The new C6670 industrial server from Beckhoff represents one of the most powerful controllers ever to reach the industrial market. The immense computing power within the C6670 series can be most effectively used when each individual core is efficiently leveraged with the TwinCAT 3.1 automation software platform from Beckhoff.
Decades of successful applications in the field have demonstrated that centralized control system architectures have numerous advantages over distributed methodologies. Modern production lines and high-performance, standalone machines incorporate ever increasing functionality with ever shorter cycle times, requiring increasingly powerful, central control systems.
The Beckhoff “many-core control” concept means that in addition to a machine’s control functions – PLC, motion, robotics, and CNC – further functions such as advanced measurement technology, condition monitoring, and visualization are all integrated into one powerful software package, TwinCAT, and executed on one powerful PC-based controller. With TwinCAT 3.1 it is possible to optimally utilize all available processor cores by intelligently distributing individual control tasks among them.
The C6670 is the first industrial server offered from Beckhoff Automation. In addition to computationally-intensive control technology, the C6670 can also be used, for example, in complex applications such as highly articulated robotics and advanced image processing. Designed for control cabinet installation, the C6670 server incorporates two Intel Xeon processors, each with 6, 12, or 18 cores, working together on a motherboard with two Gigabit Ethernet controllers and a powerful graphics card. Apart from the massive performance levels delivered by up to 2 TB DDR4 RAM, there are four PCIe x16 Gen III slots, one PCIe Gen III x 8 slot and one PCIe Gen II x 4 slot for multiple interface cards and maximum flexibility.
