In-panel temperature controllers speed up installation with AI
The latest addition to the NX-TC series is a new generation of smart devices that are designed to achieve optimal and automatic temperature control without human intervention. In fact, from now on all adjustments typically made in the field by experts will be automated using Artificial Intelligence.
Omron developed the NX-TC Series with “adaptive control technology” to automatically detect changes in the process under control and adapt the PID accordingly for a perfectly tuned PID algorithm and ultra-stable temperature control.
On a conventional sealing machine, temperature sensors are often located too far from the sealing surface of the heating bar. This can cause a difference between the temperature of the sealing surface and the actual control temperature. The temperature difference and the resulting number or sealing failures increase as packaging speed accelerates, and directly in correlation with thinner packaging materials. The NX-TC series solves this issue thanks to special temperature sensor models with faster detection, allowing the sensor to be placed closer to the sealing surface. Specially developed embedded algorithms such as automatic filter adjustment, help to suppress temperature variations, resulting in a better sealing quality.
For water-cooled extrusion molding machines, increasing the throughput speed often leads to temperature variations due to various factors such as the extrusion material compound and the cooling water. For a human operator, this means having to make repeated valve adjustments to stabilize the product quality. This is very difficult to achieve in high speed production while also maintaining the quality. The NX-TC has a water-cooling output adjustment function that keeps temperature variations to a minimum, increasing production capacity while maintaining quality.
The NX-TC2 (2 loops model in 12mm width) and NX-TC3 (4 loops model in 24mm width) come with a universal input for t/c and Pt100 sensors (K, J, T, E, L, U, N, R,S, B, C/W, PL II, Pt100/JPt100). Voltage output is 24VDC/21mA/point. The units are Ethernet IP and EtherCAT compatible.
Omron – www.omron.com