Mitsubishi Electric Automation iQ-R Series integrated control platform

Feb. 1, 2016
It's designed for applications within the automotive, food and beverage, material handling, life sciences and electronics manufacturing industries.

Responding to industry demand for integrated machine and plant control, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has introducted the iQ-R Series, which incorporates sequence, motion, safety, process and C language control into one platform. According to Mitsubishi Electric Automation, the iQ-R Series control platform is designed for applications requiring integrated motion and safety control, tight synchronization between various processes and high production throughput. It is specifically designed for applications within the automotive, food and beverage, material handling, life sciences and electronics manufacturing industries. The integrated design allows machines or production lines to consolidate control in one rack. The system can have up to 4 CPUs per rack for various combinations of motion, sequence or process control.

Key features of the iQ-R Series include the following:

    • 0.98 ns execution speed
    • Multi-discipline control with up to 4 CPUs in a single rack
    • High-speed bus
    • GX Works3 programming software with built-in functions and configuration screens
    • CC-Link IE field network with deterministic performance over industrial Ethernet
    • Built-in SD memory card database

Information on the iQ-R Series and the line of factory automation products and solutions from Mitsubishi Electric Automation is available at https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en.