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Automation Controls/Drives Software Bosch Rexroth Canada Generic Application Template (GAT) MLC XM42The motion control system MLC use a scalable approach
Available from Bosch Rexroth Canada, the motion control system MLC use a scalable approach, simplified architecture and a new embedded controller for covering everything from simple two–axes applications to highly complex tasks requiring precise control of up to 192 synchronized axes.
As such, it covers the entire range from cost-effective entry-level solutions for straightforward handling applications right through to complex solutions involving robotics and hydraulics with the same engineering and software core, according to the company. The system software includes numerous pre-defined technology functions that only need to be parameterized, so that users can create synchronized axis motions within minutes thanks to the wizard-supported Generic Application Template (GAT) that automatically converts the programming into a PLC (programmable logic controller) code.
For more complex applications, numerous pre-defined functions such as winding and register control, belt synchronization, and various different robotic kinematics also simplify fast engineering.
According to Bosh Rexroth, the high-performance XM42 embedded control is based on the latest cutting-edge dual core chip technology reduces complexity in new and existing concepts to enable machine manufacturers to bundle different tasks, previously allocated to several controllers, centrally at one point. In addition to requiring considerably less wiring work, reducing the number of controllers down to one also streamlines machine software and commissioning.
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