Pipe Network™

Our Pipe Network™ graphical environment provides a breakthrough solution for generating complex, multi-axis motion programs in Kollmorgen Automation Suite™. Instead of writing code line-by-line, developers can simply drag and drop icons to create a visual representation of the machine’s motion components and relationships. Each icon is linked to a prebuilt motion module that has been optimized and tested to ensure quality.

Features

Drag-and-drop development environment provides the electronic equivalent of a conventional line shafting application
Complex motion relationships between machine axes, cams, gears and other components are represented visually
Configuration of each axis is simply a matter of selecting the icon and entering the appropriate variables as prompted
One-to-one relationship between mechanical systems and their software equivalents simplifies the most complex programming tasks while ensuring performance and quality

Benefits

Accelerated development, with programming tasks that would otherwise take weeks reduced to days or even hours
A better machine, with performance improvements as much as 25% or more, less waste, greater accuracy and the ability to design new features that depend on advanced motion
Improved coding quality, with prebuilt modules that have been thoroughly tested and optimized
Better use of engineering resources, allowing developers to focus on fine-tuning the system rather than complex coding details and debugging
Easy knowledge transfer, replacing pages of complex code with easily understood graphical representations
Automatic documentation of system topology, with motion blocks and information flows captured visually
Protection for your intellectual property, replacing open-standards programming with a more advanced automation paradigm that your competitors can’t duplicate