Product overview
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Area of application of the PDC drive controller
Areas of application
You can use the SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE drive system in different industry sectors that require
powerful positioning drives. SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE has proven to be an ideal drive in
numerous applications. The system excels in dynamic positioning tasks in production and
manufacturing and in innovative application areas.
Examples of applications:
• Packaging machines
• Automatic assembly machines
• Metal forming machines
• Printing and labeling machines
• Winders/unwinders, e.g. in the textile, packing and printing industries and in electronics
manufacturing
• Driving of shuttles for storage and retrieval machines and storage rack systems
• Automated guided vehicle systems (battery operation)
• Medical applications such as safe movement of MRI tables and exact automated alignment
of ceiling-mounted X-ray devices.
PDC100(F)
Equipment Manual, 03/2021, A5E50502703-AA
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