Drive Innovation Days

Criag Nelson
SINAMICS S120 Product Manager
Siemens Industry USA

SINAMICS S120 provides an encompassing power range to cover the widest spectrum of single and multi-axis drive applications – from mining to aerospace.  This introductory session will outline the functionality and flexibility of SINAMICS S120 and how it has provided the right fit and performance level to control over 5 million motors worldwide.

Robert Ussery

Eagle Technologies

James Ellis

Siemens Digital Industry

Eagle technologies was awarded a project for testing and validation of electric transmissions for vehicles.  The electric transmission required two separate DC power supplies to act as battery simulators and power the vehicle inverters.  The transmission demanded a dynamometer on the output side to resist and absorb the vehicle transmission energy.  Siemens and Eagle partnered to engineer a system which would share regenerative energy across the common DC bus between the vehicle inverter power and the AC motor dyno, all based on the SINAMICS S120 drive platform.  Additionally, the system demanded extremely fast communications for highly dynamic speed and torque changes.  This was accomplished utilizing Profinet IRT communication networking. 

Peter King
DMC

A propane tank manufacturer approached DMC with an opportunity to automate the infeed and outfeed process for the refurbishment and refueling of propane tanks. DMC regularly programs and commissions highly coordinated motion control solutions, and this application included a Siemens S7 failsafe PLC and six SINAMICS S120 drives to control three two-axis overhead gantries.  In addition to using the drive-based Safety Integrated functions in SINAMICS S120, the safety signals were sent over PROFINET with PROFIsafe telegrams and the complete control system was programmed in TIA portal. DMC delivered a well-organized, easy to maintain solution with built in diagnostics in this integrated environment.

Jody Pardue

Trutegra

Trutegra is a Solution Provider specializing in crane applications ranging from industrial cranes in steel plants to automated boat storage solutions.  In this presentation we will look at a unique solution for a bucket crane in a cement plant that utilized a SINAMICS S120 regenerative drive system with the requirement of synchronizing dual hoist.  The backbone of the system was provided by the Industrial Network PROFINET for wireless communication along with control and safety signals to the S120 drives from a failsafe controller.

Richard Potenzone

Siemens Digital Industry

The transformation in industrial machinery to an integrated safety approach is a key factor in innovating manufacturing.  In machinery with increased levels of motion control these new safety integrated drive functions such as Safe Position, Safe Direction, and Safe Limited Speed provide higher level safety concepts to keep up with plant automation.  This discussion will cover real world motion applications with drive based Safety Integrated functions using the Sinamics S120 drive system and demonstrate how easily this can be implemented

Carson Schlect

Applied Motion Systems, Inc.

Seattle-based Oscilla Power reached out to Applied Motion Systems seeking assistance with engineering a drive control system for their prototype Wave Energy Converter (WEC) system, slated for deployment to Hawaii in summer 2021. In this design, the Generators and Motor Modules are mounted in the floating WEC and export power from the 700V DC Bus via a subsea cable to a shore-based utility connection.

Terry Hopely

Applied Controls

The SINAMICS S120 handles a large application range based on a number of attributes.  Specifically, its capability to run different control algorithms, as well as using centralized or distributed motion control, allows the S120 to use a variety of motors in a wide range of applications.  In this session we will review several applications of the S120 drive system and why servo or vector control schemes were used, as well as why motion control was performed on the drive level or the PLC level.  This will highlight best practices and common requirements for communication and safety, along with how these can be applied seamlessly across different control algorithms with SINAMICS S120.

Chuck Dillard
EDC

Some retrofits appear undoable with piecemeal replacements of antiquated sections and expectations of little or no downtime to production.  This is where the full functionality and flexibility of the SINAMICS S120 system drive offering comes into play.  From multiple communication options, I/O and function expansion modules, configuration to multiple encoder feedback types, to the highly capable in drive engineering functions we review how the S120 was able to handle these challenges on multiple project examples.

Kevin Wu
Siemens Digital Industry

Simulation has become a key technology in designing and programming motion control systems for production machines.  In this session, we will cover the features and benefits with quick demonstrations of PLC simulation capabilities within TIA Portal for Motion Technology Objects and Traces.  They key objective is for participants to fully comprehend the native simulation capabilities within TIA Portal.