http://www.sharifulalam.com 2007-07-13 16:18 《中華工控網(wǎng)》翻譯
Schneider Electric Releases New Programmable Automation Controller
施耐德電氣發(fā)布新型可編程自動(dòng)化控制器
July 11, 2007 -- Schneider Electric yesterday announced the release of its Telemecanique-brand Modicon M340 programmable automation controller (PAC), featuring communication, motion, database, and manipulation capabilities, in addition to the Modicon line's real-time logic-solving platform for industrial environments.
7月11日消息——施耐德電氣昨天發(fā)布了其TE電器品牌的Modicon M340可編程自動(dòng)化控制器(PAC)產(chǎn)品,除了具有Modicon產(chǎn)品線(xiàn)適用于工業(yè)環(huán)境的實(shí)時(shí)邏輯解決平臺(tái)功能之外,還具有通信、運(yùn)動(dòng)、數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)以及處理功能。
The Modicon M340 PAC is intended to make its mark in the growing mid-range automation controller market, the company said, and will complement some of Schneider's existing products in this market segment. The M340's primary differentiator, said Richard Hutton, senior automation marketing specialist at Schneider's North American Operating Division, is its use of Schneider's Unity application development software. In addition, he said, the Modicon M340 PAC will be a replacement option for current Modicon Compact984 PLC applications where compatible requirements exist.
施耐德電氣表示,Modicon M340 PAC 目地在于涉足快速發(fā)展的中端自動(dòng)化控制器市場(chǎng),以及補(bǔ)充施耐德在這個(gè)市場(chǎng)現(xiàn)有的一些產(chǎn)品。施耐德北美運(yùn)營(yíng)部高級(jí)自動(dòng)化營(yíng)銷(xiāo)專(zhuān)家Richard Hutton表示,M340的主要區(qū)別地方,是其使用了施耐德的Unity應(yīng)用開(kāi)發(fā)軟件。他表示,此外,Modicon M340 PAC還將是目前有兼容需要的Modicon Compact984 PLC應(yīng)用的一個(gè)替代選擇。
One aspect of the M340 that separates it from competing products, according to Schneider, is the availability of as many as two communication ports in addition to a high-speed USB port. "Since there are multiple CPU versions that embed the open standard Ethernet protocol Modbus/TCP, we have enabled companies to benefit from direct, simple collaborative control and communications with all currently available Modicon PLCs, plus many third-party devices as well," Hutton said.
依據(jù)施耐德的介紹,M340與其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)產(chǎn)品的一個(gè)不同之處就是其具有兩個(gè)通信端口以及一個(gè)高速USB端口。Hutton表示:“因?yàn)橛卸喾N嵌入了開(kāi)放式標(biāo)準(zhǔn)以太網(wǎng)協(xié)議Modbus/TCP的CPU版本,所以我們可以使客戶(hù)公司受益于目前所有可用的Modicon PLC以及許多第三方設(shè)備的直接、簡(jiǎn)單的協(xié)同控制和通信。”
Other features of the M340 include fast execution of both Boolean processing and floating decimal calculations, 4 MB of internal memory, and an internal Flash memory and SD-based memory card. The unit can accept from four to 12 modules with a maximum density of 64 channels per module.
M340的其他特點(diǎn)包括Boolean處理和浮點(diǎn)十進(jìn)制運(yùn)算的快速執(zhí)行,4MB的內(nèi)存,以及一個(gè)內(nèi)置閃存和SD記憶卡。一個(gè)M340可以接受四到十二個(gè)模塊,而每個(gè)模塊最大可容64個(gè)通道。
Some examples of shop floor machines that can benefit from the M340's PAC features include conveyors, sorters, wrappers, packers, elevators, boxers, filtration and pumping systems, injection and other machines, automated assemblers, and transportation wash systems, Hutton said.
Hutton表示,可以受益于M340的PAC特點(diǎn)的車(chē)間機(jī)械包括傳送機(jī)、分揀器、包裝機(jī)、電梯、裝箱機(jī)、過(guò)濾和泵系統(tǒng)、注塑機(jī)和其他機(jī)械、自動(dòng)化組裝機(jī)以及運(yùn)輸洗滌系統(tǒng)等等。
Other members of the Modicon family include the Modicon Premium and Modicon Quantum programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Users of traditional PLCs are beginning to demand PAC-type functionality from the automation suppliers that have provided PLCs for years, ARC Advisory Research Director Craig Resnick said, especially in hybrid environments — including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industries — in which process applications such as temperature level control and packaging applications such as material handling are managed simultaneously.
Modicon家族的其他成員還包括Modicon Premium 以及 Modicon Quantum可編程邏輯控制器(PLCs)。ARC咨詢(xún)研究主管Craig Resnick表示,傳統(tǒng)PLC的用戶(hù)已經(jīng)開(kāi)始向其供應(yīng)了數(shù)年P(guān)LC的自動(dòng)化供應(yīng)商要求PAC功能,尤其是在衛(wèi)生環(huán)境,包括食品和飲料、制藥以及生命科學(xué)工業(yè),在這些領(lǐng)域,如溫度水平控制等過(guò)程應(yīng)用以及如材料處理等包裝應(yīng)用是同時(shí)管理的。
PAC systems feature a single database that stores and maintains data from several applications — whether process or discrete — simultaneously.
PAC系統(tǒng)具有一個(gè)單獨(dú)數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)同時(shí)儲(chǔ)存和維護(hù)數(shù)個(gè)過(guò)程或者離散應(yīng)用數(shù)據(jù)的功能。
"PAC makes life easier for companies running separate systems for disparate control applications because there's only one platform to maintain and one HMI," Resnick said. "It really lowers total cost of ownership for the user when they need maintain only one system."
Resnick表示:“PAC使應(yīng)用分離的系統(tǒng)用于不同控制應(yīng)用的公司變得輕松多了,因?yàn)樗麄冎挥幸粋€(gè)平臺(tái)需要維護(hù),而且只有一個(gè)人機(jī)界面。在只需要維護(hù)一個(gè)系統(tǒng)的情況下,用戶(hù)確實(shí)減低了總成本。”
Other automation vendors offering PAC products include Rockwell Automation and GE Fanuc, Resnick said. Automation vendors that offer PAC-like functionality with their PLCs include Mitsubishi, Omron, and Siemens, he added.
Resnick表示,其他提供PAC產(chǎn)品的自動(dòng)化供應(yīng)商還包括羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化和通用電氣發(fā)那科。在其PLC產(chǎn)品帶有類(lèi)似PAC功能的自動(dòng)化供應(yīng)商包括三菱、歐姆龍以及西門(mén)子。
ARC sees a strong market for both PACs and PLCs moving forward, with PLCs maintaining their popularity in process plants that don't necessarily require the extra functionality of a PAC.
ARC預(yù)計(jì)PAC和PLC市場(chǎng)將持續(xù)強(qiáng)烈增長(zhǎng),PLC在不需要PAC額外功能的過(guò)程工廠保持著高普及度。
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