Posted to News on 1st Dec 2019, 00:00
IT meets OT with new generation of Lenze controllers
Picking up on the theme of IT meets OT, Lenze launched a new generation of controllers to cater for the growing demands of Industry 4.0. The heart of the new c500 series is Intel’s most powerful CPU currently available for highly compact designs. These processors redefine the upper performance limits for controllers. This means that the new controller series can easily keep pace with the rapidly increasing requirements for general controller tasks and motion applications made by Industry 4.0. For machine builders, this means you don’t necessarily have to adopt a PC platform: instead, you can use your know-how in a familiar environment and also make use of the intelligent standard software modules of the Lenze FAST Application Software Toolbox.
Also new from Lenze was the The c750 model which blurs the edges between programmable logic controllers and industrial PCs. This controller covers applica-tions in which Windows applications are mandatory. The OpenSystem architecture that Lenze enables with this model splits the computing power between two independent operating systems. The real-time Linux is responsible for control tasks while the open Windows 10 IoT Enterprise is available for customised applications.
