Kollmorgen KAS

Kollmorgen Automation Suite

Kollmorgen's machine automation solution dramatically simplifies how you approach the many complex automation challenges of today's machines. Kollmorgen put together an integrated system that encompasses three facets - the integrated development environment,  our best-in-class automation and motion components and engineering services- to help create a differentiated machine, get to market faster, and have the ease of collaborating with just one vendor.

Integrated Development Environment

Quickly and easily design, refine and troubleshoot all of a machine's automated solutions in this highly intuitive application featuring a single programming environment that provides great flexibility and control.

Best-in-Class Automation and Motion Components

With Kollmorgen, there's security in knowing the necessary components that form the building blocks of a machine are always available.

• The customer solution is programmed using the integrated development environment. The resulting user application is deployed on the AKCT Programmable Automation Controller (PAC). Ease-of-use features built into the product family ensure that the development process is accelerated.

• The AKC family has been created with an eye towards simplifying choices to the required level. And our extensive experience means that you receive the correct recommendations on the platform of choice.

• The AKC PAC communicates with AKDT servo drives and AKTT I/O terminals using the EtherCAT® motion bus. EtherCAT provides a real-time deterministic network for fast response and high- performance.

• AKIT Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) are connected to the AKC PAC using ModBus TCP for simple and reliable communication with quick and easy set-up.

• AKD servo drives can operate a wide range of Kollmorgen servomotors including the industry-leading AKMT and unique solutions like the Cartridge Direct Drive RotaryT (DDR) motor. MicronT TRUE PlanetaryT gearheads are available to complete the system.

• All required motor/drive and network cables are available to ensure interoperability and fast time to an operating system.

• As a machine builder or an OEM manufacturer, you can focus on machine performance and key customer requirements while Kollmorgen provides you with complementary intellectual value, expertise, and economies of scale with a streamlined product family.

Engineering Services

A Kollmorgen representative establishes a collaborative, consultative relationship from the beginning by assessing needs and objectives. Then, an electronic sketch of a machine concept is generated using our System Designer drag-and-drop software, specifying all the necessary components including creation of a sample bill of materials. Field engineers and application engineers constantly support the design and build phase as well as the factory installation phase to ensure that your needs are met from concept to production. Additional services are available that include start-up and troubleshooting assistance, development and on-site deployment and training.

Pipe Network Programming Paradigm

Graphical programming using the Pipe Network is a Kollmorgen innovation from many years of experience and it has been fine-tuned to deliver exceptional performance to motion-centric applications. Motion control building blocks have been converted into drag-and-drop icons that can be used to create motion control solutions. Since it is a graphical programming environment, systems are developed faster, with improved quality, increased self-documentation of system topology, and easier maintenance since a picture conveys the architecture and the relationships between the different axes of a system more effectively. Since it has been in operation for many years, the building blocks have been optimized to deliver higher performance than other solutions in the marketplace.

The solution has a demonstrated record of increased Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), increased productivity, higher accuracy, and scrap reduction.

Mechanical System

. Main drive moves mechanical system
. Speeds and movements are adapted with mechanical elements, like gear boxes and CAM discs

Pipe Concept

. Main drive is replaced by a virtual master
. Mechanical elements are copied by logical blocks with the same function

. One-to-one replacement of the mechanical system

PLCopen

PLCopen has been specified by an industry consortium that has done an analysis of the motion programming community to identify the common programming constructs that are needed by the community.

KAS provides an implementation of this vendor independent specification for motion programming for most common motion-centric applications. The MC_ function blocks specified by the PLCopen specification are implemented by a world class team that has historically brought high-performance motion control solutions and frameworks like the Pipe Network to the market.