Weintek Love in the Wild

Playing around with some of the other features in Weintek USA Easy Builder Pro software. They have an MQTT broker, this is pretty neat. What you're seeing below is data from several IO Link sensors, all ifm sensors connected to a 4 port master. All of this is programmed in CODESYS North America Codesys 3.5 running on the HMI. I set up an MQTT topic within Easy Builder Pro to publish the temperature sensor value to and the status of it being connected. This is set to publish every second. Using MQTT.FX (you can get a free 90 day trial) on my laptop, I'm able to subscribe to that topic and see the data published.

New panel for a chilled water system using the Weintek CMT3218XP 21.5" HMI - Great looking piece of kit. Looking forward to getting this one installed on site 😀 Graphics to follow when commissioning is underway! We'll be using this as part of an IO link system to display temperature, pressure and flow rate for 14 machines. For systems like this I always opt for IO link as it provides us quick and easy expansion to the system. The systems we design are very versatile and can be used in a range of applications, using only the best equipment we can provide solutions for any industry.

More ifm flow meter installs by Dynamic Motion Industries LLC! Three SM8001 meters installed on soft water fill piping for our customers steam kettles. These replace obsolete units that were only available on eBay and were costing the customer upwards of $5k/each! The entire install was performed on three stations for less than the cost of two meters, and the controllers were a whole other story! These are on a AL1341 modbus IO master, connected to Rockwell Automation Micro850 controllers and Weintek USA, Inc. cMT displays.

Technical breakdown of the Ideal Manufacturing LLC Cope Machine: This two station cope machine is demonstrated here being fed by a UR 20. This robot is a bit overkill for the application but accomplishes the job with its impressive 68in reach. The control system for this machine is based on a Beckhoff Automation CX series processor which enabled easy to implement multi-axis motion control and logic control. We also rely on the TwinSAFE platform to seamlessly manage the safety logic for this machine. Phoenix Contact supplies safe zero speed monitoring for the 2 high speed 9kw spindles powered by Lenze i500 series VFDs over EtherCAT. These spindles have quick change HSK tool holders and are capable of 12000 RPM in this configuration. Compact motion control keeps the cabinet size low with the EL72xx series drives which drive the Beckhoff AM8000 servo motors to provide reliable, precise motion for cutting and positioning of the spindles in 3 dimensional space in combination with Apex gearboxes and Metal Work's linear actuators. The spindle gantry is built of 3/4in steel to reduce vibration and improve cut quality. This results in a gantry with estimated weight of 300lbs. Pneumatics are controlled using Metal Works EB80 IO-Link valve bank with an interrupted power section for safe state operation. Weintek offers this clean, quality HMI from the CMTX series and easy communication to the PLC over ADS. For more information on the woodworking features and specs of operation on this machine go to idealmanufacturingllc.com

More IOLink fun. This time with a sensor that detects reflectivity in addition to distance. This could come in very handy in conveyor and packaging applications. Changing bright/dark setpoints or near/far setpoints to turn those outputs on is all handled quickly over IOLink.