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A pre-condition for the development of a system with the capability of high precision was the use of a real-time capable operating system. Due to the lack of functionality of the previously used real-time operating system, the company Stäubli Sargans AG decided to use a Linux-based controller for the first time. SYSGO took care of the system software. They adapted Linux to the controller, provided the basis for application development with the ELinOS development environment, and supported the introduction of the RTAI real-time extension with their know-how. 

The result is a machine that automates the weaving preparation process needed for sorting individual weaving threads as well as for colour recognition. The freshly developed machine can be individually configured to customer requirements and will be presented for the first time at the ITMA in autumn 2003. 

"Decisive for the success of the project was the professional and quick use of SYSGO in porting it to our hardware platform" explains Dr. Warden, project manager of Stäubli Sargans AG. "Thanks to the cooperation with SYSGO, we were able to concentrate on the further development of our application." 

More information at www.sysgo.com/elinos

Company Profile of the Stäubli Group 

The company was founded in Switzerland in 1892 in Horgen on Lake Zurich. Today, with plants in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy and sales and service subsidiaries located worldwide, Stäubli is a multinational group of companies with over 2000 employees and a turnover of over CHF 600 million. 

Stäubli is internationally renowned as the most important manufacturer of shedding machines for weaving and weaving preparation systems, as well as a leading company for quick coupling technology and robotics. As a modern company with more than 100 years of development activity, Stäubli has the declared aim of offering its customers products that are at the forefront of technological progress, today and in the future.

For more information, please visit www.staubli.com