Bridging the next generation of automation
Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series, the core for next-generation automation environment
Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series: As the core for the next-generation automation environment, Mitsubishi has realized an automation controller with added value while reducing TCO.
The Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series has been developed from the ground up to solve common problems in seven key areas: productivity, engineering, maintenance, quality, connectivity, security and compatibility.
Taking a three-point approach to solving these problems: reducing TCO, increasing reliability and reuse of existing assets.
As the core for the next-generation automation environment, realizing an automation controller with added value while reducing TCO*1
Building automation systems that ensure high productivity and consistent product quality is important to succeed in highly competitive markets. The Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series has been developed from the ground up based on common problems faced by customers and rationalizing them into seven key areas: Productivity, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Connectivity, Security and Compatibility. Mitsubishi Electric is taking a three-point approach to solving these problems: Reducing TCO*1, and increasing the Reliability and Reusability of existing assets.
As a bridge to the next generation in automation, the Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series is a driving force behind revolutionary progress in the future of manufacturing.
*1. TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
Improve equipment performance and ability
Customer’s requirements
- Improve yield to process and produce efficiently
- Handle high-mix low-volume production with a single equipment
- Increase equipment security to reduce the risk of program theft and data breach by hacking
Ensuring the latest functional version module
- Up to now, obtaining the latest features and new module versions offered required purchasing another module. By utilizing the new module firmware update function, the MELSEC iQ-R Series current modules can be updated to newer versions enabling support of newer features without the cost of replacing the module.
- The update is possible using the engineering software GX Works3 or an SD memory card
High-speed/high-accuracy processing can improve productivity
- The high-speed system bus is approx. 40 times faster compared to existing models, achieving very fast and large-capacity data processing between CPU modules or network modules
- The inter-module synchronization function allows the input or output timing of various I/O modules and advanced information modules to be synchronized with the program execution timing of CPU modules. This realizes high accuracy control of the system and equipment
- Use of the CC-Link IE TSN realizes network-level synchronization, providing node-level synchronization that ensures deterministic data flow void of any influence from data transmission delays
The system recorder identifies anomaly patterns from video feeds
- In coordination with the camera recorder module and engineering software GX VideoViewer Pro, differences from normal patterns are extracted according to changes in “appearance (colour, shape, position, etc.)” and “operation (amount of travel in unit time, etc.)”, then marked on the video feed automatically
- Target device and labels to be recorded can be set with extensive triggers, allowing to check the target only
The system recorder identifies anomaly patterns from video feeds
- In coordination with the camera recorder module and engineering software GX VideoViewer Pro, differences from normal patterns are extracted according to changes in “appearance (colour, shape, position, etc.)” and “operation (amount of travel in unit time, etc.)”, then marked on the video feed automatically
- Target device and labels to be recorded can be set with extensive triggers, allowing to check the target only