TwinCAT NC Camming
TwinCAT NC offers the option of coupling a slave axis with a master axis via a cam plate. Traditionally, cam plates are described as two-column position tables with master positions and corresponding slave positions. In addition to this simple cam plate type, TwinCAT NC also supports so-called motion functions, which very accurately describe a cam plate via a few interpolation points and a selection of motion laws.
Application examples for TwinCAT cam plates are available from a wide range of industry sectors: press controllers, machining centres, transfer lines, product handling or packaging machines.
The TwinCAT NC Camming PLC library contains all the function blocks required for dealing with these cam plates.
- table types:
- Position tables with master interpolation points and associated slave positions; linear or spline interpolation is used between the interpolation points.
- motion function table describing a cam plate via motion laws according to VDI guideline 2143
- cyclic or linear processing
- Cam plate described through offset and scaling, can be modified both on the master and the slave side.
- Motion functions can be modified online.
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| TwinCAT NC Camming | licence for using the IEC 61131-3 software library for TwinCAT PLC for implementation of the camshaft functions (table coupling) of TwinCAT NC |