| worldwide | germany PC Control | Packaging Special 2017 The multifunctional GMS 500 portioning system, which is a central component of modular TVI meat processing centers, is operated via a customized CP6901 Control Panel from Beckhoff. | Part of the basis for the company’s success, says TVI, is the high performance of PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology. These solutions helped elevate the company as the market leader for red-meat portioning machines and lines. “In light of ever-changing market demands, our traditional technology had reached its limits. The PLCs we used at the time offered cycle times of up to 20 milliseconds. A linear servo axis can only move 10 millimeters in this time span. That’s no longer sufficient for today’s positioning and portioning require

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