How does Beckhoff help the plastics machinery industry upgrade to intelligence?

Beckhoff provides efficient, sustainable and intelligent support for the plastic machinery industry through innovative PC-based control technology and modular software solutions, helping companies maintain their leading position in market competition.

1. Technological innovation and efficiency improvement

- Special control technology:

Provide high-precision control for injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, thermoforming and other processes to improve production efficiency and product quality.

Optimize process parameters and reduce debugging time through software-based temperature control (TF8540) and motion control (TF8560) functions.

- Energy and resource conservation:

Intelligent monitoring of heating coil current/power, reducing the number of sensors, energy consumption and material consumption.

Integrated energy consumption measurement function helps process optimization and meets the needs of sustainable development.

2. Modular software solution (TwinCAT 3 Plastic Framework)

- Integrated development platform:

Integrate PLC programming, HMI interface and industry-specific functions into the TwinCAT environment to achieve unified control.

Provide pre-developed software packages (such as TF8540/TF8550/TF8560), significantly reducing the development workload.

- Industry customized functions:

Temperature control: Support multi-channel, self-tuning thermal coupling heating zone, improve temperature control accuracy.

HMI interface: Provide special controls and templates for plastic processes, support mobile terminal expansion and wall thickness touch adjustment.

Motion control: Compatible with hydraulic, electric and hybrid drives, support virtual debugging and intelligent axis configuration.

3. Standardization and compatibility

- Seamless integration of industry standards:

Support Euromap and OPC UA protocols to ensure the interconnection between equipment and upstream and downstream systems.

Open programming architecture (such as FBD, LAD), compatible with traditional and object-oriented development modes.

- Flexible adaptability:

The software solution is independent of the hardware driver and can adapt to the equipment upgrade requirements of different technical routes.

4. Full life cycle service support

- End-to-end solution: From equipment control to visualization and data analysis, covering the entire process of plastic processing.

- Professional experience empowerment: Based on years of industry knowledge, we provide professional suggestions such as process optimization and fault diagnosis.

- Rapid deployment: Accelerate project implementation and commissioning through pre-verified sample libraries and templates.

Beckhoff helps plastic machinery manufacturers achieve:

⭐ Improved production efficiency

⭐ Energy and resource conservation

⭐ Intelligent process upgrade

⭐ Standardization and future compatibility

Ultimately promote the industry to develop an efficient and sustainable circular economy model.