Modernisation of a lamination furnace control system
Migration to the Sysmac platform and EtherNet/IP distributed I/O
Automotive glass production
Automation overhaul of a windscreen lamination furnace: the existing CS1 and DeviceNet infrastructure was replaced by the Sysmac platform with distributed I/O on an EtherNet/IP network.
System and application
The furnace is used in the lamination of automotive windscreens. Before the overhaul, the control ran on an Omron CS1 PLC with a DeviceNet distributed I/O system.
CS1 + DeviceNet → Sysmac + EtherNet/IP
The furnace control was migrated to an architecture based on the Sysmac platform and EtherNet/IP distributed I/O. Around 700 digital outputs controlling the furnace heaters are now handled by the new distributed I/O system.
Temperature signals and other process values are also acquired via the Sysmac distributed I/O.
The existing PLC program was adapted to work with the new architecture – without changing the process technology.
The project was delivered in cooperation with our partner engineering team.
Project scope
- Automation modernisation
- Furnace automation
- Process automation
- Sysmac
- EtherNet/IP
- Distributed I/O
- Heater control
- Temperature monitoring
- PLC program revision
- Automotive glass production
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