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Converting solutions

Achieve high productivity, flexibility and quality in demanding converting applications with integrated motion, automation and drive technology. The Digital Enterprise portfolio enables innovative automation concepts that reduce engineering effort and help you implement solutions faster.

Meeting the demands of modern converting

Machine builders working in continuous material processing need to achieve high quality and keep pace with increasing production speeds. They also need to ensure high machine availability and flexibility while keeping lifecycle costs and engineering effort under control.

Efficient and flexible automation concepts can help address these requirements. By bringing automation, motion control and drive technologies together, machine builders can develop reliable solutions for applications such as winding, cutting and material handling. With our Converting Toolbox, we provide ready-to-use, pre-tested functions for SIMATIC, SIMOTION and SINAMICS platforms, while the Modular Application Creator supports modular application engineering, helping manufacturers implement applications faster and reduce engineering effort.

Automation across the converting value chain

From winding and cutting to roll changes and material handling, we provide automation and drive solutions for continuous material processing. Based on SIMATIC, SIMOTION and SINAMICS, our solutions enable efficient and reliable implementation of high-performance converting applications.

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High-performance winding for diverse applications

Winding is a key function in continuous material processing, used across industries to wind and unwind materials such as paper, plastic and metal foils, cardboard and textiles. Depending on the application, precise tension control, high productivity and different winding geometries are essential.

Our winding solutions cover a broad range of applications, from standard axial winding to prismatic winding for non-round geometries. The Converting Toolbox provides preconfigured and tested functions that help streamline engineering and implement efficient, reliable winding applications.

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Converting: animated example of winding applications
The Converting Toolbox is a comprehensive suite of standardized functions and application modules for SIMATIC and SINAMICS.

Simplify engineering with the Converting Toolbox

Preconfigured, pre-tested automation functions help reduce engineering effort and speed up machine development.

Case studies

Discover how others are approaching their challenges

Simulation boosts battery manufacturing performance

Hirano Tecseed Co., Ltd. | Japan

Multiphysics simulation enables virtual optimization of converting machines for new battery film materials, helping accelerate design improvements and respond faster to changing customer requirements.

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