EVENT PPMA 2024
Pluggable system solution helps tackle skills shortages and addresses DC power supply needs
The latest window profile processing machine from Schirmer Maschinen showcases the many impressive benefits of the MX-System
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s a replacement for the conventional control cabinet,
advantages. It also provides a great deal of optimisation potential in terms of the increasing shortage of skilled workers and the expanding presence of DC supply networks across the industry. This makes it not only machine and system engineering companies, but end users, too. The MX-System is a uniform modular automation system that can completely replace traditional control cabinets with function modules in many applications. This waterproof and dustproof system, which can be mounted directly on the machine, comprises a robust aluminum baseplate with integrated module slots, featuring EtherCAT for data communication and integrated distribution portfolio of function modules includes the
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mains connection, drives, power supplies, industrial PCs and I/Os. Boasting all of these features and more, the MX system easily covers the full range of functions of conventional control cabinets. The function modules can easily be attached to the baseplate and simply screwed into place. This eliminates the need for any mechanical assembly of the control cabinet and its mounting plate, not to mention time-consuming manual the time required to set up the MX-System: including the necessary tests and checks, hour, in contrast to at least 24 hours for a comparable control cabinet. In this way, the MX-System also counters the shortage of skilled workers, as individual employees are less tied to a single task and A further advantage is the straightforward pluggability of the function modules, which means they do not need to be connected by specialised
electricians – a real bonus for companies that may lack the necessary expertise in this area. A notable application scenario involves the use of a higher-level DC power supply. The DC supply for
complete production halls is based on the strategy of providing electricity from renewable energies, like photovoltaics, in combination with storage technologies for machines and systems as a mains voltage of 600V DC. The MX-System is already designed to be DC-ready in that it can distribute DC voltages and also be used directly for protective extra-low voltage power supply lines or modules for controlling synchronous and asynchronous motors. By facilitating the continuous of the motors in the storage units of the DC networks rather than losing it through braking resistors. This possible use of the MX-System is already being implemented
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