Under the motto “Drive Intelligence”, Baumüller drives take on other important functions in addition to traditional control tasks in order to increase productivity in production. Numerous protection functions can be selected from the modular software system. These can be executed on the control or integrated directly in the drive, thus extending the service life of machines and tools. The plus point for the customer: Implementing the functions directly in the drive allows for a particularly fast reaction in the event of an error, thus reducing maintenance and repair costs.
The impact detection function was specially developed for use in shredders and plastic machines. This extends the service life of the mechanism and prevents impending blockages, e.g. due to too much or the wrong material. The drive-integrated implementation achieves particularly short response times, since communication via the fieldbus and therefore fieldbus dead times are eliminated. This means that reactions are calculated in fast controller cycles and are triggered even faster in the event of an error.
For early detection of blockages or possible overloads in the drivetrain, various limit values can be easily set in the ProDrive operating tool. In addition, current and speed are monitored to detect impending blockages early. If this is detected by the protection functions, the system reacts very quickly. In the case of a shredder, for example, a reversing operation can be initiated to clear the blockage, while the extruder is stopped immediately to prevent damage to the screw.
Baumüller offers the various functions directly in the drive, which allows for particularly short cycle times. Baumüller application specialists offer comprehensive support in parameterizing the functions for the respective application and work together with the machine manufacturer to implement new projects.