Structure of the PacDrive™ Automation System

The PacDrive™ automation system offers a technically and

economically optimal solution for electronic packaging machines.

PacDrive™ consists of an efficient PC-based control, the PacDrive

Controller and the digital MC-4 servo drive which include the mains

connection unit, the end-stage power and the servo regulator of the

individual axes (Fig. 3-2).

The PacDrive Controller is the intelligent head of the system, and is

based on an industrial PC. The PacDrive Controller synchronizes

and coordinates the motion functions of the packaging machine.

Using an IEC 1131-3 soft PLC, it ventures into applications

previously reserved for standard PLCs. The individual PLC or

positioning tasks can be broken down into several parallel tasks,

which are implemented with the EPAS-4 programming environment

according to the IEC 1131-3 standard. Up to 40 servo axes can be

connected to a PacDrive Controller and supplied with positioning

data.