GE
Intelligent Platforms

PACMotion*
High-performance motion control improves productivity
PACMotion* leverages industry standards
along with GE Intelligent Platforms’ considerable experience in automation to deliver
the exceptional machine productivity
required for today’s high-speed machines
and lean manufacturing environments.
Integrated with the powerful PACSystems*
RX3i Programmable Automation Controller
(PAC), PACMotion leverages the RX3i’s single
control engine and universal programming
environment to provide application portability across multiple hardware platforms.
PACMotion’s enhanced motion engine and
unique system architecture provide higher
machine performance, exceptional application flexibility, reduced downtime and lower
total cost of ownership.

Performance to Improve Productivity
PACMotion offers high performance, multiaxis solution for motion and machine control.
Even on applications with high axis count
and tight axis synchronization, PACMotion
ensures that there is no degradation in
performance as you add more axes. The
unique architecture uses the RX3i high-speed
backplane to synchronize motion updates to
all axes simultaneously to deliver improved
accuracy, reduced cycle times and faster
response to changing control requirements.
Maximizing Flexibility Through Innovation
PACMotion provides the scalability and
flexibility to cover a full range of motion
applications from material handling
applications to complex multi-axis packaging machines and electronic line shaft
applications. PACMotion enables recipe
management to instantly reconfigure a

machine or line. Dynamic changes to motion
profiles, master/slave assignments, electronic gear ratios and cam profiles reduce
downtime and enhance asset utilization.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
PACMotion solutions utilize a single engineering development environment for all
programming, configuration, and diagnostics, resulting in faster time to solution,
reduced training, and more compact, efficient design. The high level of PACMotion
integration with the RX3i platform and open
standard PLCopen motion programming
can significantly reduce system engineering
and commissioning costs.
PACMotion is designed to provide the
customer the best solution for today and
easy sustainability over the lifetime of the
application.

FEATURE

BENEFIT

Integrated control architecture
in one engine

•t Seamless integration of motion, logic, safety, and visualization functions along with common tag database reduces engineering and speeds time-to-market

Demand-driven data exchange model
between the RX3i CPU and PACMotion

•t Provides users with real-time access to motion data asynchronous to the main program scan
•t Enables faster machine cycle rates by significantly reducing program scan time

Time- or event-driven interrupts

•t Enables fast and accurate synchronization or motion and machine logic events

Fiber optic interface to motion I/O
and drives

•t Greatly improves system noise immunity
•t Allows motion I/O and drives to be distributed up to 400 meters from controller

High-speed position capture and
PLS functions

•t PLS outputs are triggered based on axis or master position set points; turn-off can be position- or time-based, providing
application flexibility
•t Position capture has response time of microseconds for precise registration to product or print mark

Fast consistent motion update rate

•t Fast motion path planning and loop updates regardless of the number of axes
•t Reduces machine cycle time and improves response to dynamic motion changes