User Manual

1. Summary of components
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1.5 Multi−axis applications with the SPC200
The SPC200 axis controller offers the possibility of parallel
program processing and supports the setting up of multi−axis
applications. An SPC200 can control up to 4 axes. It thereby
supports:
 the coordinated mode
 the autonomous mode
Coordinated mode The possibility of parallel program processing is not nor
mally used in the coordinated mode. Only one
program is
defined as the starting program. NC records with positioning
tasks for all axes are programmed in this program.
If a positioning task concerns e.g. all axes, it is not completed
until all the axes have reached the target position. The move
ment sequence of all axes is thereby coordinated.
Autonomous mode With the
implementation of multi−axis systems, the con
nected axes can be distributed into two asynchronously−
functioning independent work stations. This permits the
low−cost implementation of two independent one or two−
axis systems with one SPC200.
In the autonomous mode, the two parallel−running programs
each contain positioning tasks for one defined work station.
In this way,
e.g. a loading and unloading station can be con
trolled with just one SPC200.