With SafeMOTION Release 1.9, safety functions for the ACOPOSmulti servodrive family have been updated. In addition to two new functions—Remanent Safe Position (RSP) and Safely Limited Acceleration (SLA)—the update introduces machine options for SafeMOTION parameters and improves both system availability and user-friendliness. To obtain a safe, absolute multi-turn position, homing used to be necessary each…

Kollmorgen introduces Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ (KAS) software version 2.8 and AKD servo drive platform firmware version 1.12. The additions include a new higher performance version of the AKD® PDMM, enhancements to the coordinated motion programming blocks and additions to the EtherCAT configuration tool. This enables OEM’s who utilize Kollmorgen’s automation and drive systems to deliver…

The LVD Sercos III is a compact, high-power and intelligent servo drive for low voltage 1548 VDC bus servo motion applications. The drive is for use with small low voltage brushless, stepper or brushed DC motors. In the case of stepper motors, the control is done through a closed loop commutation with no step loss.…

Servotronix introduces the LVD Sercos III, a compact, high-power and intelligent servo drive for low voltage 15‑48 VDC bus servo motion applications. The drive is ideal for driving small low voltage brushless, stepper or brushed DC motors. In the case of stepper motors, the control is done via a closed loop commutation with no step…

By Michael Jermann/ Assistant Editor When PennEngineering, a global leader in fastening solutions, designed the Pemserter, a new-generation, servo-driven fastener insert press, they used Emerson’s Unidrive M servo drives as the primary drive mechanism. The press would allow operators to install fasteners without needing to hold onto the workpiece. The Pemserter ensures the system delivers…

B&R has extended the safety function, “Safely Limited Speed at Tool Center Point,” making it possible to monitor the full spectrum of serial robot types in a safety application. This is a significant advance on the function first introduced in 2011, which so far has already allowed safe monitoring of all joints on a 6-axis…

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Microbore tubing is an essential tool in modern medicine. Tiny in diameter, it’s also flexible and durable – qualities that make it indispensable for treating, repairing and even replacing parts of the human body. Manufacturers produce microbore tubing in a range of sizes for different medical purposes. Whatever the size, microbore tubing requires a rigorously…

Centricity Corporation’s EZ Indexer is a high precision flexible servo indexing system designed to work directly with today’s PLC or PC Control Systems.  Unlike traditional servo indexing systems the EZ Indexer has been designed as an off-the-shelf indexing solution that offers the most popular features of servo indexing at a price that competes with mechanical…

This webinar with Bimba Manufacturing and Design World Editorial Director, Paul Heney, discusses the capabilities of pneumatic mechanical, electro-pneumatic and electric stepper/servo actuation and control for use in commercial and industrial process applications. Beginning with “hard-stop” pneumatic actuators the whitepaper shares how these components work, the positioning accuracies that they can achieve and their cost.…

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…