The main theme of this graduation thesis represents a connection of different types of servomotor, servo drive and programmable logic controllers (PLC) into a whole, intended for positioning the axis. I got the reason for checking the compatibility of these components at company Tibo d. o. o. We are there daily faced with the failure of one of these components. Because the machines that we are faced up are mostly very old, on the market we almost never get identical spare parts so we are forced up to look for solutions elsewhere.
I choose the brands Yaskava (motor), Emerson (servo drive) and Beckhoff (PLC, graphic interface), which we often meet in the company. The connection between these components has been established to the level where the axis can be moved manually or automatically to exact position.
I also created my own PLC program in TwinCAT 3 programming environment, which provides the correct execution of all function in the system. To display and determine automatic positioning, I have created a graphical interface where the axis can be read and a new position can be set by typing a measure into a window.
For the end I have upgraded the system, which initially operates with the analog positioning of the axis (+/- 10 V) to digital positioning via EtherCAT protocol. I presented the final observations of both types of positioning.
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