Controllers for electric overhead conveyors (EOC) with different communication types.

For its portfolio of electric overhead conveyors (EOC), Siemens makes products available for rail communication systems and for displays that can be read from a considerable distance.
The products can also be used for other applications besides suspended monorail applications.

The controllers intended for this purpose are the new SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500, which are both programmed using standard Siemens software.

On the drive end, frequency converters (SINAMICS) and drives (SIMOGEAR) from Siemens, which are also programmed using standard Siemens software, will be used.

The controllers are generally differentiated based on the communication between carriage and plant.

EMS400S communicates by means of power signal booster communication (full duplex pulse code communication via the rail with 4x16 bits/sec)

Further systems will follow.