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Press Release12 December 2024Digital IndustriesNuremberg
Siemens and SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ partner to expand smart conveyance offering
Connecting the SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ platform to the TIA Portal enables end users to easily implement synchronized motion tasks
The
companies partnered to offer the market a smart conveyance system that can be installed
as a transport technology on production machines – and it’s also integrated in
the TIA Portal. The carriers are powered by linear motors and move flexibly between
stations during the production process.
The
SuperTrak Horizon3™ closed-loop magnetic transport system enables high
performance, cost-effective and space-saving machine designs for manufacturers.
By combining the mechatronic system with Siemens’ Simatic controller and motion-control
functionalities of the TIA Portal, all components work together seamlessly to
help machine builders achieve optimal conveyance solutions.
“By
leveraging Siemens’ strengths in automation and digitalization alongside SuperTrak
CONVEYANCE™’s expertise in smart conveyance, we’ll help solve the manufacturing
challenges our customers face on a daily basis,” said Rainer Brehm, CEO Factory
Automation at Siemens. “Together we’re enabling manufacturers to build and
deploy high-performing and innovative automation and transport systems that increase
throughput and reduce operational costs.”
“Smart conveyance enables a more effective process design that helps machine builders and manufacturers achieve higher performance in a smaller footprint,” shared Ben Hope, Director of Product Commercialization at SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™. “Combine that with full integration in the TIA Portal, users can now utilize our technology together with Siemens’ motion-control tools.”
Siemens Xcelerator: Reducing engineering complexity for machine builders
Combining Siemens’ hardware
and software solutions from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio with the SuperTrak
CONVEYANCE™ system yields a fully integrated, demand-oriented conveyance solution.
The closed-loop linear transport system offers a variety of layout options. It’s
designed for smaller payloads and products and can carry up to three kilograms
per shuttle. The carrier pitch is reduced to a minimum size of 50 millimeters,
allowing objects to be handled at high speed in a much closer range to achieve high throughput numbers, which are required by packaging
customers.
Connecting the SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™
platform with the Siemens TIA Portal and integrating it in the Simatic S7-1500T
controller allows users to easily implement synchronized motion tasks with
additional motion-control axes by using real-time communication. Each shuttle can
be controlled independently through the use of technology objects in TIA
Portal. Technology objects enable different motion sequences, such as grouping
of multiple shuttles or clamping a product between two shuttles for a filling
process.
A 3D simulation and animation
of the system’s production process and shuttle workflow provides machine
builders with valuable insights into the ideal layout of the system, required
shuttle numbers, and throughput figures.
The SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ system
with Siemens automation helps machine builders and manufacturers increase their
productivity and product quality in order to remain competitive – while simplifying
and reducing engineering effort.
The Super Trak CONVEYANCE™ compact magnetic conveyor – designed for leaner manufacturing automation – was showcased at the SPS trade show
For this press release
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens’ cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.
In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.