Delta is showcasing innovative technologies and solutions in line with carbon reduction trends emphasized by the recent COP21 Paris Agreement at Hannover Messe 2016 from April 25th to 29th. Delta's integrated solutions include smart manufacturing, building automation, renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging.
As a world-class automation product and solution provider, Delta is presenting a complete range of industrial automation products and offering live demos of the real-time remote management of manufacturing processes via its integrated factory control platform and internet cloud service.
Delta is focusing on new products including advanced PLCs, industrial PCs, compact drives, high durability fan/pump drives, articulated robots and more. Delta is also showcasing a strengthened set of smart, integrated, and energy-efficient systems and solutions, such as an integrated factory control platform, smart robot workstation, multiple water pumps control solution, packaging solution, power quality solution, CNC solutions and more.
New Product Highlights for Key Applications
Delta's industrial automation solutions echo its main theme for Hannover Messe 2016, “Integrated Industry – Discover Solutions” with a broad spectrum of AC motor drives, AC servo drives, PLCs, industrial PCs and panel PCs, HMIs, industrial Ethernet switches, products for power quality improvement, smart sensors, machine vision solutions, power meters, flow meters, and temperature controllers.
New industrial automation product highlights include:
．Programmable Logic Controller AS Series is Delta's new advanced modular-design controller for automation machinery. With new 32 bit SoC (System on Chip) CPUs, the AS Series offers excellent performance with program capacity of 40k steps/ms and supports up to 32 extension modules or max. 1,024 I/O points. It can control max. 8 axes via CANopen motion network / max. 6 axes via pulse control (200kHz).
．Industrial PCs – the all new compact fanless industrial PC IPC Series and Panel PC PPC Series feature high performance with a low-consumption Intel CPU core and 4G RAM. The IPC Series and the PPC Series are embedded with the Windows 7 operating system and 64GSSD/500G HDD, perfect for running the Delta Energy Management System DIAEnergie and SCADA software DIAView for factory, building, and machine monitoring. The Panel PCs support high-resolution 15” and 19” displays and die-cast aluminum alloy enclosure to suit critical industry environments.
．AC Motor Drives MH300 and MS300 Series are Delta's new compact drives reduced in size by up to 40%, and support open/closed loop control for both IM and PM motors. Both series feature built-in PLCs, built-in brake choppers, integrated STO and support various fieldbus. The high speed models are available with up to 2000Hz and 1500Hz output frequency. The MH300 and MS300 Series deliver optimized space utilization, strong system support, and are also easy to install and operate.
．Industry-specific fan/pump drive CFP2000 Series is Delta's brand new high durability Vector Control Drive for fan and pump applications. Featuring a built-in EMC filter, DC chokes, Real-Time Clock (RTC), and BACnet, the CFP2000 Series provides the best solution for the special needs of the HVAC industry. The IP55 model features highly effective protection against dust and water in harsh environments.
Smart, Energy-saving Solutions for Smart Machines and Factories
For the industrial segment, Delta highlights smart, energy-saving automation and energy management solutions, including:
．Delta's Integrated Factory Control Platform integrates the mid-range PLC AH500 Series as host controllers, and the SCADA System DIAView for real-time manufacturing process monitoring. All data is managed by the Industrial PC IPC Series and preserved by Delta's internet cloud service for customers' real-time management. This system architecture fosters higher productivity and flexibility in a wide range of manufacturing processes with its “customer-centric” logistic management approach.
．Delta focuses on smart, automated processes and is showcasing the Multi-angle Insertion Workstation with 6-axis Articulated Robot DRV90L Series and Conveyor Tracking Glue Dispensing Robot Workstation with SCARA Robot DRS60L Series (arm length: 600mm). The Multi-angle Insertion Workstation takes advantage of the 6-axis Articulated Robot DRV90L Series' flexibility and precision. With an additional claw, the DRV90L performs high-speed and precise multi-angle insertion with different workpieces, and can be applied to various processes. The Conveyor Tracking Glue Dispensing Robot Workstation adopts Delta's SCARA Robot DRS60L Series, which features an arm length of 600mm and excellent speed, repeatability, linearity and verticality. The DRS60L, matched with Delta's robot control solution, demonstrates excellent performance when simulating the conveyor tracking glue dispensing process at the exhibition grounds and it has attracted the attention of many visitors. Delta has already applied its SCARA robot solutions for conveyor tracking glue dispensing processes in its Wujiang Plant in China, which effectively reduces issues such as human error, inconsistent glue dispensing amounts, and position deviation.
．Multiple Water Pumps Control Solution performs pump management with several control modes, such as pressure, temperature or constant level, and provides a configurable hardware and software system to control up to four pumps. The solution is suitable for water pumps in HVAC systems, water treatment, and other applications that require multiple pump control. In addition, the solution supports remote connection via 3G router and Delta's internet cloud service. Users can remotely maintain and manage the whole system through Windows, Android, and iOS systems.
．Delta offers embedded and PC-Based CNC Solutions for engraving machines, wood carving machines and other machine tools, and serves customers with high speed, high precision and high flexibility. Delta's embedded CNC solution integrates the CNC Controller NC300 Series with advanced motion control technology. As the core of Delta's CNC solution, the NC300 Series can build a complete, flexible CNC system when matched with the AC Servo Drives ASDA-A2 Series, servo motors, and the AC Motor Drives M300 Series. Delta is also presenting its PC-Based CNC Solution for thermal cutting, glass cutting and woodworking processes with the Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) MH1 Series. As a high performance PC-based controller, the MH1 Series features highly efficient multi-axis control (up to max. 64 axes via EtherCAT) to simplify system architecture, reduce system construction cost, and increase operation efficiency for customers. The MH1 delivers optimized operation and can construct a complete PC-based CNC solution when integrated with Delta's AC servo drives and servo motors.
．Food Packaging Solution delivers high-speed packaging efficiency with good quality for food and beverage packaging machines. This solution adopts Delta's mid-range PLC AH500 Series with motion control modules as its main controller to offer stable, integrated multi-task control among packaging processes. In addition, the machine vision system integrated in this solution offers highly accurate inspection of finished goods to ensure product quality.
．Elevator Solution saves up to 40% in energy for elevator systems through power regeneration provided by Delta's Power Regenerative Unit REG2000 Series. The elevator system also delivers smooth rides and door open/close with Delta's Elevator Drive ED Series and Door Control Drive VFD-DD Series.
．Power Quality Solutions offer enhanced power factor and fast compensation of harmonics, reactive power and unbalanced loads with the Active Power Filter APF2000 Series, the Static Var Generator SVG Series and the Active Front End AFE2000 Series.
Delta Press Conference with Global Media to Deliver “Green, Smart, Automation”
On the opening day of the exhibition, Delta held a press conference to meet with the global media. Mr. Yancey Hai, Delta's chairman, personally introduced Delta's development and progress in green energy, as well as the excellent results from Delta's energy saving solutions.
“In line with the COP21 Paris Agreement, we continue developing technologies capable of empowering the low-carbon economy. From 2010 to 2015, Delta's products and solutions helped customers save approximately 17.3B kWh in electricity and reduce carbon emissions by 9.2M tons. Delta's building automation solutions are able to integrate with HVAC systems, lighting, and energy management tools to improve energy efficiency. With these technologies, Delta's headquarters in the Americas has become the 1st net-zero energy green building in Fremont, California, USA”, remarked Mr. Hai.
In addition, Delta EMEA's president Mr. Jackie Chang talked about Delta's business expansion in the EMEA region. “Our energy-saving solution portfolio keeps growing organically but it is also expanding into areas with significant long-term potential. For example, the Hybrid E5 battery energy storage system maximizes the use of self-generated clean solar energy and our new EV charging solutions we have installed in Norway and other European countries support the growing EV sector. As for industrial automation in the EMEA region, we have built nine branch offices with 64 partners in 55 countries, meaning aggressive expansion in the Middle East and Africa. This year at Hannover Messe 2016, we are showcasing industrial robots with real application workstations, together with industrial Ethernet switches and cloud routers for building intelligent factories”, said Jackie.
Prepare for “Future Automation and Smart Manufacturing”
With years of internal integration and development of management systems, Delta has transformed from a component supplier to a system integration and solution provider. We now provide highly efficient, energy-saving automation solutions and a cloud platform for manufacturing and factories. Throughout the exhibition, Delta is telling the world that we are confident and ready for the future of “Smart Manufacturing” with our global partners and customers.
This year's partner country for Hannover Messe is the U.S.A., and President Barak Obama visited Hall 11, where Delta's booth is located, to see the state-of-the-art automation technologies. His visit brought even more visitors to Hall 11, and many of them came to Delta's booth and showed great interest in Delta's smart factory solution, robot stations and complete range of industrial automation products. The exhibition ended with many new business opportunities and it was a great success for Delta.