Since last October’s launch of its innovative, new class of automation technology—the NJ-Series Machine Automation Controller (MAC)—Omron has seen the successful implementation of this revolutionary product into several customer operations. Through this one-hour webcast, we share the experiences and outcomes of these pioneering companies who took the MAC for a spin and used it in their daily production. Watch the live webcast to: - Hear first-hand, real-life experiences, challenges, solutions and successes from Omron MAC customers - Find out what first attracted them to Omron and what the key selling point was that made them choose the MAC as their solution - Ask questions, share your insight and be part of the discussion

1. Pushing the Envelope with
Machine Automation
Controllers (MAC)
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2. Omron Automation and Safety
Webcast Panelists –
Shawn Adams
Director of Marketing
Miguel Mercedes
Key Accounts Manager
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3. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Webcast Panelists –
Wally Lowe
Founder & President
Bill Strater
Director of Engineering
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4. MTS Medication Technologies
Webcast Panelists –
Mark Sweet
Controls Engineer, Packaging Automation
Jason Stebbins
Controls Engineer, Packaging Automation
Lonnie West
Senior Software Engineer, Packaging Automation
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5. MAC – A New Category in Controls
Machine Automation Controller
Whitepaper
“Evolution in
Motion”
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6. MAC Recap
• Expansion of the controller concept
— PLCs, PACs, Safety Integrated
• Increased controller abilities follow increases in
processor technology
• Role of Machine Automation Controllers (MAC)
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7. A New Platform for Machine Control
ONE Controller
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ONE Connection
ONE Software

8. MAC Recap
• MAC comparisons to existing
controllers
• System synchronization when
controlling up to 64 axes with a
single MAC
• MAC applications in robotics,
packaging and material
handling
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9. Omron Sysmac NJ-Series
Reflections of the Revolution
Shawn Adams
Director of Marketing
Omron Automation & Safety
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10. Scope of Launch Update – What’s NEW!
Sysmac Studio
NJ5 CPU
NJ3 CPU
16, 32, 64 axis
4 & 8 Axis
v1.02
E3X-HD
Fiber Sensors
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More
3rd Party ECAT
Expanded I/O
Module Offering

11. Scalable Automation Controller
Sysmac NJ-Series
• NJ5 and NJ3 CPU
• Scalable
◦ Memory
◦ Speed
◦ Axis Count
Part
number
Max.
no. of
Axes
CPU Speed
(min scan
time)
Instruction
Execution Time
Ladder / Lreal
CAM
Total points /
tables
NJ301-1100
4
600 MHz
NJ301-1200
8
(1msec)
3.0 / 42
nsec
262k / 160
NJ501-1300
32
NJ501-1500
Memory capacity for
variables*1
16
NJ501-1400
Program
capacity
64
1.6 GHz
(0.5msec)
1.9 / 26
nsec
1M / 640
*1 retained during
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5 MB
(100k steps)
2 MB: not retained
0.5 MB: retained
20 MB
(400k steps)
4 MB: Not retained
2 MB: Retained
power interruption

12. VOICE
Voice Of Innovative Customers Executing
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14. MTS Medication Technologies
Webcast Panelists –
Mark Sweet
Controls Engineer, Packaging Automation
Jason Stebbins
Controls Engineer, Packaging Automation
Lonnie West
Senior Software Engineer, Packaging Automation
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15. MTS Medication Technologies Vital Statistics
• Industry: Pharmaceutical
• Customer Type: OEM, St. Petersburg, FL USA
• Distributor: AA Electric
• Application: Automated Medication Packaging
Machines, blisterpack, X-Y pick-n-place and indexing
motion type.
• Website: www.mts-mt.com/pharmacy/equipmentautomation/automation/
• Automation Suppliers: Yaskawa, Rockwell/AB,
Siemens, Beckhoff, Mitsubishi
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16. MTS Partnerships
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17. MTS Medication Technologies
Accuflex
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18. MTS Medication Technologies
International Availability
Programming Environment
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19. MTS Medication Technologies
Hardware and Features
Support and Help
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20. MTS Medication Technologies
Integration and Communications
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21. MTS Medication Technologies
Enterprise
Level
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Machine Level

22. MTS Medication Technologies
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23. MTS Medication Technologies
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24. MTS Medication Technologies
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26. MTS Medication Technologies
OR
Select Hardware with
Sync w/ Hardware
No Prior Knowledge
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27. MTS Medication Technologies
Create Tags
Automatically
Toolbox includes all
functions and FB
Mix IEC Ladder and
Structured Text
Background Compile
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28. MTS Medication Technologies
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29. MTS Medication Technologies
One Real-time Network enables
Faster, Simpler, Smarter Machines
One Factory Network
For Information
 Most accepted open network
One physical layer
Two Protocols
One Purpose for
Machine Automation
One Machine Network
For Real-time Control
 Fastest open network
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30. What is
?
1.
EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology)
2.
EtherCAT is an open Ethernet-based fieldbus standard,
utilizing IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet standard) components
3.
The EtherCAT slave device has dedicated EtherCAT
hardware, available as a dedicated chip with embedded
switch
EtherCAT: Real-time optimum Industrial Ethernet Protocol
for controlling Servo, AC Drives and I/Os
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31. MTS Medication Technologies
• Fast, reliable, Ethernet
based system driven by
industry needs
• 1µs repeatability from
distributed clock ensures
alignment of machine
design and functionality
requirements
Real-time Network
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32. MTS Medication Technologies
• EtherCAT: The Fieldbus Network
◦ Fast and efficient
 Processing On-The-Fly
 Suitable for small data quantities
◦ Real-time synchronized
 Distributed Clocks with < 1 usec jitter
 Determinism need to control servo, ac drive & I/O devices
◦ Open and flexible
 Follows international standards
 Dynamic Process data
 Topology options
◦ Cost-effective
 Makes internet technologies available at the device level
 Diagnosis
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Distributed Clock
Synchronization

33. MTS Medication Technologies
• Industrial tough EtherNet/IP driven by
industry needs
• Open network connectivity ensures
alignment of machine design and
functionality requirements
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35. MTS Medication Technologies
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36. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Webcast Panelists –
Wally Lowe
Founder & President
Bill Strater
Director of Engineering
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37. Cross-Core Technology Vital Statistics
• Industry: Printing
• Customer Type: OEM, US Florida
• Distributor: Cross Automation
• Application: Synchronous feed control indexing,
modular machine starts as 1 servo and 1 inverter axis,
then add station modules for all configurations. Transport
of card from feeder to the collation conveyor. Additional
modules would be slave transport, print, barcode and id.
• Automation Vendors Evaluated: Lenze Servo/Drive,
Yaskawa, Allen Bradley
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38. Cross-Core Technology Partnerships
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39. Cross-Core Technology, Inc. Machine Output
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40. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Previous Machine Design
Shawn ask Qs – Cross-Core answers
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41. New ‘NJ-based’ Machine
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42. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
• New NJ-5 Based
Architecture
• Planning to release
to customers
Summer 2012
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43. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
CPU: Compact unit with Atom Intel CPU 1.66GHz,
fan-less cooling, embedded real-time OS,
quick boot time (12 seconds)
Built-in EtherNet/IP
port 32 connections
at 10msec update
Built-in EtherCAT port
192 slave nodes
32 Axis in 1msec
Built-in USB port
SD CARD slot
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16 / 32 / 64 axis for
Multi-axis Coordinated
Servo Control

44. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
NJ-5
AC Inverters on
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45. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
(2) TJ2 (4, 16, or 64 axes)
Trajexia / Mechatrolink II
Architecture
16 servo in 1 ms
Mechatrolink II
Servo Drives
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AC Drives

46. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Performance
X-STREAM
NJ5 EtherCAT
NJ3 EtherCAT
MAINSTREAM
MOTION
LEAN
MX2 with
flow chart
CJ2 with EtherCAT
CP1 with
Pulse
Scalable Machine Automation
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TJ with EtherCAT
Functionality/Axis #

47. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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48. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Panel Layout – Future Proof
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49. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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50. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Operator I/F Screen Examples
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51. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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52. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
 Bright & Clear
 Scalability
 Troubleshooting
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5.7”-15”
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53. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Troubleshooting Before…
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54. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Troubleshooting with
NJ Troubleshooter
NS-Series
HMI
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55. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
In-Feed Detail
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56. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Print Head Detail
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57. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
A True Integrated Development Environment
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58. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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59. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Inspection Detail
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60. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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63. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
Nearing Production Launch
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64. Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
“Every success is a direct
result of uncompromised
teamwork”
Wally Lowe
Founder & President
Cross-Core Technology, Inc.
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65. Questions
Shawn Adams
Wally Lowe
Director of Marketing
Founder & President
Miguel Mercedes
Bill Strater
Key Accounts Manager
Director of Engineering
Mark Sweet
Controls Engineer, Packaging
Automation
Jason Stebbins
Controls Engineer, Packaging
Automation
Lonnie West
Senior Software Engineer,
Packaging Automation
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