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Branch > Plastics Industry

Plastics Industry

Standard or individual solutions

Meeting customer-specific requirements demands extensive know-how of the customer‘s industry. B&R adapts standards to these individual requirements, providing economical alternatives to conventional solutions. Configuring and adapting these functions drastically reduces development costs, even when the solution has been customized to its fullest extent.

24 hours a day / 7 days a week

The plastics industry demands 24/7 availability. Intuitive diagnostic functions, remote diagnostics, open interfaces, worldwide availability of automation components, and a reliable international partner are all combined to provide optimal support.

Total cost of ownership

System decisions are increasingly being made based on total cost. An exceptional level of product availability, uniform operation, modular devices, compatibility throughout the entire system, and a worldwide support network guarantee a substantial reduction in total cost. A partnership that pays off.

Safety

POWERLINK Safety is a safety network that replaces traditional safety wiring with intelligent electronics. Experience simple implementation and total design freedom.

Investment security

Compact controllers, high-end systems, or industrial PCs – all B&R products provide complete compatibility. Once tested, software components can be reused without modifications, even for different controller generations.

Custom operator panels

Ergonomic operator panels are adapted to the customer‘s corporate design and project requirements. Displays range from text displays to high-resolution TFT color displays with keys or touch screens. Additional operating elements include E-stop buttons, rotary encoders, key switches, and many more.

High-performance control technology

B&R has years of experience in handling industrial plastics processes and offers many libraries that contain proven technology for control loops and auto-tuning procedures. Sophisticated control technologies from B&R, which are based on modern concepts, allow the best machine performance and precision.

Open standards

In a world where globalization plays such an important role, modularly constructed plastics systems from different manufacturers must be able to communicate with one another. This is done using open bus systems such as CANopen or Industrial Ethernet. B&R offers these standards while actively working to further develop and improve them. Some examples include Euromap 27 and POWERLINK.