With ever shorter innovation cycles, the demands on test benches are increasing in order to ensure product quality. Flexibility and modularity in both hardware and software are therefore a must.
Design changes to a component can only be evaluated quantitatively and reproducibly with a high level of synchronicity in signal recording and minimal measurement uncertainties. An automation system for test benches must support a wide variety of interfaces to the test specimen and to specialized measuring and testing systems, in line with the large number of sensors, as well as providing the complete range of actuators for automated test sequences. All data is synchronously recorded, visualized, and reliably stored in files or databases for analyses and comparisons. The integrated diagnosis of all test parameters allows you to concentrate on the test procedure. PC-based control also builds a bridge to agile, simulation-based product development: models from scientific tools can be used on the test bench without having to be adapted.
The benefits of system-integrated measurement technology in test bench construction:
- highly synchronous measurement data acquisition via EtherCAT and EtherCAT G
- interfaces for a wide range of sensor signals in IP20 and IP67
- precise measurement technology with long-term stability, also available calibrated (factory, ISO 17025, or DAkkS calibration)
- access to all process data for visualization and signal analysis with TwinCAT Scope View
- flexible database connection via the TwinCAT Database Server
- scalable drive technology from compact servomotors to highly advanced transport systems, such as XTS and XPlanar
- integration of MATLAB® and Simulink®, machine learning, neural networks, and interface to LabVIEW™
- wide range of IoT and fieldbus interfaces, including OPC UA, MQTT, REST, PROFINET, and CANopen
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