The packaging market has established the competitive advantage that characterizes successful companies. Versatility has been the challenge of the last five years, and format changeover, the real star of new operational projects, has enabled the most responsive companies to move into a new operating scenario.
In this sense, responsiveness is represented not only by the speed with which a line switches from one format to another, but also by the precision in the execution and replicability of the process.
Research carried out by Mini Motor, based on real cases from its customers, has guided the reinterpretation of integrated drive brushless gearmotors, which were created as intelligent components and are now optimized to meet the changing needs of format changeover.
Solutions for format changeover
The FC line incorporates the best features of the DBS integrated drive line, including a 32-bit multi-turn absolute encoder and communication with the main fieldbuses (Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, Powerlink, Modbus, and CANopen), but differs in its specificity for packaging lines thanks to its versions with orthogonal gearbox or linear actuator.
The innovative design of the rotary version is designed to guarantee double the speed for the same size, halving the time required for format changeover. Available in four sizes: FC3, FC6, FC10, FC20 depending on the required ratio, they are ideal for automating manual parts, also opening up numerous revamping opportunities.
The FCL line is available in the FCL100 and FCL200 variants, ideal for automating the movement of sides in linear format changes up to 200 mm. The FCLs are capable of delivering up to 200N and withstanding up to 5kg of axial load.
Format changeover goes wireless
Automating procedures with the FC line is now even easier thanks to Mini Motor’s new proprietary wireless technology.
Can Over Air 2.0 is a proprietary Mini Motor technology that allows servomotors to be controlled without the need for communication cables. The gateway, connected to the PLC via industrial fieldbuses, transfers communication to the motors, allowing multiple control units to be integrated.
Designed to receive incoming signals via Ethernet or CAN, COA is a secure and noise-resistant protocol that can adapt to the needs of modern automated and interconnected industrial systems.
In format change, this translates into greater ease of implementation of new components, with consequent advantages for scalability and line expansion.
The logic is essential: a concentrator, a radio network, Mini Motor motors with integrated communication, and the result is a network without fieldbus cabling, where devices communicate in real time and the layout of the system is no longer dictated by the passage of a cable or the presence of collectors.
CoA thus allows you to change the starting point and redesign the architecture of production lines with greater freedom and a wider design margin.
All this without complications: commissioning is carried out via a Windows application from which you can monitor the status of the network. Mini Motor brings innovation to the service of work.
