PECS – The Control System for Extrusion Blow Moulding - Inea
PECS – The Control System for Extrusion Blow Moulding - Inea
PECS – The Control System for Extrusion Blow Moulding - Inea
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<strong>PECS</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Extrusion</strong> <strong>Blow</strong> Molding<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>PECS</strong> control system <strong>for</strong> extrusion blow-moulding<br />
machines is based on advanced but proven technology<br />
and is easy to use. It enables flexible machine design<br />
and quick start-up. <strong>The</strong> system makes possible to<br />
design blow-moulding machines with unprecedented<br />
precision, minimal material use and the fastest production cycle.<br />
Due to the Mitsubishi advances in manufacturing technology and due to high production<br />
volumes, the Mitsubishi PLC’s can meet or beat the price of many competitor systems.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>PECS</strong> control system allows highly flexible configuration of hardware and software<br />
components. <strong>The</strong> PLC system is completely modular system, which could be optimized by<br />
the machine designer to reach the optimal price/per<strong>for</strong>mance level.<br />
<strong>The</strong> machine parameters and data are organized as recipes. <strong>The</strong>ir use ensures fast and<br />
efficient set-up of the new machine without excessive time consumption to configure and to<br />
parameterize the control system “from the scratch”. On the other side, the product recipes<br />
are used to help the end user to change the production in the shortest possible time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>PECS</strong> control system can be used as a package <strong>for</strong> building new blow-moulding<br />
machines or as well as <strong>for</strong> retrofit machines.<br />
Advantages of the <strong>PECS</strong> control packages<br />
<strong>The</strong> human-machine interface (HMI) screens are already prepared and SPAC20 coprocessor<br />
modules are pre-programmed to execute the most demanding control algorithms. Everything<br />
is linked together by the PLC software to make the machine running in the shortest possible<br />
time. <strong>The</strong> user needs only to match the system to the specific configuration of the machine<br />
and to make final adjustments. Of course, one may make greater redesigns if necessary.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> main advantages of the system are:<br />
� Modular PLC system, which can fit to different requirements and price/per<strong>for</strong>mance levels<br />
� Standard PLC I/O modules support interfacing to all kind of control signals and to most of<br />
communication protocols.<br />
� High-speed intelligent co-processor modules take the control of fast blow-moulding tasks.<br />
Dedicated control algorithms are pre-programmed and easy to use.<br />
� Analog and digital I/O’s are included in the co-processor modules <strong>for</strong> fast and effective<br />
control of wall thickness and hydraulic motions.<br />
� Powerful HMI terminal with color touch screen and function keyboard helps the operator<br />
to operate the machine in a user-friendly, efficient and safe way.<br />
� Three types of recipes are available: machine data, product data and complete data.<br />
� Several security access levels are possible.<br />
� Multi-language HMI supports with up to 4 languages and different types of fonts (Asian<br />
fonts as well) are available.<br />
Functions of the <strong>PECS</strong> <strong>Blow</strong> <strong>Moulding</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />
Mitsubishi Electric offers complete blow-moulding solutions <strong>for</strong>:<br />
� Temperature control<br />
Auto-tuning temperature control with pretune.<br />
� Parison control<br />
Fast wall thickness control with simple profile programming.<br />
� Hydraulic control<br />
Accurate open-loop or closed- loop motion control.<br />
� Sequence control<br />
Standard ladder logic programming.<br />
Hydraulic <strong>Control</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> hydraulic motion control with smooth and precise control is one of the most important<br />
features of the blow-moulding machines. While closed-loop control provides the ultimate<br />
positioning accuracy, the open-loop control may also be used to realize less demanding and<br />
cost sensitive positioning solutions.<br />
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� Motion control in open-loop or closed-loop <strong>for</strong> carriage, mould and blow-pin movements<br />
� Up to 16 channels possible to drive servo/proportional valves (using four SPAC20 PA4<br />
modules)<br />
� Hydraulic motion control with high accuracy and repeatability<br />
� Simple calibration of the complete hydraulic system (including valve, cylinder and linear<br />
position sensor)<br />
Parison <strong>Control</strong><br />
Wall thickness parison controller is available <strong>for</strong> continuous as well as <strong>for</strong> accumulator based<br />
machines. <strong>The</strong> touch screen technology enables fast and efficient design of the parison wall<br />
thickness profile.<br />
� Wall thickness control using profiles with up to 128 points and smooth interpolation<br />
between points<br />
� <strong>Control</strong> loop update in 80µs or 160µs<br />
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� For continuous extrusion and <strong>for</strong> accumulator-based machines<br />
� Up to 16 channels available <strong>for</strong> multi-head machines (by using up to four SPAC20 PA4<br />
modules. Axial wall thickness control possible.<br />
� Cycle time correction <strong>for</strong> time based systems and push-out time correction <strong>for</strong><br />
accumulator based machines<br />
� Separate weight and profile adjustments<br />
Temperature <strong>Control</strong><br />
Multi-loop temperature control is capable of accurate temperature control of different types of<br />
extruders and co-extruders. Intelligent pre-tune and auto-tune functions are built-in to enable<br />
simple automatic tuning of the control loops and to adapt control parameters to varying load<br />
conditions. User-friendly graphical screens and improved diagnostics make the control<br />
system easy to use and simple to maintain the heating/cooling elements.<br />
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� Temperature control of up to 64 heating/cooling temperature zones<br />
� Suitable <strong>for</strong> different types of zone cooling: air, water or oil cooling<br />
� Automatic pre-tune cycle assures quality tuning and fast start-up of the machine.<br />
� Auto-tune control algorithm monitors control loops on-line and continuously retunes the<br />
control if necessary.<br />
� Automatic machine scheduling using time schedule <strong>for</strong> heating<br />
Sequence <strong>Control</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> MELSEC series is an extremely compact and very powerful generation of logic<br />
controllers from the Mitsubishi Electric. Besides the other convenient programming tools, the<br />
sequential programming can be done also with the powerful GX Developer featuring full online<br />
programming capability.<br />
� More than 60 different types of modules are available to interface with different kinds of<br />
control devices.<br />
� Up to 1024 I/O points are possible by using up to 7 extension racks.<br />
� High-speed ladder processing with instruction cycle as low as 0.075µs per logic<br />
instruction (Q2ASHCPU)<br />
� More than 700 instructions available<br />
� Standard PC-based programming with powerful ladder logic programming tools<br />
� Full on-line programming capability, which is especially useful during upgrading or<br />
maintenance of machines<br />
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<strong>System</strong> Configuration<br />
Three different powerful versions cover the overall range of applications of blow-molding<br />
technology: Basic, Standard and Professional. Maximum flexibility permits a very attractive<br />
price level.<br />
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per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
Specifications BASIC STANDARD PROFESSIONAL<br />
Temperature zones 16 16 64<br />
Parison and<br />
Hydraulic channels<br />
1 4 16<br />
Continuous<br />
extrusion machine<br />
� � �<br />
Accumulator based<br />
machine<br />
- � �<br />
Hydraulic motion<br />
control<br />
- � �<br />
Specifications BASIC STANDARD PROFESSIONAL<br />
PLC CPU type A2SHCPU-S1 Q2ASHCPU Q2ASHCPU-S1<br />
I/O points 512 512 1024<br />
Instruction time µs 0.25 0.075 0.075<br />
Floating point math - � �<br />
Multiple programs - � �<br />
Co-processor<br />
module SPAC20<br />
- � �<br />
Specifications BASIC STANDARD PROFESSIONAL<br />
HMI type MAC E700 REDIS 52 B REDIS 52 B<br />
Display type 320x240 color 640x480 color 640x480 color<br />
Display size 5.9’’ 10.4’’ 10.4’’<br />
Function keys 16 26 26<br />
Touch screen - � �<br />
Multi-language � � �<br />
Recipe size (values<br />
in recipe)<br />
BASIC<br />
STANDARD<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
1000 10000 10000<br />
systems
Example of the <strong>System</strong> Configuration <strong>–</strong> <strong>Blow</strong> Molding Standard<br />
A1S61PN Q2ASHCP SPAC20PA4 SPAC20ATHC16 A1S68TD A1S68TD A1SJ71<br />
QC24-R2<br />
Power<br />
Supply<br />
CPU<br />
Module<br />
Coprocessor<br />
Module: Parison-<br />
and Hydraulic<br />
<strong>Control</strong>ler<br />
Free<br />
A1SX80 A1SX80 A1SX80 A1SY80 A1SY80 A1SY80 A1SY80 A1SY80<br />
Digital<br />
Inputs<br />
(16)<br />
Digital<br />
Inputs<br />
(16)<br />
Coprocessor<br />
Module:<br />
Temperature and<br />
Analog I/O<br />
Digital<br />
Inputs<br />
(16)<br />
Digital<br />
Outputs<br />
(16)<br />
<strong>The</strong>rmocouple<br />
Module<br />
Digital<br />
Outputs<br />
(16)<br />
REDIS 52 B<br />
<strong>The</strong>rmocouple<br />
Module<br />
Digital<br />
Outputs<br />
(16)<br />
Main Base Unit<br />
(RS232<br />
Module)<br />
Digital<br />
Outputs<br />
(16)<br />
(Profibus<br />
Module)<br />
Extension Base Unit<br />
Digital<br />
Outputs<br />
(16)<br />
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<strong>PECS</strong> <strong>–</strong> the control systems <strong>for</strong> extrusion blow moulding are the actual result of the<br />
partnership between Mitsubishi Electric, <strong>Inea</strong> and Resotec.<br />
Mitsubishi Electric is a recognized company as a ‘Global Player’ among the worldwide<br />
leading companies of control technology, drives technology and robotics.<br />
<strong>Inea</strong>'s business is control and management of industrial processes. <strong>Inea</strong> is a specialized firm,<br />
providing engineering solutions, services and equipment <strong>for</strong> control and management of<br />
industrial systems, known <strong>for</strong> its excellence in technology, quality and customer services.<br />
During the last ten years, <strong>Inea</strong> is present also in the field of automation control of the blowmolding<br />
machinery as a technology partner of Mitsubishi Electric and gives all necessary<br />
technical support worldwide.<br />
Resotec is recognized as a carrier of know-how in the field of automation <strong>for</strong> plastics<br />
processing machinery and a leader in visualization technology.<br />
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.<br />
Gothaer Straße 8<br />
D-40880 Ratingen<br />
Phone +49 2102 486-0<br />
Fax +49 2102 486-112<br />
Hotline +49 2102 1805000-765/-766<br />
Faxback +49 2102 486-485/-790<br />
www.mitsubishi-automation.de, www.mitsubishi-automation.com<br />
megmail@meg.mee.com<br />
INEA d.o.o.<br />
Stegne 11<br />
SI-1117 Ljubljana<br />
Phone +386 1 51381-00<br />
Fax +386 1 51381-70<br />
www.inea.si<br />
pecs@inea.si<br />
RESOTEC<br />
Eisenstraße 7<br />
D-34225 Baunatal<br />
Phone +49 561 94987-0<br />
Fax +49 561 498089<br />
www.resotec.com<br />
info@resotec.com<br />
Local distributor:<br />
<strong>PECS</strong> <strong>Blow</strong>-<strong>Moulding</strong> Leaflet 030220 Print date: 20.02.2003