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High-Speed Slicer Retrofit (3 Axes)

Application Engineer · 2015 — 2019

  • B&R
  • Retrofit
  • Food
  • Servo
  • VFD
  • Motion Control

What?

Retrofit of a 3-axis high-speed slicer for the food industry.

How?

Development on the B&R platform using Structured Text of the 3-axis control: slicing blade (VFD-driven), pushing/infeed axis (servo), and outfeed conveyor (servo), coordinating their synchronization.

Results

A modernized high-speed slicer with coordinated control of its 3 axes for continuous production.

The video shows the high-speed slicer operating after the retrofit.