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Accelerate machines to market with powerful software tools from Mitsubishi

Accelerate machines to market with powerful software tools from Mitsubishi

If you are racing to to enter the market with a new machine before the competition, you have all the help you can get. But equipment manufacturers are often faced with time-consuming obstacles associated with the complex task of writing software code for the programmable logic controllers (PLC) that control the operation of most machines.

In the industrial automation we have been working for more than two decades to simplify programming, first by establishing standards for programming languages ​​and -methods, and then developing specifications for making basic function block libraries. But applying these techniques to a specific machine still requires a lot of technical expertise and customization.

While today's customers more and more customization and flexibility are required in new equipment, both OEMs as end users hampered by the lean organization that reduces the number of engineers have brought back. The challenge now is how the software can be developed and updated without major investments in software development.

To meet this challenge, Mitsubishi Electric has introduced a control software platform, called iQ Monozukuri, after the Japanese word for production, which aims to design, commission and maintain machines simplify. First introduced for packaging machines, the latest version of the platform is aimed at converting equipment.

iQ Monozukuri Packaging, that available for a 60-day trial period, combines a comprehensive library of packaging specific function blocks, written and verified by Mitsubishi engineers, with sample programs and HMI screens for specific applications.

The iQ Monozukuri platform is designed to meet the demands of customers who require packaging size want to change, want to change the form factors of the product and this want to do it all in minutes instead of hours or days. It's optimized for small and medium sized machines.

"With Mitsubishi's expertise in many different industries we have a range of useful tools can develop that reduces the engineering time required to develop machine controls will be drastically reduced”.

“The platform allows Packaging OEMs can easily create projects based on cam profile function blocks, software templates and sample screens for graphical operator terminals (GOT). This modular approach minimizes the amount of software an OEM or end user needs to code.'

Instead of function blocks To write or modify, OEM engineers only need to enter parameters on a screen. The function blocks library for the packaging functions includes automatic cam generation, mark compensation and alignment of conveyor belts. Making ridge profiles requires minimal ridge knowledge and no cam calculations. Cams are automatically generated for oarotating cutter, flying scissors and box movements.

Since various types of packaging machines can share one programming template, OEMs can adapt these reusable and scalable sample programs much faster to different types of machines than when they write their own code all by themselves would develop.

The iQ Monozukuri portfolio is coming also meets the needs of engineers who require additional routines, such as movement and visualization, must include to complete their machines. These additions generally require learning yet another programming language.

This is how simple motion modules make it possible to accelerate production throughput by faster processing. These built-in modules, which are available for both iQ-R and iQ-F motion modules, enable highly synchronized motion control possible for more accurate and consistent operations.


Want to learn more about these powerful tools and how we can increase your competitive advantage? We are happy to share our knowledge and are only a phone call or email away.


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