctly designed from the beginning save costs, time and energy. At the SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg from November 24 to 26, Baumüller will demonstrate its ProMaster Engineering Framework to show how intelligent automation solutions can be tailored to the respective machine topology without losing focus of the system as a whole. Further highlights at Booth 560 in Hall 1 will be the water-cooled servo motors and the converters from the b maXX range with improved overload capacity and higher rated currents in the same unit size.

The more individual automation systems are tailored to the respective machine concept, the more savings potential and competitive advantages can be attained by the mechanical engineer, especially in the form of a significantly reduced time-to-market. Here it pays to look at the big picture: efficient engineering and a wide range of scalable drive components from Baumüller significantly contribute to an integrated and flexible design of the automation architecture from the control level to the field level – whether a central, decentral or hybrid machine topology is required.

The easier it is to visualise complex machine functions in application software, the faster and more cost-effective high performance automation concepts can be configured. In a live presentation, Baumüller will demonstrate the speed and ease of the ProMaster Engineering Framework in creating new application software and for the commissioning of machines and systems - including comprehensive safety features - in just a few mouse clicks.

For higher efficiency on the product level, servo motors from the dynamic DSD range and the compact DSC range are now available with water cooling in the frame sizes 71 and 100. They not only have a significantly more compact design and therefore a considerably higher power density than the previous series, but it is also easier to integrate them into existing machine concepts – particularly when there is already cool water in the machine as a result of the process requirements.

The exact setting of the drive to the performance requirement for each application is another important step in attaining higher efficiency. The overload capacity and rated load devices, b maxx 4600 and b maXX 4700, are designed for such applications where the drive solution is pushed to its maximum capacity for only a short period or, alternatively, a constant maximum performance is required. This means that much faster clock cycles and higher productivity of machines and systems can be achieved. With these units Baumüller increases the power range of the tried-and-tested b maXX converter series.