Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. will exhibit its new M8 Series CNC controls and e-F@ctory enterprise connectivity solution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at the Industrial Automation North America show co-located within IMTS 2016.
"The M8 Series control platform is designed to address the need for a fast, precise and affordable CNC system for complex machining applications," said a company spokesperson. The M800 is a high-grade CNC designed for high-speed, high-accuracy machining and multi-axis, multi-part system control, while the M80 provides high productivity and easy operability. Both offer 19" capacitive touchscreens with icon-based navigation for easy, intuitive, smartphone-like operation.
"The M8 Series features a CNC-dedicated CPU, which increases the processing speed of the controller for high-speed, high precision machining," said Scott Strache, CNC Product Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. "This results in reduced cycle times, netting more quality parts in a work shift."
The new MDS-E/EJ/EM servo and spindle drives that accompany the new controller have their own dedicated processors. The servo system provides smooth rotation and enhanced acceleration/deceleration capabilities that are optimized for precision machine tool applications. The drive system also has built-in safety features, helping to reduce the amount of wiring that is required. Motor encoder resolutions have increased to 1, 4 or 67 million pulses per revolution options.
"Mitsubishi Electric Automation will also be demonstrating how e-F@ctory technologies extract hidden benefits from existing resources through integrated automation," said the spokesperson. e-F@ctory technologies provide edge data processing, data integration and connectivity to IT systems and visualization and analytics.
"Our e-F@ctory enterprise connectivity and visualization solution provides immediate access to the critical information required to proactively improve efficiency, productivity and profitability," said Sloan Zupan, Senior Product Manager for Controls and Visualization, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.
e-F@ctory provides connectivity to manufacturing assets by leveraging open Ethernet protocols such as CC-Link IE, and open communication standards such as MTConnect and OPC. This connectivity allows broad access to Mitsubishi Electric controls used in operational technology applications such as MC Works64 visualization, AX Facility and AX Energy analytics to help improve operational efficiencies. e-F@ctory facilitates IT application integration supporting on-premises and cloud connected infrastructures.
For more information contact:
Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc.
500 Corporate Woods Pkwy.
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
847-478-2500
us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en
IMTS 2016 Booth E-4102