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Machining & forming

Metal Forming & Press

Programmable stroke profiles, high peak torque and a safe stop.

  • Typical axes3
  • NetworkEtherCAT
  • Control modeCSP
  • Recommended seriesSDU3 · SM13 · SD24-LP · SM10
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The sector at a glance

Metal Forming & Press

Servo presses make the stroke profile programmable and repeatable.

Three things that decide it on the shop floor

  1. 01

    Peak torque

    The short peak torque at the forming point decides drive and motor.

  2. 02

    Energy return

    Slowing and returning the ram needs a braking-resistor plan.

  3. 03

    Safe stop

    Press safety is designed from the risk assessment.

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Our advantages

Why SMB TECHNICS?

One set, controller to cable

Controller, drive, motor, cable and connector arrive checked against each other; interface problems are solved at the desk, not on the shop floor.

Open standards

EtherCAT, CANopen, Modbus RTU, CODESYS and CiA 402: your machine is not tied to a closed ecosystem.

Engineer-to-engineer support

The same team from sizing to commissioning, on site and remotely.

Documented products

Manuals, CAD, ESI/EDS and firmware in the Document Centre; every product you choose comes with its documents.

Our application know-how for this sector
  • Programmable press stroke profiles
  • Coil feeding locked to the press cycle
  • Peak torque and energy-return analysis
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How we build the system

From control chain to commissioning, which product goes where

3.1

The control chain and the recommended products

How the machine is driven and the SMB products we choose for it.

Servo presses and forming lines require the velocity and force profile to be programmable across the stroke: fast approach, controlled forming, fast return. This yields higher repeatability and less tool wear than flywheel presses. High peak torque, regenerative braking capacity and a controlled stop with functional safety (STO) are core requirements for these applications.

Metal forming sits at the manufacturing core of A GROUP; SMB TECHNICS turns that experience into programmable stroke profiles and safe stopping.

The control chain

Forming is the industry where the motion is short, violent and mostly about what happens to the energy afterwards. A press axis accelerates hard, does work, and then has to give the energy back: SDU3 and EUD drives on SM13 frames for the stroke, with braking resistors and line reactors sized for the regeneration rather than added afterwards, and inductive and cylinder sensors proving position before the tool closes.

What decides the result

  • Peak versus continuous. A press is specified by a peak the drive sees for milliseconds and a duty it lives in for a shift. Sizing on either alone gives you the wrong drive twice over.
  • Where the regenerated energy goes. Deceleration pushes energy back into the DC bus. A braking resistor is not an accessory here; it is part of the axis.
  • Bottom dead centre repeatability. Tool life and part tolerance are both decided in the last millimetre of the stroke.

Sizing it

We need the tonnage, the stroke and strokes per minute, the moving mass and the deceleration profile — the last one is what sets the resistor. Start at the selection guide, and tell us whether the press has to hold position with power removed.

Select the products for this machine Enter power, torque and network; compare compatible drives and motors and add them to your basket. Selection guide
3.2

The architecture: which product goes where

The boxes show the real products; click one to open the series.

EtherCAT Operator panel HMI-R9 Controller · CODESYS MAT-LC CPU I/O and sensors MAT-LC I/O · PNP / NPN Safe stop STO · brake Supply protection EMI · braking resistor Press ram Drive · SDU3 CSP · EtherCAT Motor SM13 Coil feeder Drive · SD24-LP CSP · EtherCAT Motor SM10 Transfer Drive · SDU3 CSP · EtherCAT Motor SMR
  • EtherCAT
  • Ethernet
  • Power and feedback
  • Safety
Where this machine sits on the full SMB system map
CPU / PLC & Motion Control 3 series Expansion Rack / IO 10 products Ethernet switch Ethernet Operator Panels 3 series Sensors 3 series EtherCAT Servo Drives 17 products CANopen Servo Drives 6 products Modbus RTU Servo Drives 4 products Servo Motors 6 series Power and Encoder Cables 2 series CODESYS IEC 61131-3 PLCopen Motion Control CiA 402 Drive profile
EtherCAT Ethernet CANopen Modbus RTU Digital I/O Power and feedback

CPU / PLC & Motion Control

Expansion Rack / IO

Ethernet switch

The industrial switch distributes Ethernet traffic between the controller, the operator panel and the engineering PC. It is part of the architecture, not part of the SMB catalogue.

Operator Panels

Sensors

EtherCAT Servo Drives

CANopen Servo Drives

Modbus RTU Servo Drives

Servo Motors

Power and Encoder Cables

CODESYS

SMB controllers are programmed in CODESYS: the IEC 61131-3 languages, integrated motion and a single project covering both machine logic and the axes.

PLCopen

PLCopen Motion Control function blocks give every axis the same standard interface, so proven machine code carries over from one project to the next.

CiA 402

SMB servo drives implement the CiA 402 drive profile: the same state machine and the same operating modes over EtherCAT and over CANopen.

3.3

Product placement, axis by axis

Each axis, its task, its control mode and the drive–motor pair on it.

  1. 01
    Press ram Programmable stroke profile
    CSP · EtherCAT
    SDU3 Drive SDU3 Series Three-phase 380 V AC EtherCAT servo drives with power steps from 400 W to 7.5 kW. SM13 Motor SM13 Flange Family 130 mm-frame servo motors, 220/380 V AC, 1.5–3 kW, with BiSS and incremental encoder options.
  2. 02
    Coil feeder Feeding locked to the press cycle
    CSP · EtherCAT
    SD24-LP Drive SD24-LP Series Flagship EtherCAT low-power servo drive line. SM10 Motor SM10 Flange Family 100 mm-frame servo motors, 220/380 V AC, 1–3 kW, with BiSS and incremental encoder options.
  3. 03
    Transfer Moving parts between stations
    CSP · EtherCAT
    SDU3 Drive SDU3 Series Three-phase 380 V AC EtherCAT servo drives with power steps from 400 W to 7.5 kW. SMR Motor SMR Series Low-inertia servo motors in 60–130 mm frames, single-phase 220 V AC and three-phase 380 V AC, 400 W–7.5 kW, with BiSS absolute encoders.

CSP: cyclic synchronous position · CSV: cyclic synchronous velocity · CST: cyclic synchronous torque · PP: profile position. The series is confirmed by load and supply voltage.

3.4

The build, step by step

From requirement to support; the SMB products and tools each step uses.

  1. 1

    Requirements and sizing

    The motion profile, load and cycle time of every axis are collected; torque, speed and inertia ratio are calculated per axis.

    • Peak and RMS torque, top speed
    • Load-to-motor inertia ratio and gearing
    • Supply: 220 V AC, 380 V AC or 24–70 V DC
    Sizer Selection guide
  2. 2

    Architecture and product choice

    The network (EtherCAT, CANopen, Modbus RTU), the controller and the drive–motor pair per axis are chosen; the safety and power side is drawn at this step.

    • EtherCAT for synchronised axes, CANopen for independent ones
    • Drive current covers the motor peak current
    • STO and braked motors come from the risk assessment
    SM13-DIN13-150B0 BR-40R-400W MATSMRC1T-10MMR2NO MAT-SDU3-MP-300-D3-E
  3. 3

    Cabinet, cabling and EMC

    Power and encoder cables run in separate ducts with their shields bonded 360°; an EMI filter goes at the drive input and a braking resistor where the load regenerates.

    • Flexible cable for the cable chain
    • Shields are earthed at both ends
    • The braking resistor is sized from the braking energy
    Power / Motor Cables Encoder Cables SMKP Power Connectors SMKE Encoder Connectors EMI Filters Braking Resistors
  4. 4

    Software and network

    In the CODESYS project the axes are defined with PLCopen blocks; the drives join the network through their ESI/EDS files and run the CiA 402 state machine.

    • IEC 61131-3 languages and PLCopen Motion Control
    • ESI (EtherCAT) and EDS (CANopen) in the Document Centre
    • EtherCAT coupler for remote I/O
    MAT-LC CodeSys CPU MAT-LC I/O Modules MAT-LC System Modules
    CODESYS FAQ Document centre
  5. 5

    Commissioning and tuning

    After wiring and direction checks the gains are tuned and the axes homed; the operator panel carries the machine recipes.

    • Direction, limit and emergency-stop tests
    • Speed and position loop gain tuning
    • Backing up the parameter sets
    HMI-R9 Series
    Commissioning FAQ Troubleshooting
  6. 6

    Support and lifecycle

    Alarm codes, spare parts, firmware and training, from the same engineering team.

    • Alarm-code and troubleshooting guides
    • Manual, CAD and firmware downloads
    • Remote and on-site support
    Technical support Document centre
3.5

The solution package: what comes with the product

Hardware, software, engineering and lifecycle.

02

Software and know-how

The CODESYS project, PLCopen motion blocks and know-how specific to this machine.

  • Programmable press stroke profiles
  • Coil feeding locked to the press cycle
  • Peak torque and energy-return analysis
03

Engineering support

Sizing, architecture, commissioning and tuning, on site and remotely.

  • Motor and drive sizing per axis
  • System architecture and network choice
  • Commissioning, gain tuning and homing
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Lifecycle

Manuals, ESI/EDS files, spare parts and training.

  • Document Centre: manuals, CAD, firmware
  • ESI and EDS files, parameter backups
  • Spare parts and user training
Engineering knowledge base

Commissioning this application

The topics engineers in this industry ask about most, each with answers, checklists and troubleshooting steps.

System design Servo alarms Machine mechanics EtherCAT

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