Nigeria
Food & Beverage
Value proposition
ChallengesTo succeed in this extremely competitive environment, it is necessary to constantly innovate and find new ways of producing better products in a more efficient manner. In this context, you face to many challenges :
-Increase packaging line performances to improve plant overall efficiency
-Quickly adapt your production lines to new products and market requirements
-Increase the flexibility of your production lines to increase your product mix while maintaining your operation cost at the minimum
-Contribute to sustainable operation by producing better while consuming less (optimization of packaging, reduction of the waste and improvement of energy efficiency)
-Protect people and machines
Solution in brief
With its automation architectures, Schneider Electric offers a single and fully integrated solution. Everything originates from a single source and works together smoothly.
Our PacDrive 3 solutions for servo-driven production is the ideal solution for controlling a broad range of packaging machines as well as material handling equipment and robotics.
They offer you maximum flexibility as well as the ability to adapt quickly to your changing requirements allowing you to reduce packaging costs and materials, maximise your performance, encourage flexible line changes.
-Complete automation solutions, including fieldbus interfaces, mechatronic components, and electrical equipment.
-Compliant to many international standards in hardware and software including OMAC and Weihenstephan Standard.
Efficient
-A technological approach designed to reduce hardware and software complexity. The consistent objective has been to decrease engineering costs for design, installation, and commissioning.
-Unifies PLC, motion, and robotics control functionality on a single hardware platform. This allows to create fully integrated software structures that enable modular machine designs and less time to market.
Flexible and scalable
-Comprehensive software libraries with tested Application Function Blocks
-Switch to a new mode of packaging in just minutes: No need to modify the program, the machine's operating parameters are stored for easy user selection.
Proven and recognized
-A proven technology with more than 50.000 machines already automated.
-An excellent reputation among European and international companies in the consumer goods industry.
Safe
-Integrated Safety function to protect people and machine
Differentiation factors
Energy Efficiency technology
-Efficient motor technology based on Servo motors
-Energy-optimized motion design
-Variable speed drives reduce stress on motors when starting up pumps reducing up to 30% energy consumption
Global support
Our experts and partners know your markets and constraints. They help you specify your installations and advise you on the best solutions. Our international teams coordinate the actions necessary for implementing complex projects using many suppliers throughout the world. Our local facilities enable us to find suitable solutions at the best cost.
Architecture
Main characteristics
Control-Synchronized axes: 0 - 4 (LMC 101C - scheduled mid 2011), 0 - 8 (LMC 201C - scheduled mid 2011, LMC 300C), 0 - 16 (LMC 400C), 0 - 99 (LMC 600C)
-Servo Drives: Multi- axis solution Lexium, Stand alone solution Lexium
HMI
Magelis HMI systems display from 3.8" to 19". An ARTI protocol driver is the basis for high- speed communications between the HMI panel and the controller, with access to the runtime system variables.
Communication
SERCOS Interface, Ethernet 10/100T, CAN, Profibus DP, Ethernet/ IP (LMC 300C - 600C), Profinet
Safety functions
Modicon Safe Logic Controller SLC x00 and Modicon TM5/ TM7 safe I/ Os for integrated solutions with safety protocoll via SERCOS III, Preventa- Controllers for conventional solutions/ hardwired.
Robotics Solutions
Robot mechanics, servo systems, and the robotics library provide a ready- to- use solution.
Distributed I/ O
The Modicon TM5/ TM7 system provides a flexible and modular I/ O- solution for SERCOS III, including safe I/ Os. TM5 offers a variety of modules for creating IP20 I/ O islands. On such islands TM5 remote I/ O islands and TM7 IP67 I/ O modules can be linked via TM5 bus.
Tools
SoMachine Motion is the software development environment for the complete PacDrive 3 engineering process. Multi user design, all project data are stored in a central data pool. The programming tool EPAS is CoDeSys V3 based.
Application Software
PacDrive Libraries consisting IEC 61131-3 compliant AFBs which map a variety of motion, PLC, visualization, and basic IT functions in pre- programmed software objects.
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