MITSUBISHI FA Integrated Concept

Platform

L(NA)08119ENG-BNew publication, effective Apr. 2008

Specifications subject to change without notice.

Platform

Engineering Environment

MELSOFT

Controller & HMI

PLC, HMICNC, RobotMotion Controller

Network

CC-Link IE, SSCNETCC-Link SafetyCC-Link, CC-Link/LT

PLC, Motion Control, and HMI integrated software suite.

With current production requirements, fast response times, flexibility to changes, production cycle time improvements, lead time reduction, improved, quality, cost reduction. These are common terms that are expected with applications nowadays.However, in reality these requirements are very difficult to achieve with current automation technology. Project tasks for designing and commissioning such high demanding automation systems cause long project times and quality cannot always be guaranteed.

So how can such an advance factory be realized with emphasis on cost and performance?

Mitsubishi Electric provides such a solution that is unique to current manufacturing trends. The e-F@ctory solution, not only couples information data layers in production flow from shop floor to Enterprise, providing a truly visible automation layer. But also, integrates the actual automation hardware of all aspects of control on the shop floor through its revolutionary iQ Platform architecture.

iQ Platform, provides a consolidated automation controller platform, incorporating high speed sequence controllers, high performance motion controllers, Numerical controllers, Robot controllers, and HMIs.iQ Platform, a complete automation solution realizing the requirements of today and tomorrows factory. Welcome to the future!

Realizing totalintegration

from Enterpriseto shop floor.

Providing solutions for reduced TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) from design to maintenance.

The new style of manufacturingRealizing Common H/W, Screens (Operator I/F),Engineering Environment, I/O, Networks throughout the plant

Process Control

Revolutionary concept, providing high speed communications between all aspects of control

Sequence Control(PLC)

C LanguageControl

PC Control

Platform

Motion Control

Reduced Training Costs for Maintenance

Reduced Spare Partsby Common Platform

Common Specification, Easy Engineering

Back-up project on internal CF

High speed motion, 0.44ms cycles

Common engineeringplatform

1Gbyte Ethernet synchronous network, large data handling

9.5ns instructionprocessing speed

Based on Q series,standard parts

Seamless networking

Mitsubishi Electric provides all aspects of control on a consolidated automation platform. This platform not only has sequence controllers, but also other various controllers specific to an industry or application area. These are, Process controller, C language, embedded industrial PC, motion control, CNC controller, Robot controller, and HMI.

Together with the abundant I/O that is available for this series, the iQ Platform solution can be applied to almost any kind of application scope, with productivity kept optimum and reduced TCO being key.

This is a true solution for automation, this is iQ Platform.

Robot Controller

Common platformfor a wide range

of industries

Computer NumericControl

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Further IntegrationFor Assembly Applications

Further IntegrationFor Machining Applications

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Automotive

Material Handling

Semiconductor

FPD

Plant

Platform

More productivity with Lower TCOMore productivity with Lower TCO

CC-Link/IE/LT/SafetyCommon Network

CC-Link/IE/LT/SafetyCommon Network

P/T Machining

Machining Centers:iQ PlatformCNC/PLC CPU+Spindle / Servo+HMI

Body Assembly

Body AssemblyiQ Platform Motion/PLC CPU+Servo +HMI+VFDs for conveyors

Automotive Plant...

Engineering EnvironmentNetwork

Controller

Revolutionary concept, providing high speed communications between all aspects of control

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CommonCommon

Welding

Welding StationsiQ PlatformMotion/PLC CPU+Servo +HMI+MELSEC Safety

P/T Assembly

Manual Assembly StationsiQ PlatformMotion/PLC CPU +Servo +HMI +MES I/F for Collecting Quality information

Large capacity result dataOperation information data

Management system

Data sharingData Communication

Ethernet

Coater developermachine

Photolithographymachine

Thermal processmachine

Seal coatingmachine

Sputteringmachine

Liquid crystalinjectionmachine

LCD Plant...

Realize high speed communication and performancebetween controllers and HMI on a consolidated automation platform

The effective coordination of high-speed communication between multipleCPUs provides even higher speed control.

The iQ platform consists of a ultra high speed multi CPU main base unit, realizing high speed communication across the backplane between PLC CPUs, high precision motion controllers, CNC controllers, and Robot controllers. By adding the GOT1000 range of high function HMIs, the iQ platform provides a true integrated automation platform from all aspects of the application. This solution, enables the sharing of standard I/Os across the range, providing a lower cost high functionality solution.

Realizing the factory of the future with high end controllers

Cutting edge technology with flexibility in application needs

Development cost reductionReduction in equipment design timeReduction in commissioning time

Production cost reductionShorter cycle and operation timesIntegration with Enterprise levelsystems

Maintenance cost reductionUtilization of MELSEC-Q seriesstandard I/OsReduced down time

PLC

Motioncontroller

LineCNC

GOT

Robot

PlatformiQ

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Reduced operation times withhigher processing performance

Super high speed processing with 9.5 ns basic instruction processing time (LD command), which is the highest speed in the industry, is achieved.

Substantial fast processing speeds for Real number (floating point), realize speeds for add operation instruction of 0.05µs.

High-speed, high-precisionreal data processing Easy handling of large-volume data

PLC

Achieve ultra high speeds and large datahandling functionality.

Standard RAM has been increased, used as a file register for storing data.

Speed up to approx. times!

Basic instruction processing time (LD instruction) [ns]

Highest speedin the industry!

Q04/06UDHCPUQ02/06HCPU

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Speed up to approx. times!

Floating point (Single precision)Add operation instruction processing time [ms]

Q04/06UDHCPUQ02/06HCPU

0.057ms0.78ms

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

Add operationinstructionSIN operationinstruction

Single precisionDouble precisionSingle precisionDouble precision

*1 Minimum value*2 Processing time for internal double precision arithmetic operation

Q04/06UDHCPU0.0574.3*1

4.1*1

8.5*1

0.7887*2

50837*2

Q02/06HCPU(µs)

(E+)

(45 degrees)

(µs)(µs)(µs)

Standard RAM capacity (File register capacity)

192k bytes(96k words)

256k bytes(128k words)

768k bytes(384k words)

Q03UDCPU Q04UDHCPU Q06UDHCPU

Platform

9.5ns34ns

Multiple CPU high speed bus High speed high precisionmotion control

Program data read/write timesubstantially reduced

Max. of 14k words can be converted per 0.88ms. S y n c h r o n o u s c o n t r o l b e t w e e n communications cycle and motion control.

Motion basic performance is improved to approx. 2 times, and motion SFC processing time is reduced to approx. 1/4.

compatible motion controller

New algorithm provides higher speed,higher precision.

Program data read/write time is reduced to about a 1/3, with fault diagnostics functionality also improved.

short long

Motion communication performance(servo program read time)

Communication time

Speed up to approx. times!

Q173DCPUQ173HCPU

Capacity

Shared memory capacity

In position response time speed up

Increases to approx.　 times!

Q/06UDHCPU+Q173DCPUQ/06HCPU+Q173HCPU

201612840Number of axes

Motion SFC processing time

Motion basic performance(Control axis number in the case of 0.44 ms operation cycle)

* Processing time for D800L = D802L + D804L

* In the case of SV13

Q173DCPUQ173HCPU

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

6 axes3 axes

Platform

14k words14k words

Speed up to approx. times!

In position response time short long

Speed up to approx. times!

Q/06UDHCPU+Q173DCPUQ/06HCPU+Q173HCPU

* Processing time for D800L = D802L + D804L

Processing time

Speed up to approx. times!

Q173DCPUQ173HCPU

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2.34µs 11.75µs

Control performance isgreatly enhanced.

I/O processing time is greatly reduced by high speed communication between PLC and robot.

Peripheral devices can be reduced by the expansion of I/O points with 1024 words between a PLC and robot.

System cost is also reduced Less wiring bythe direct connection

robot controller

Robots and PLCs are directly connectedby iQ Platform.

Less wiring is realized by the direct connection with PLC. Construction time and costs are substantially reduced.

High speed PLC

High speed PLCRobot CPU

New high speed communicationfunction (14k words/0.88 ms)developed for iQ Platform. Existing products

Slot in to Q bus

Existing products

Wiring forthe number

of I/O pointsNo wiring is neededbecause of modulardesign

Platform

Computer forprogramming,and setupsoftware

USB / RS 232

CC-Link IE, etc.

PLC

CPU direct connection/bus connection

Servo amplifier

If backed up...

CPU directconnection

Sequenceprogram, etc. CF cardCPU

exchange Restore

Utilize "Backup/Restore Function" with ease

Backup project data such as sequence program or parameters of PLC CPU to GOT's CF card.

Access all controllers easily from the HMI front panel, without having to open up the control box to maintain projects etc.

Transparent function provideseasy access to controllers

HMI

Realize high end HMI functionality,with unique project back-up/restore functionality.

Platform

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High speed data communicationbetween PLC CPU and CNC CPU is realized.

to times high speed

to times high speed

Scan time

M code processing time

The graph shows a performance comparison when C70 is 1.

C70C64

C70C64

(CNC for part machining line)

(CNC for part machining line)

Block processing capability is increased to 2 times compared with conventional modules.

C70

C648.4kBlock/min

16.8kBlock/min

Multiple CPU high speedcommunication

Cycle/operation time is reduced by multiple CPU high speed data exchange.Existing modules can also be utilized.

CNC CPU performance is also increased by double the performance.High speed communications from the NC control processing to sequence control and enterprise systems.

High performance CNC CPU Cycle time is greatly reduced

production line CNC

Production line CNCs best suitedfor the automotive industry.

Scan time or M code processing time is substantially reduced resulting in shorter operation times on the shop floor.

Platform

Ethernet topology

Large capacity(8 times larger than

the existing products) *1

Super high speed(14 times larger than

the existing products) *1

Ethernet base (IEEE802.3)

Multiple mode optical fiber (1000BASE-SX)

LC connector (IEC61754-20)

Utilizing Ethernet standard cables and connectors can achieve substantial reduction in costs.

High speed data updatePerformance of cyclic data update of network type shared memory is enhanced.Transfer delay time is shortened and application waiting time also can be reduced.

Large capacity memory

*1 Values are compared at a network configuration by 32 modules, with each station's LW2K points equally allocated, and without disconnected or reconnected stations.

Network type shared memory (cyclic data) with 256K bytes is realized on one network. Dividing network is not necessary so that a system that handles a large capacity data is easily realized.

Reducing costs while improving cycle times

iQ Platform supports the industry 1st Gigabitopen industrial Ethernet network!

This advanced Gigabit Ethernet technology designed for achieving high speedand large data capacity.

On the shop floor, the amount of data that each controller exchanges with other devices or Enterprise information systems is increasing more than ever.Mitsubishi Electric supports the Gigabit industrial Ethernet open network to realize these growing demands in manufacturing.CC-Link IE based on Gigabit fibre optic Ethernet medium, allows connection of various devices including 3rd party

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One software to fit all project steps

Data, communications, operability... An engineering environment beyond the boundaries of automation is expanding.

The integrated software suite, provides an engineering environment that can be used in all aspects of the project, such as system design, programming, commissioning, and operation/maintenance. No need to worry about separate expensive programming software's, as this suite has it all supporting PLC, motion controller, and GOT.

PLCprogramming

software

Motioncontroller

programmingsoftware

GOTscreen editor

software

GOT screen editor software PLC programming software

Design information DB

Motion controller programming software

This excellent engineering is the iQ revolution.

Reduces development cost Reduces maintenance cost

Integrating various software tools such as PLC, motion controller, and GOT.

System management tool

Seamless data exchangewith each software

Share design information between software

Share design information between development phases

System design Programming Commisioning Operation / maintenance

Modularized program and reusabilityUnified operability

Enhanced diagnostics functionalityEffectively improves the backup process

Unified management of data

Enables setting of project data from a system view, allowing multiple projects to be worked on at one time, based on a graphical architecture.

Jump function between programs and shared global variables between multiple PLCs or motion controllers and GOT will reduce the number of operations and eliminate the burden of program changes.

Simulation, multiple window monitor, system diagnostics etc. Based on the project at the system management tool stage results in effective debug of errors and diagnostics.

Linked with system management tool allows multiple read of programs reducing repetitive tasks. Also, version control functionality helps track multiple versions of backup data.

Comingsoon

PlatformiQ

Platform

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CC-Link IE

Externalpower supply

Externalpower supply

Externalpower supply

Externalpower supply

Externalpower supply

Externalpower supply

Error point

Error

More troubleshooting functions for reducing communications times

Enhances the check function of optical fiber

Check function of optical fiber for detecting a cable error point or wrong port insertion of a cable, etc., are enhanced.

Stable operation with external power supply input

Supporting input of an external power supply to CC-Link IE modules and PCI boards.Even if the PLC CPU or personal computer is shut down, communication continues without having to rely on the 'loop back' function.

Visualization of network connection status

Visually displays a whole system's network connection status such as the error point when a trouble occurs. Maintenance cost can be reduced.