Bosch Rexroth introduces its most powerful, motion-based platform ever -- VisualMotion 10. VisualMotion 10's powerful, Windows-based integrated motion and logic software runs on any standard PC to program the Rexroth PPC, a combined motion and logic controller. Each PPC can provide up to 40 axes of real-time motion control and multi-tasking PLC control.

This fully-reusable motion control platform allows OEM's and end users to retain their initial programming investment, while a newly integrated, IEC 61131-3 compliant, multi-tasking PLC allows for combined motion and logic on a single hardware and software platform. VisualMotion 10 provides the ability to connect up to 32 PPC controllers together, by means of cross-communication, to provide highly-synchronized motion control for up to 1,280 axes.

VisualMotion 10 can handle single-axis positioning, multi-axis Electronic Line Shafting (ELS) synchronization and robotic coordinated path movements. It is specifically designed to meet the requirements of on-the-fly synchronization and on-the-fly changes between different products and materials on the machine. Bosch Rexroth developed a new graphical segmented cam editor for higher resolution. Also offered is 32-channel, high-speed Programmable Limit Switch (PLS) capability, with an update time of 250µs and lead/lag compensation for variable machine speed. 

This new platform is now available in either a traditional rack-based or a PC-based (PCI format) design for complete scalable performance. The PC-based solution offers the same real-time performance as the rack-based system due to its embedded co-processor design. Supporting this increase in functionality is a new, higher performance PPC controller with 100 Mbps Ethernet onboard, a removable CompactFlash™ memory card, 16 Mbps SERCOS support and a much faster, higher performance processor. An OPC server offers the ability to easily interface with Rexroth HMIs or any third-party HMI. All the major fieldbuses are available in either fieldbus master or slave configurations.