The specification of the Energy Profile for sercos III is now released
sercos Energy reduces energy consumption in three areas. First, the permanent load at motor/machine standstill is reduced; second, the consumption depending on the process is dynamically adjusted considering the target completion times/dates (partial load operation); and third, energy is saved during processing by switching off components that are not required at a particular time or point in the process (partial machine operation).
sercos Energy is an application layer profile that defines parameters and commands for the reduction of the energy consumption in a uniform and vendor-independent way. The control reads out defined standard parameters of each sercos Energy component via the sercos III network, receiving status information and detailed consumption values. Depending on the situation (e.g., scheduled or unscheduled breaks, machine components not needed in the current production process) the control can switch connected components (drives, I/O, sensors) into energy-saving conditions, up to complete shut-down, in a targeted manner, considerably reducing their energy consumption.
„The energy profile is an important complement to the existing sercos profiles and proves the claim of sercos as an open and complete real-time interface for machine and plant manufacture,“ declares Peter Lutz, Managing Director of sercos International. „sercos III offers - as the only communication system in production with sercos Energy – the potential for energy saving in combination with full productivity.“
Products are already under development and will be available in short term. “As first prototypes have already been implemented, we expect first products to be available during 2011”, states Peter Lutz.
sercos, SErial Realtime COmmunication System, is among the leading digital interfaces for communication between controls, drives and decentralized peripheral devices. sercos has been used in machine engineering for more than 20 years and is implemented in over 2.5 million real time nodes. With its open, manufacturer independent Ethernet-based architecture, sercos III is a universal bus for all automation solutions.