Falcon (PC Based Motion Control)

Is your Cut-To-Length Line holding you back?

Downtime. Length accuracy. Limited product range...just a few of the issues that could be keeping you from getting the most from your cut-to-length line.

Regardless of the issue, CMC can help with a customized, cost-effective solution. Your return on investment can be realized in a very short time.

Improve your line performance with CMC's proven FALCON controller:

Standard Ethernet port easily connects to the plant network
Rolling 25 piece operator viewable piece accuracy screen
Recipe management
Production reporting including current production rates
Data storage / quality management
Automatic notification and flagging of "out of tolerance" pieces

Flying Cut Off

Flying cut offs require exacting control to accurately cut a product to a specific length. On a flying cut off, the material is moving while a carriage that is carrying the saw is speed and position synchronized with the moving material to accurately cut a product to length.

A perpendicular cut is hard enough. Imagine trying to cut a shape while the product is moving!

The FALCON has done this using plasma cutting torches on plate steel. Communications to the driven axis is done via a SERCOS™ connection

Plastic Injection Molding

There are thousands of plastic injection molding machines that have been operating for decades. The control used for the machine consists of many electromechanical components that if they are not yet obsolete soon will be. Typically the heat ranges are set by individual temperature controllers that offer no coordination between zones. Based on their experience, there can be much variation between operators on how a machine is set up, tremendously impacting the quality of the product.

The FALCON offers the capability to integrate the machine set up, control, and heat zone control into one location. The FALCON can then do recipes to ensure the machine is set up consistently regardless of the operator running the machine. In addition the communication capability enables production to be sent to a supervisory business computer providing more timely and accurate information than paper reports.