Unplanned machine states, such as stop or emergency off

situations or initialization movements can be realized

synchronously. Dynamic changes of the goods to be packed or the

packaging material in the plant, (like slippage of the products to be

packed or expansion of the packaging material) can be registered

by sensors while the machine is running and eliminated by

modifying the corresponding drive movements. This development

substantially changes and highly simplifies the classical mechanical

machine concept. The structure of the packaging machine can be

broken down into modules that are easy to apply and can be

standardized.

In addition to digital and analog inputs and outputs, the PacDrive

Controller has two serial interfaces and one Ethernet interface. A

variety of process visualization and control systems can be

connected to the PacDrive™ system via the integrated OPC

interface. Further peripheral components can be connected via field

bus interface modules. The PacDrive Controller can act as a field

bus master or slave.

The international field bus standards CANopen, PROFIBUS-DP

and DeviceNet are supported. The built-in interfaces enable remote

diagnosis via telephone modem or Internet. Via TCP/IP, PC’s can

communicate with the PacDrive Controller and diagnose the state

of the control directly.