Consulting services for pre-project scheme

Consultants in the field of business consulting usually have extensive experience and are able to quickly grasp the problem and develop effective experience. Similarly, in the field of electrical automation, excellent consultants can also develop effective system consulting services for users.

In the past, the electrical system was relatively simple, as long as the type, quantity, type, accuracy (analog amount) of I/O was selected, the power supply capacity of the CPU and power supply was configured accordingly, and then the communication was connected to the HMI, frequency converter, etc. And now, with a large number of servo applications, machine vision, flexible conveying applications, which makes the early program consulting more complicated, for the automation manufacturers of sales, engineer consulting service capabilities put forward a greater challenge.

MIVII1000E00HI00 Precise motor selection – Performance and energy consumption

The selection of the motor is affected by the transmission mode of the mechanical system, the change of load, the movement mode (continuous and frequent acceleration and deceleration) and other working conditions, which require professional consultants to calculate according to the machining performance (accuracy, speed, repeatability) set by the mechanical system and the product, and select the appropriate motor and drive system. It needs to consider many factors including initial procurement costs, energy efficiency, safety and so on. Many lack of experience in this area, only based on the “nameplate” – reference to the previous selection, will bring many problems to the machine, these services will cause losses.

Figure 3- Precise selection using simulation software

B&r engineers can draw on their extensive machine development experience to accurately select motors through ServoSoft embedded in Automation Studio and through modeling and simulation software such as MapleSoft, as shown in Figure 3.

Mechatronics – Matching needs with capabilities

MIVII1000E00HI00 With the introduction of flexible conveyor systems such as ACOPOStrak/ACOPOS 6D, it must be related to the assembly process of the manufacturing production line, the processes of the individual stations, the beats required for lean production, load balancing, and the design and scheduling of One Piece Flow. This requires not only mechanical and electrical engineers, but also engineers who understand lean manufacturing and industry processes and users to form a “common language” of communication. Match “needs” with “capabilities.”

Figure 4- Maximizing efficiency by identifying waste in production

As shown in Figure 4, electromechanical engineers need to work with factory process engineers /IE engineers to excavate waste in production and develop effective layout, buffer design, shunt/confluence, and beat controllers to make the production line achieve continuous flow, flexibility, and balanced production.

UI Design – simple but not simple

Customers always want to be “powerful, yet extremely simple”, which comes from the simple design philosophy like the iPhone, and the lifestyle of today’s “digital natives”, which can be used between touch and swipe without manual operation.

MIVII1000E00HI00 Figure 5-UI design is not just about aesthetics

UI design integrates the beauty of industry and art, and industry is able to standardize the operation structure and achieve the unified norms of internal and industry. Just like the UI design in Figure 5, in fact, its pattern includes the parameters and information required for the integration of “IT and OT” today, and different configurations can be completed in one page, behind which is the powerful modeling (process and information modeling), making a strong but simple balance.

Machine vision applications – tailored to local conditions

Machine vision is not the same as ordinary sensors or I/O, it needs to be based on the various characteristics of the detected object (reflective, transmittance, refraction), the surrounding light source conditions, sampling frequency, line-of-sight, strobe, etc., and then the installation test verification, optimization. If this experience is lacking, then it will mean a lot of engineering time, and the cost of testing caused by bad products.

Figure 6- Vision Different scenarios need to be configured

As shown in Figure 6, in the pharmaceutical lamp inspection, it is necessary to detect the defects of the cap, shoulder and bottom of the bottle, as well as the detection of cracks, suspended substances and fibers in the bottle body. This requires very good camera sampling feature extraction, light source design, learning and training model application, etc., need professional engineers to design.

In order to achieve the effect of “double the result with half the effort”, rather than the effect of “half the result with half the effort”, professional consulting must be introduced in the early planning and design stage of the project, because of the complexity of the machine now, so it is more dependent on professional automation experts to participate in early research and development.

Jointly tackle key technological challenges

In addition, the preliminary engineering consulting has become increasingly professional. And now, with the professional division of labor and the need for domain knowledge. Many users also prefer the form of commissioned development when developing innovative models. Because training a professional engineering team takes a long time and a lot of costs, and professional automation companies can improve efficiency, quality, and more responsive experience in this area. In addition, the fear of staff turnover leads to the leakage of technology, unlike automation enterprises, which do not need such knowledge, and is the output of capabilities, and the use of contracts, modular packaging to avoid Know-How loss.