EVG Upgrades
Future-proof and more efficient: new upgrade options for your EVG line
Your EVG line is an investment in quality and longevity. To make sure that the maximum potential of your machine can be exploited also in the future, we are not only developing new production lines but also well-targeted upgrade packages for existing systems.
Enhance your performance, cut overhead and ensure availability of your production equipment for the years to come.
To that end, we are glad to present to you the core areas of our modernization options.
Control unit modification:
keeping the brain of your line up to date
The control unit is the central nervous system of your machine. An upgrade to the current generation of hardware and software brings about key competitive advantages.
Your advantages at a glance:
- Higher precision & speed: optimized process flows and faster signal processing lead to a higher output quantity with high product quality being maintained at the same time.
- Improved diagnosis & maintenance: modern HMIs (human-machine-interfaces) and extended diagnosis features allow faster troubleshooting and reduce unplanned downtimes.
- Future-proofness & spare parts availability: the use of latest components allows ensuring long-term supply of spare parts and benefits from state-of-the-art safety standards.
- Connectivity: integrate your line seamlessly into your digital production processes to make use of data for process optimization (OEE).
Modification from hydraulic drives to electric drives:
clean, precise, efficient
In many fields, electric drive technology has become a superior alternative to hydraulic systems. Let us analyze your line and we will tell you where a modification is of the greatest utility.
Your advantages at a glance:
- Significant reduction of energy cost: efficiency of electric drives is significantly higher as they use energy just when a movement is being carried out.
- Less maintenance requirements: no more oil change, leaks and filter change. This will reduce recurrent cost and increase machine availability.
- Maximum precision and dynamics: electric drives enable more precise positioning and higher speeds, which will improve quality of your final products.
- Clean production: eliminate the risk of contamination through hydraulic oil – a decisive advantage in sensitive production environments.
Frequency converter upgrade:
a drive for higher performance
Future-proof your drives with an upgrade of your frequency converters to the latest i950 series from Lenze. Many times, this is the first and most economical step to increase efficiency.
Your advantages at a glance:
- Increased energy efficiency: modern converters reduce power consumption of your motors by more intelligent triggering.
- Increased process dynamics: benefit from more precise speed and torque control for demanding applications.
- Ensured spare parts supply: avoid long downtimes caused by discontinued components.
- Integrated safety features: increase safety of your operators through modern and certified safety features (STO, SS1, etc.).
Retrofitting solutions:
get more performance out of existing lines and benefit from new options
The well-targeted retrofitting of mechanical components is one of the most efficient ways to increase the performance and function range of existing lines – without the necessity to invest in a complete new line. With the exchange or retrofitting of key components (e.g. drives, guides, tensioning systems, handling modules) productivity, process stability and availability can be increased significantly – and new process steps can be integrated at the same time.
Typical advantages of retrofitting:
- Higher availability through shorter downtimes and modernized low-wear components
- Extended functionality of the line, e. g. integration of additional handling or processing steps
- Extension of product portfolio due to the possibility of running new products, variants or formats on existing lines
- Improvement of quality and process reliability through more precise mechanical systems and current standards and safety norms (e. g. ISO, DIN)
- Longer service life of a line due to well-targeted replacement of critical modules
- More efficiency through optimized motion sequences, shorter cycle times and less maintenance requirements
Your individual demand – our customized solution
You have to cope with a specific challenge, or you have an idea how to improve your line in a way which is not mentioned here? Perfect! Our Engineering Team is specialized in the analysis and implementation of customer-specific requests.
No matter whether they are about a customized software feature, additional sensors for quality control or mechanical optimization for the reduction of set-up times – we are your partner from conception to implementation.
Let us analyze jointly the potential of your line!
We will be glad to check without any commitment which modernization measures for your individual EVG line have the greatest economical and technological benefit.
Contact our Customer Service Team for a personal consultation and a detailed analysis of potential.