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b maXX-softdrivePLC

b maXX-softdrivePLC

With the new b maXX-softdrivePLC, Baumüller makes separate control hardware unnecessary for suitable applications. By combining motion control and PLC functions in the controller, Baumüller creates a decentralized control architecture for programming in accordance with IEC 61131, which makes it easy to set up distributed intelligence in the machine. Without complex tools for controller programming, control tasks can be implemented decentrally in the controller, from the simple linking of digital inputs to complex control algorithms, and all this very easily using the ProDrive parameterization tool. The b maXX-softdrivePLC runs as part of the firmware in the Baumüller drive concepts b maXX 5000 and b maXX 3300 and is suitable for single and double axis applications.

With the help of the softdrivePLC, programs with cycle times of up to 125 μs can run in the controller highly synchronously with the controller cycle. This allows special filters to be programmed, for example. You can also benefit from many other advantages:

•     Cost savings by eliminating the control hardware
•     Fieldbus communication between two axes is not required
•     Simple implementation of master-slave functionalities
•     Cross-axis access to parameters possible (double axis)