Motion control development in the TIA Portal for the MS260 binding and wrapping machine

The MS260 is a biding and wrapping machine. It is an end-of-line machine designed and created by IMA S.p.A and, in particular, by the division dedicated to the end-of-line, i.e. IMA BFB. The thesis work is concentrated on the development of the machine by exclusively using Siemens hardware and software. In particular, the MS260 analysed is divided into two parts. The PLC part is characterized by Siemens hardware with the relative algorithm developed through the TIA Portal software. At the same time, the motion control part is entirely characterized by elements linked to the Schneider world. Drives and motors belong to the aforementioned company, as well as the algorithm is developed through the native software MachineExpert. The objective of the thesis is, then, divided into two parts. First of all, it is necessary to study the characteristics of the machine. This allows to select a suitable hardware for the new code. The study of the motor performances allow an optimal choice of the agitations from the Siemens catalog. Furthermore, the replacement of the drives requires also the change of the PLC, passing to an hardware capable of handling more advanced control. Secondly, the motion control algorithm must be developed and integrated. To do this, some Siemens libraries are exploited while others must be created in order to exploit non-native functions. The final integration foresees the adaptation of the PLC code to the new organization of the motion algorithm and the partial modification of the HMI software to add the new functionalities.