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DC Drives Although AC motors are more commonly used, many factories
also use DC motors for selected applications. In many of these
applications, precise control of motor speed and torque is
required. For these applications Siemens offers the SINAMICS
DC MASTER family.
Motion Control Earlier in this course, you learned that Siemens provides a
range of products for use in machine tool control applications.
Machine tool applications are not the only applications that
require precise motion control. For example, machines used to
make plastic, glass, metal, and textile products and machines
used for packaging, printing, converting, and transporting also
have precision motion control requirements.
In some instances, makers of these machines and systems prefer
complete motion control solutions capable of handling varied
machine control tasks. In other cases, these customers need
specific components, such as high precision drives and motors.
In response to these varied requirements, Siemens offers both
complete SIMOTION systems as well as a variety of precision
drives, motors, and related products.
A SIMOTION system consists of three main parts: the hardware
platform, runtime software, and engineering software. In
addition, three types of SIMOTION hardware platforms are
available: controller-based, drive-based, and PC-based.
SIMOTION C
(Controller-Based Platform)
SIMOTION D
(Drive-Based Platform)
SIMOTION P
(PC-Based Platform)
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