The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5500 servo drive, Kinetix VP low-inertia (VPL) servo motor, and single-cable technology are an integrated motion system on EtherNet/IP that is compact, easy to use, and simplifies system wiring. For packaging, material handling or converting systems with more than six axes, these units do not require discrete power rail or additional accessories,…

Pro-Motion 4.5 motion systems offer visual tools for prototyping servo hardware, developing motion code, and optimizing servo loops. Key capabilities includes frequency-based servo analysis, easy-to-use axis wizard setup tool, fast and accurate servo loop auto-tuner, Windows 32 and 64-bit compatibility. Select between Bode plots or a frequency sweep in sin-, triangle-, or square-wave waveforms. Performance…

Ingenia Motion Control announces the release of the new i124 AC Servo Drive, capable of driving several motor types including AC induction and permanent magnet brushless motors with output power up to 1 HP. It can operate as a frequency inverter with programming capabilities allowing traditional V/Hz control method. It also incorporates an active Power…

by Laura Carrabine, Senior Editor Traditional motion controllers mainly rely on complex centralized motion control architectures to handle the high-dynamics of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) cross-coupled feedback topology of gantry systems. In addition, traditional units require expert installers for proper operation and maintenance. A new product family proposes a more efficient servo control approach for high…

Elmo has launched the Gold Drum HV 100/800 – a 60 KW, high-performance, wide bandwidth servo drive yet with a very high-efficiency of around 99%. The Gold Drum HV 100/800 is EtherCAT and CANOpen compliant and, in conjunction with Elmo’s Gold Maestro, creates a high-level, real-time, multi-axis network. Elmo’s ‘go-standard’ policy, allows easy expansion, upgrading,…

ORMEC Systems Corp. New 400V models have been added to ORMEC’s XD-Series Indexing Servo Drive family. These high-performance, single-axis models further expand the XD Indexer family power range, the widest in the industry. The new 400V models, with 1.4, 2.4 and 4.8 kW ratings, support 3x peaking and 50% higher power density. This small footprint…

Ingenia Motion Control has updated their online tool for servo control customization, ‘Servo drives a la carte’. The web tool is aimed to help customers to define their motion control solution in a simple and user friendly environment, with no limits on size, geometry, or power among others. Ingenia uses a modular design approach based…

Elmo announced that its Gold Servo Drives have passed the rigorous EtherCAT Conformance Tests, making Elmo one of only six companies to do so. Elmo invests significant resources of time, money and skills into complying with industry protocols like EtherCAT, as well as standards such as Safety and EMC. Elmo believes that compliance is mandatory…

The DZE & DZS series of servo drives for EtherCAT enabled control networks fit in the palm of your hand. The ‘DxM’ – Demultiplexed Motion technology connects up to 3 DZS drives (sub-nodes) to a single DZE (node) on an EtherCAT® network for up to 4 axes of servo motion. ‘DxM’ technology handles all sub-node…

The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis EtherNet/IP servo drive can lower the cost to deploy integrated motion on low-axis machines found in applications such as indexing tables, process skids, case packers, erectors, and packaging. It can be used with the Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5370 Series of programmable automation controllers and the Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus human-machine interfaces. Leveraging…

As Ethernet-based machines continue to grow, more vendors are launching servomotor drives to meet this need. The features of the ABB drives include compatibility with a number of industrial Ethernet protocols, universal encoder interfacing capability, local motion control programming, and integrated functional safety. This MicroFlex e150 Ethernet servo drive family with single-phase options offers output…

Kollmorgen’s AKD™ servo drives now support the functionality of the base analog drive, indexing drive, CANopen® drive and EtherCAT® drive all from a single drive SKU. This enables printing, packaging, converting, medical and other machine builders to benefit from more efficient bench testing and prototyping, while enabling them to smoothly transition from one bus type…

Applied Motion Products announces the availability of an EtherNet/IP connectivity option for their SV7 servo drive. The SV7 is a compact, 24 to 80 VDC sine servo drive and is available with specially matched 50 to 300 watt V series NEMA mount servo motors as well as M series metric mount, IP rated servo motors.…

Golf courses and farms need equipment that precisely seeds and fertilizes large expanses of ground. Otherwise, grass and crops grow unevenly or not at all. When equipment designers looked for an easy way to adjust application rates for seeding and fertilizing distribution, they found the Zero-Max adjustable speed drives as a reliable source. Zero-Max Adjustable…

Animatics Corporation announces the utilization of their SmartMotor™ in Trak-kit’s telepresence systems. The SmartMotor is a fully programmable multi-axis motion controller with integrated brushless servo drive and motor. Trak-kit is using the SmartMotor to blend industrial capability with aesthetic design and bring motion control to the telepresence and entertainment industry. Animatics’ Class 5 SM23165D-C-AD1 SmartMotor…

View this webinar to learn how to apply industrial networks for real-time machine control. The webinar will highlight: • A comparative look at industrial automation networks, assessing speed, performance and precision for machine control applications • Real-world applications and the benefits that result from using a real-time Ethernet-based solution • An in-depth examination of how…

A sampling of what’s happening in the world of motion controllers reveals evolutionary changes especially in networking and communications. Motion controllers are continuing to evolve and meet the challenges of cutting-edge motion applications. They’re changing by adding support for motion network protocols such as EtherCat, building out other Ethernet-based networks, and continuing to add advanced…

Most industrial clutches and brakes are measured in the millions of cycles, but when you have applications such as high volume mail sorting machines life needs to be measured in the tens of millions of cycles. To accomplish this high cycle life, Ogura uses ceramic friction material as an option in the AMC series of…

Galil Motion Control announces two multi-axis servo drives that perform sinusoidal commutation: the AMP-43540 which contains four 600Watt servo drives and the AMP-43640 which contains four 20Watt servo drives. Both models are sinusoidally commutated which minimizes torque ripple compared to drives using trapezoidal commutation. This is especially important for applications using low friction linear motors.…

Lenze Americas highlighted two new inverter drives at ProMat 2011. The compact Lenze 8400 Motec and 8400 Protec are decentralized inverter drives equipped for all drive functions and scaled for the needs of the material handling industry. “For decentralized applications, the 8400 Motec and Protec frequency inverters are a great fit. Steering the whole drive…

The SL2 safety coupling is compact, flexible and torsionally rigid with integral torque overload release. For aggressive servo driven applications, it is backlash free, relying on preloads and frictional connections, along with a hydroformed stainless steel bellows to relieve bearing loads resulting from misalignment. In the event of a machine crash, power surge, or any…

Yaskawa America Inc. recently named Mike Knapek as president and chief operating officer. The company also promoted Mark Bernicky to vice president of drives. The company is headquartered in Waukegan, Ill., with manufacturing facilities in Oak Creek, Wis., Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Plain City, Ohio. The moves are designed to place long-time Yaskawa leaders in…

Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc.’s Bench Top XYZ series dispensing robots are now available as part of a complete turn-key robotic dispensing system for 1-part and 2-part materials. The XYZ gantry robot system applies adhesives, sealants and lubricants with precision placement directly onto the customer’s part quickly with repeatable accuracy. The Bench Top XYZ Robot…

Servo2Go.com has just added Galil Motion Control’s Econo Series Motion Controller with Ethernet & Onboard Servo Drive, the CDS-3310, to its broad range of high performance cost effective Ethernet based Motion controllers. Galil Motion Control recently released the CDS-3310 single-axis controller and drive system designed to provide high performance and precise control of a single…

ORMEC premieres a comprehensive library of motion control videos at www.ormec.com/videos.aspx . The videos feature the XD-Indexer, a single axis integrated controller and servo drive and its easy-to-use table based software, MotionSetTM. Follow the step-by-step instructions and learn how to use MotionSet software to reduce project set-up and commissioning time. Pre-defined ‘load and go’ application…