Drives without a moment's hesitation
Baumüller is increasingly integrating machine protection functions directly into its drives, thus achieving even shorter response times.
14 Jan 2025Share
Under the motto “Drive Intelligence”, Baumüller drives take on further important functions in addition to the classic control tasks in order to increase productivity in manufacturing. Numerous protective functions can be selected from the software toolbox. These can be executed on the controller or integrated directly into the drive, and they extend the service life of machines and tools. The advantage for the customer: by executing the function directly in the drive, an especially fast response is possible in the event of a fault, which can reduce maintenance and repair costs.
The Shock Detection function, for example, was developed specifically for use in shredders and plastic processing machines. It extends the service life of the mechanical system and helps to prevent imminent blockages that can be caused by too much or the wrong material. Particularly short response times are achieved with drive-integrated implementation, since communication via the field bus and thus the field bus delays are eliminated. This means that the reaction is calculated in the fast controller cycle and triggered even faster in the event of a fault.
In order to detect possible blockages and overloads in the drive train at an early stage, various limit values can be easily defined in the ProDrive operating tool. In addition, current and speed are monitored so that an impending blockage is detected early. If the protective function detects this, the system can react very quickly. In the case of shredders, for example, reverse operation can be started to release blockages. Extrusion machines, on the other hand, receive an immediate stop command to prevent possible damage to the screw.
Baumüller offers a wide range of functions directly in the drive and thus achieves particularly short cycle times. The application specialists from Baumüller offer comprehensive support in the parameterization of the functions for the respective application and implement new projects together with the machine builders.
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