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Focus on Complex Winders

In this webcast Mark Lane focuses on a project Optima has completed for a large paper-making company. The problem that the customer faced on the machine was a mixture of obsolescence and unreliability. Optima improved the machine’s performance by at least 20% by completely re-designing four areas of the control system:

• Drives and PLC control
• Safety system
• Pneumatics
• Web tension control

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Optima S5 to S7 Conversions

In this webcast Mark Lane, applications engineer at Optima Control Solutions Ltd, talks about the process of upgrading from Siemens S5 to S7 PLCs. Optima CS uses the internally developed S57 processor. This 15-minute talk gives a brief overview of the S57 processor, its benefits and applications. This upgrade method allows a degree of flexibility that no other provider can offer. The shut-down times are planned to suit the customer’s requirements. The software is written by our Siemens Solution Partner qualified engineers.

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