Project Background
Yiming Xinyao Machinery Co., Ltd., a client of the agent Foshan Kaiyou Automation, specializes in manufacturing punching machines for stainless steel channel steels and other metal profiles. Their end customers are primarily door and window manufacturers.
The industry is fragmented, with end customers distributed across various regions, each typically having local electrical control suppliers.
The client has developed a new machine model with complex program logic and high mechanical precision requirements. However, they lack dedicated programming engineers, making maintenance challenging.
With accumulated industry experience, the client aims to enhance product competitiveness and expand market share through technological innovation, requesting our assistance in developing a PLC+HMI solution.
Solution Overview
The multi-cylinder punching system utilizes the Samkoon SK-070FE HMI and FGS-64MT-AC PLC to automate equipment control. The PLC manages the positioning of the machine’s servo axes and orchestrates the actions of multiple punching and cutting cylinders. Segment lengths and cylinder hole positions are customizable based on customer specifications, enabling automatic punching and cutting to produce various data materials as defined by the client.
System Configuration
HMI: SK-070FE (1 unit)
PLC: FGS-64MT-AC (1 unit)
Process Flow
- Multi-Cylinder Selection: The system comprises 3 sets of 6 punching cylinders and 1 set of 2 cutting cylinders. Each cylinder’s operation can be freely selected according to customer requirements to produce different data materials.
- Recipe Function: Various data can be recorded and read, facilitating production tracking.
- Punching/Cutting Control: Punching and cutting functions can be activated or deactivated as needed.
- Manual/Automatic Switching: Operators can switch between manual and automatic modes, allowing manual control of servos and individual cylinders.
- Thickness Compensation: Waste material generated during the cutting process can be managed through thickness compensation.
- Dual-Specification Production: Two sets of specifications can be defined for sequential production.
- Full/Half Hole Selection: Each punching action can be set to produce either full or half holes.
HMI Interface
Operation Interface
On-site Photos
