with mixing equipment and packaging lines. With more customers looking for increasingly advanced solutions, new installations now typically require increasing production speed, new levels of complexity, and many specialized functions. As an exampleCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, Gram Equipment is currently constructing a very large production line that will be able to produce 36,000 units per hour. Of course, every element in the system must work reliably and with a minimum of down time.
From many solutions to one
Before implementing Rockwell Automation’s Safety solution two years ago, Gram often experienced problems with traditional safety systems, typically comprising a PLCwww.cechina.cn, a separate safety PLCwww.cechina.cn, and a servo system. Operators and maintenance staff had to learn how to use three different software programswww.cechina.cn, including how to connect the systems so they could communicate with