Simply setting parameters, rather than configuring and programming, is the essential advantage of a new standard “winder” application that can be directly integrated into today’s drive systems.
Winding and unwinding must be handled with consideration given to the speed of the winder, the control processing times and the implementation of that control scheme into the overall machine design, to achieve greater efficiency.
Electronically controlled AC drives offer an efficient means of executing the widest range of winding tasks. Today, these drives are already an integral part of most modern production equipment and systems, so why not use the configuring/engineering tools already available to implement winder tasks? The engineers at Siemens asked the same question, and the answer was a standard "winder" application that has now been designed into the current generation of drives. This standard application can be used to quickly and flexibly address demanding tasks on a new design or retrofit of a printing press, converting machine, packaging line, wireforming station, coiled metal, textile or other processing line.