Empowering SME machine builders in Asia Pacific to deliver machines faster and more cost‑effectively, with reduced engineering effort. Leverage right‑sized motion control hardware and a unified, intuitive toolset to enable scalable development, improve productivity, and stay competitive.
SIMATIC S7-1200 G2 controllers set new standards for simple but high-precision automation applications. They enable the combination of integrated motion control functions with flexible and space-saving machine safety solutions. In addition, the new controller family offers access to seamlessly scalable customer applications.
Faster time-to-market, increasing functionality and complexity, and demands for safety and sustainability are major challenges for machine builders. Our solutions for efficient motion control open new perspectives by helping machine builders create innovative machines faster and cost efficiently. Read our five-step guide to select and implement efficient motion control solutions.
Learn how small and medium machine builders have used efficient motion control to implement innovative motion control systems with safety and flexibility.
Weixian Kechuang Light Industrial Equipment Co. Ltd., China
Cost-effective, reliable motion control helps SME machine builders deliver competitive machines with predictable performance. Selected use cases show how integrated PLCs, drives, safety, engineering, and simulation software simplify engineering, speed startup, and optimize machines and axes.
Machine builders need to engineer and commission motion control machines quickly while keeping engineering effort and costs under control. Standardized and well-maintained application examples covering typical motion tasks help reduce complexity and repetitive programming.
Ready to use TIA Portal projects with detailed documentation and optional simulation support allow fast adaptation to specific machine requirements. This shortens startup time, reduces commissioning risk, and improves overall engineering efficiency.
Implementing continuous, cyclic, and coordinated movements across multiple axes is a core task in modern machines but often involves high engineering complexity. An integrated motion control engineering approach with technology objects and PLCopen based programming simplifies configuration, programming, and diagnostics within one environment.
Standardized motion functions and guided tools support scalable machine concepts and future extensions. This enables faster implementation, easier maintenance, and reliable motion behavior from basic to advanced applications.
Machine builders must ensure compliance with safety standards while keeping solutions affordable, compact, and productive. Safety concepts often vary depending on risk assessment and end user requirements, which increases complexity during selection and implementation.
Flexible safety solutions ranging from software independent safety relays to safety integrated controllers and drives support simple yet compliant machine designs. Safety functions can be configured and validated consistently, helping reduce engineering effort while maintaining machine availability and regulatory compliance.
Testing and validating automation and motion behavior directly on physical machines can be costly, time consuming, and risky.
Virtual validation using simulation and digital twin technologies allows early testing of PLC logic, motion sequences, safety functions, and system behavior without hardware. Realistic simulation models support optimization of machine performance and drive dimensioning before commissioning. This results in faster startup, fewer onsite issues, and more sustainable machine designs.
Achieving the required dynamic performance of machine axes after assembly is essential for productivity and machine lifetime. Manual tuning of drive parameters requires deep expertise and can lead to sub optimal results or mechanical stress.
Automated drive integrated tuning functions analyze mechanical characteristics and optimize parameters directly. This allows fast and reliable axis optimization with minimal effort, ensuring consistent motion quality and reduced commissioning time.