The investment in this cutting machine made it possible to resume production on their own, from conveying to cutting PVC tubes.  The positioning precision and movement dynamics offered by the SINAMICS S210 drive systems, used for the majority of the axes, make it possible to move the plastic tubes - by nature light and fragile - without difficulty all along the line. Thanks to their great compactness, the Simotics S-1FK2 servo motors could be deployed very easily, even in the tight space of the cutting station.
As such, SINAMICS drives and Simotics servomotors being part of the same assembly, the need to commission each component separately disappears. The deployment was also able to benefit from the innovative “One Cable Connection” technology which combines the data signal and the power supply in a single cable.
The combination of SINAMICS S210 drives with the SIMATIC S7-1500T PLC offers all the flexibility necessary to adapt the production line to the different tube diameters and lengths of the supply warehouse, as well as to the specifications required for the finished products.
In the end, this solution offers the company greater control over its production strategy and better control of its costs. The integration of components in the common TIA Portal platform and the One Cable Connection technology have a lot to do with it, since they translate concretely into time savings and increased efficiency during the engineering and commissioning phases.
Grégory sums up the main reasons that motivated the choice of an integrated solution from Siemens for the project of this new PVC pipe production line: "One of the major advantages of the SINAMICS S210 servo drive system is to have only one single cable for power and control. Add to that the greater compactness of the motors for the same power and you get much more flexibility and possibilities when designing. The configuration of the system via TIA Portal also brings a lot in terms of ergonomics and standardization.