Overview
Beckhoff offers a toolbox of hardware and software components to implement a condition monitoring system that is integrated into the control system. The advantage of the Beckhoff solution is that it is integrated into the standard machine control system. This cuts out additional subsystems with complex cross-communication. Machine control and condition monitoring run on the same platform, can be programmed with the same engineering tools, and have a common fieldbus system with EtherCAT.
The TwinCAT Condition Monitoring library forms a significant part of the software toolbox. Various mathematical algorithms are available as PLC function blocks.
Product information
The current version of the TwinCAT 3 Condition Monitoring library is available for download at http://www.beckhoff.com/software. The PLC library offers various algorithms for data analysis. Multi-tasking applications are recommended for separating data recording and processing. Communication between different tasks and CPU cores takes place automatically via the mechanisms of the Condition Monitoring library.
Product components
The TF360x Condition Monitoring product consists of the following components:
- PLC libraries: Tc3_CM.compiled-library, Tc3_CM_Base.compiled-library, and Tc3_MultiArray.compiled-library
- Driver: TcCM.tmx and TcMultiArray.tmx
In addition, the product contains the components of TF3680 TC3 Filter. The TF3600 Condition Monitoring level 1 license includes the TF3680 license, so that all constituent parts of the TF3680 TwinCAT 3 Filter product can be used.
