Upgrade of Angstrom PLC and Optronics Motion Controller to Quantum PLC and Lexium Motion Control

Major System Components

  • 2 Lexium Motion Controllers for Tube Positioning and Cutting Tool Control
  • 4 Servo Drives for Cutting Tools
  • 20 Vector Drives for Tube Length Control
  • 5 Frequency Drives for general conveyor control
  • Two 75 hp DC Drives for Cutting Tool Rotation (Reused)
  • Quantum PLC. 2 Racks of mostly 32 point I/O cards
  • Encoder Input cards for positioning conveyor heights
  • 2 Main Operator Touchscreen
  • Interface to Plant Level 2 System to feed actual tube length and receive cut plan and final tube destination