Integrated automation solutions increase productivity in metal forming.
Metal forming companies are coming under pressure due to the increasing variety of products and decreasing batch sizes they are required to produce. A fundamental prerequisite for flexible and productive machines is an integrated automation system that can be adapted to meet these requirements in a modular and scalable manner.
Simulation
Simulation tools support the manufacturer during engineering of a press and thus shorten the time-to-market, and for the user, these programs considerably reduce the amount of work involved in setting up and running the press.
The ‘PressLineSimulation’ tool from Siemens digitally replicates the complete metal forming process in order to simulate and optimise it virtually. The movement data determined during the simulation can then be transferred to the ‘Simotion’ motion control system.
Optimisation
The ‘Metal Forming Solution Package’ from Siemens is an integrated automation solution for metal forming applications. The solution includes the special software libraries for the respective SimoRoll, SimoTrans, SimoFeed and SimoPress metal working stations.
These libraries combine automation functions in the form of specimen applications such as main drive control, cam control or tool position locking and tool data management as well as operator control and monitoring functions. The machine software for individual metal forming machines is therefore easy to create by means of a graphic user interface.
Using the Sinamics drive platform and installed direct drives, the productivity and efficiency of servo presses can be substantially improved. SimoPress automatically calculates an optimal movement profile based on the data from the press and the drive train.
As a result, considerably more travel movements per minute are possible at the same speed, which enables a substantial reduction in unit costs, thus increasing productivity.
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