Positioning Solution System

ADVANCED SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING

PSI Technics' Positioning Solution System is an innovative solution for industrial positioning applications. In fully automated high-bay warehouses, for example, the Positioning Solution System instructs stacker cranes to move to the storage position's target coordinates to ensure that all storage and retrieval operations are carried out with high accuracy in the shortest amount of time.

One particular advantage of the Positioning Solution System lies in process optimization. The system calculates travel profiles for the required travel distance, placing particular emphasis on maximum speed and acceleration. The travel profiles are continuously optimized to ensure that all movements are completed in the shortest possible time. The travel profiles calculated by the Positioning Solution System do not include creeping speed; it only generates linear speed and acceleration ramps, irrespective of the load, which significantly reduces storage and retrieval times.

Positioning Solution System advantages vs. conventional positioning systems:

Self-learning characterization software determines ideal travel profiles and recognizes control parameters for fast commissioning
Automatic control-loop configuration
No creeping speeds on linear ramps - irrespective of load, speed and acceleration
Easy to use (no programming skills or control engineering expertise required)
No separate setup software required (users start the software in their browser via a web-based interface)
Powerful, reliable and cost-effective hardware
Modular design enables fast and easy service and replacement of spare parts

Positioning Solution System Control Unit:

The Positioning Solution System has been used with great success for bridge crane positioning in production and logistics facilities. In addition, the Positioning Solution System's control features reduce load vibration, preventing or drastically reducing undesired oscillation.

Positioning Solution System Time Savings during Short Movements vs.
Traditional Positioning Systems:

System Cost Analysis:

The self-learning characterization software, which determines the ideal travel profile and automatically detects control parameters, is a major advantage of the Positioning Solution System. It considerably reduces commissioning time for new installations. Instead of several days, commissioning now only takes a few hours. The software automatically performs the time-consuming control loop modeling process and searches for the optimum control parameters, tasks that previously needed to be performed by commissioning staff. Consequently, there is no need for using a specifically-trained commissioning engineer.

The FLP6000MC software, which is controlled by a microcomputer, takes care of positioning and controlling tasks instead. PSI Technics specifically developed this intelligent and easy to use software for use with rail-guided industrial machines and conveyor systems.

Positioning Solution System integration in logistics systems:

The Positioning Solution System is an autonomous digital control system. It connects with controllers, process control computers or warehouse management systems to execute the required chain of command. For example, the system communicates via serial protocols or Fieldbus systems, thus eliminating dependencies between process control and positioning systems.

The Positioning Solution System controls the motor drive by transmitting set point values to the converter via Fieldbus, analog voltage or analog power (0..20 mA, 4..20 mA). Unlike other positioning systems, the Positioning Solution System is compatible with all types of motor drives. Measurement values for set point control are obtained by means of distance meters, encoders or bar code systems (See also System Components).

In addition to installing Positioning Solution Systems in new facilities, PSI Technics offers the following services for industrial positioning and conveyor systems used in the production and logistics industries: