• Request from the Dutch door manufacturer Reinhaerdt Deuren (EK) for a fully automated, order-driven facility for producing door leaf blanks with high flexibility 
• Future-oriented, customizable automation concept with the capability of responding quickly to production with high variety and special sizes. 
• High plant availability, quick changeover times
• It must be ensured that machines can be quickly and easily converted for small batch sizes or even one-off production. 
  

Implemented with the use of Open Controllers on the various machine stations and controlled by the master computer. The Windows system runs on the Open Controller (visualization, quality and maintenance data, etc.) independently of the machine control system in the software PLC. The integrated safety concept in the software PLC of the Box IPC 427D master computer enables the situation-related implementation of safety functions. It can deactivate individual plant sections (e.g. for maintenance) while other machine stations execute collected orders. 

Used Products:

• S7-1500
• SIMATIC ET 200SP
• TIA Portal
• SIMATIC Industrial PC

• Robert Bürkle GmbH, with a registered office in Freudenstadt and a branch in Mastholte, is a company with around 490 employees worldwide. It manufactures machines, plants and systems for woodworking as well as for the electronics, photovoltaic and plastic card industries. The project described is for an automation concept for door leaf production in batch size 1. 
• Robert Bürkle GmbH is a technologically leading company in the woodworking industry