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Newsletter October 2009

Posted Tue, 2009-11-10 14:00
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Welcome to beginning of 4th quarter in year 2009! Let's see what's new here...

SMC Corporation Ltd. will release the new version of “Barber Colman” controller called “MACO Compact” in December 2009.  We all know that Barber Colman Controller is one of the most well known controllers in the plastics processing industry.  Close cooperation between SMC and Barber Colman has brought the two companies worldwide successes in extrusion blow and injection blow moulding processes.

Since last year, SMC and Barber Colman has worked together in developing MACO Compact controller system for SMC blow moulding machine applications.  SMC Engineers, Jedee Sakchai and Thammarat Pitakchat have received special trainings to augment their knowledge on Barber Colman controllers.

 

  
 Engr. Jedee Sakchai, Head of SMC Electrical Dept.     Engr. Thammarat Pitakchat, Head of SMC Hydraulics Dept.


Eurotherm/Barber-Colman’s MACO Compact

MACO Compact Advantages over BC’s Old Controller
Operator Station Control System
  • Microsoft CE.Net operating system
  • Benefits of a PC, but with write-protected operating system
  • Multiple operator station configurations
  • 27 machine function keys
  • 2 USB ports plus additional USB port for Active-sync
  • Microsoft Office type CSV files
  • Auto populate parison master points, shift profile up/down
  • Screen captures of individual screens or all accessible recipe/setup
  • Smaller footprint: 4-slot MACO Compact approximates MACO 6000 (12 slot) capability
  • 4, 6 or 8 slot chassis
  • Single or multi chassis systems
  • Compatible with DS/RS  assemblies
       - IPA’s (temperature, parison, EZ PRO)
       - Combo I/O boards
       - optional plug-in boards: 2ch encoder, 8ch digital I/O, 2ch Ana In
  • Can also be used with Optima Touch PCs
  • High level coding language facilitates easy enhancement/modification

The MACO Compact is a cost competitive, application specific, programmable logic controller with the advantages of integrated; total machine control in a compact package. Online RLD diagnostics also allow troubleshooting logic and machine operation with web browsing capability via the internet.

MACO creates a system that meets your needs perfectly today, and its adaptability ensures a perfect fit in the future.