For machines with plenty of movement! - Motion Control System SIMOTION

The innovative SIMOTION Motion Control System provides you with exactly the freedom that you require for the construction of modern plants and machinery. Mechatronic machine concepts improve the flexibility, increase the cycle rates, shorten the reequipping times and reduce the maintenance costs. SIMOTION is also, of course, a fixed part of Totally Integrated Automation

System approach

Most machines require motion control, PLC and technology tasks. The integration of these functions into one system has a number of advantages:

  • Lower engineering costs and higher machine performance
  • Time-critical interfaces between individual components are eliminated
  • Simple, uniform and transparent programming and diagnostics for the entire machine with a single tool

SIMOTION – features

SIMOTION is suitable for all plants and machinery with motion control tasks - from simple to high-performance. Focus is placed on a simple and flexible solution for the numerous motion control tasks. An innovative system approach has been chosen so that this can be optimally achieved.

With SIMOTION, you receive:

  • A uniform system solution for the machine construction, fully integrated in the TIA concept
  • Scalable functionality on various hardware platforms
  • SCOUT, an integrated, easy-to-use engineering system

SIMOTION D and SINAMICS – a strong team

With SIMOTION D, the SIMOTION functionality and the control unit of the new SINAMICS S120 multi-axis drive system are integrated in one module. In this way, the entire system consisting of the control and the drive is very compact and especially quick to respond. SIMOTION D is offered in three performance variants: D425, D435 and D445.This guarantees a very high degree of scalability and flexibility The field of application ranges from single axes through to high-performance multi-axes machines. SIMOTION D already has two PROFIBUS interfaces with PROFIdrive communication profile as well as two Industrial Ethernet interfaces onboard. A PROFINET interface is also available as an option.
SIMOTION D provides the following benefits:

  • Cost-effective through the integration of motion control, technology and PLC functionality directly in the drive
  • Compact construction for the reduction of the control cabinet volume
  • Rapid response through elimination of the interfaces