ELAU / Schneider Electric PacDrive Controllers

Compact PacDrive controller that combines PLC logic and motion control in one unit, coordinating servo axes over the SERCOS motion bus.

• Logic and motion control in one controller
• Text display with status LEDs
• Ethernet, serial and fieldbus interfaces

Mid-range PacDrive controller for multi-axis machines, with an LCD and keys on the front, pluggable digital I/O and a full set of communication ports.

• LCD display with front keys
• Pluggable digital I/O terminals
• SERCOS, Ethernet and fieldbus connectors

High-performance PacDrive controller for demanding machines with many synchronised axes, offering extensive I/O and interface options.

• High performance for many servo axes
• Extensive pluggable digital I/O
• Display, status LEDs and multiple interfaces

EPAS-4, the PacDrive programming and engineering environment, provides one tool for logic, motion and configuration based on the IEC 61131-3 languages.

• One tool for logic and motion programming
• IEC 61131-3 programming languages
• Configuration, commissioning and diagnostics

Compact PacDrive 3 logic motion controller for smaller machines, combining PLC, motion and robotics functions in a slim housing with Sercos III.

• Logic, motion and robotics in one controller
• Sercos III with integrated safety
• Ethernet ports and CF memory card slot

Scalable PacDrive 3 controller for medium and large machines, with built-in I/O and a wide range of communication interfaces.

• Scalable performance (LMC 300C–600C)
• Integrated digital and analogue I/O
• Sercos III, Ethernet and fieldbus interfaces

Front view of the LMC 300C–600C controller showing the display, Power / WD / Error LEDs, 24 V supply, digital and touch-probe inputs, analogue I/O and the interface ports.

• Digital I/O, touch-probe inputs and analogue I/O
• Ethernet, PacNet, Sercos III, CAN, PROFIBUS
• COM1/COM2, encoder input and USB

PC-based PacDrive controller that combines industrial PC power with real-time motion and logic control, with extensive interfaces.

• PC-based motion and logic control
• Display and status LEDs
• Multiple PC, fieldbus and SERCOS interfaces

PacDrive 3 automation architecture: LMC logic motion controllers link servo drives, I/O, robotics, safety and HMI over Sercos III with integrated safety, and are engineered with SoMachine Motion.

• LMC 101C–600C controllers; SLC safety controller
• LXM52/62 servo drives, ILM62 integrated drives, TM5/TM7 I/O
• Robot kinematics (P4, D2, MAX R); Ethernet and fieldbuses

PacDrive M architecture: one controller, either controller-based or PC-based, handles motion, logic and IT/HMI, linking servo drives over SERCOS, field devices over fieldbuses, and the plant over Ethernet.

• Motion bus: SERCOS
• Fieldbus: PROFIBUS DP, CAN, CANopen, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP
• PacNet interface, line synchronisation, PacDrive panels

The PacDrive M family: motion/logic controllers, operator panels, MC-4 servo drives and servo motors for complete packaging machine automation.

• Motion/logic controllers (C200 and higher)
• MC-4 servo drives and servo motors
• Operator panels for HMI

SoMachine Motion engineering software for PacDrive 3: create projects from templates, pick the LMC controller and choose the IEC 61131-3 language, such as SFC.

• Project wizard with default, EDESIGN, empty and library projects
• Controller selection (PacDrive LMC x00C)
• IEC 61131-3 languages, e.g. Sequential Function Chart