For maximum return on investment
Mitsubishi’s iQ Automation Platform is the enabling hardware for
our e-F@ctory concept. This is an automation strategy developed
from our own global manufacturing expertise. The iQ’s key
benefits are:
- Minimized TCO (total cost of ownership)
- Seamless integration
- Maximized productivity
- Transparent communications
How the iQ Automation can benefit your operations
iQ is the world's first automation platform combining
all key automation types on one controller. Avoid wasting
valuable engineering resources trying to make different
vendors’ systems work together. With iQ, Mitsubishi takes
care of system integration. iQ offers an extensive array of
controller types that seamlessly operate together on the
same backplane. Now your engineering staff concentrate on
the demands of the application itself right from the
beginning.
Reduce costs
Throughout the automation lifecycle, iQ reduces your costs.
First, project lead time is reduced due to the high level of
integration and the iQ Works suite of engineering tools. iQ
Works allows a system to be developed and commissioned
faster thanks to powerful simulation tools and reduced
programming. iQ Works supports all key iQ control types,
whether it's PLC, motion, or even HMI screen design.
Do more, faster
iQ’s CPUs lead the industry in performance. Combined with an
advanced backplane architecture to optimize system
communications, these provide faster ROI due to reduced
cycle times and increased productivity. iQ's PLC CPUs
execute programs in microseconds while handling thousands of
I/O. Advanced motion capabilities control dozens of axes
simultaneously via the noise immune 50Mbit/s SSCNET/III
network. In food and beverage applications, this eliminates
mechanically based packaging systems. Machine design is
simplified; lead times are shorter and job changes faster.
Industries requiring automated assembly benefit from the
iQ's integration of a fully featured robotic controller.
Combining process and discrete control on the same system
also allows the iQ to handle a range of hybrid applications.
Even complex systems such as transfer lines, requiring
machining, motion and sequence control, can easily be
handled in a single controller.
Free flow of information
iQ is compatible with a wide variety of networks for
engineering complete plant systems. This includes the open
CC-Link architecture, allowing a seamless flow of
information throughout all levels of a plant, to enterprise
IT systems and beyond. iQ also takes full advantage of
CC-Link IE, the world's first gigabit Ethernet open
automation network. No longer does your network limit the
productivity of your enterprise as information becomes
freely available to those who need it.
There’s an iQ for you
A final key point is the iQ’s scalability. While capable
of automating whole lines, it is equally at home running
single machines. Configure the platform as a PLC or motion
controller alone when high performance on small scale
systems is critical. Whatever your needs, there is an iQ
solution that meets them precisely.
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