Galil Motion Control has attained UL/CSA certification for several of its premier controller series. This milestone exemplifies Galil’s undying commitment to advancing safety, reliability, and quality in the products it delivers to customers globally. The prestigious certifications attained are UL 61800-5-1/CAN CSA C22.2 No. 274, which governs adjustable speed electrical power drive systems, and UL […]

The DMC-3x01x Motion Controller Series is Galil’s latest generation single-axis motion controller. It uses a 32-bit RISC processor to provide higher speed than older models.  Like all Galil controllers, programming the DMC-3x01x is simplified with two-letter, intuitive commands and a full set of software tools for servo tuning and analysis. The DMC-3x01x Motion Controller Series feature: Available as a compact card-level or box-level unit […]

The EDD-3701x EtherCAT slave drive (part of Galil’s EtherCAT Family of products) now communicates seamlessly with any TwinCAT EtherCAT master — as well as with Galil’s DMC-500×0 and DMC-52xx0 EtherCAT master drives. The EDD-3701x drives have the ability to control either brushed or brushless servo motors, steppers, and microstepping motors. The EDD-3701x is also equipped […]

Watch On Demand. This educational webinar with Galil Motion Controls was originally broadcast on July 18th at 2pm EST.   Stepper motors are employed in a variety of applications across the engineering spectrum because they are inexpensive, simple to operate, and offer high torque at low speeds. However, stepper motors suffer from drawbacks such as…

Watch Now On-Demand – Go Here>> This webinar was originally broadcast Thursday, September 22, 2016   There are many challenges when designing a motion control system. One challenge that can overwhelm many engineers is nonlinear mechanics. These mechanics can make tuning a motion control system difficult. At Galil, we pride ourselves in being able to…

Galil Motion Control Inc. now offers the DMC-52xx0 EtherCAT master, Galil’s first 32-axis motion controller. This new addition to Galil’s EtherCAT family is a pure EtherCAT controller with…

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The RIO-574×0 consists of digital and analog I/O to be used remotely in an EtherCAT automation system. Although the RIO-574×0 can be used with any generic EtherCAT master, it is designed to integrate seamlessly into an EtherCAT system with Galil’s DMC-500×0 EtherCAT master. All RIO-574×0 have 16 opto-isolated digital inputs and 16 high-power (500 mA…

The DMC-30012 Series is Galil’s latest generation single-axis motion controller.  It uses a 32-bit RISC processor to provide higher speed than older models.  The DMC-30012 features an internal 800-Watt brushless sine drive which minimizes space, cost and wiring .The motion controller operates stand-alone or can be networked to a PC via Ethernet.  Features include: Single-axis…

With the increasing presence of EtherCAT in the motion control industry, choosing between EtherCAT and Ethernet is becoming an increasingly important question. This presentation will cover the technical differences between both methods and provide advice on how to choose between them based on application requirements. Strengths and weakness of both Ethernet and EtherCAT will be…

Galil Motion Control Inc. is announcing its new EtherCAT slave I/O controller. The RIO-574×0 is packed with digital and analog I/O to be used remotely in an EtherCAT…

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Galil now offers an EtherCAT slave I/O module. This new product is about a third the price of competitive products … as other EtherCAT I/O solutions are $1,400 to $1,800 on average….

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Custom Lab Software Systems Inc., a developer of precision instrumentation, used a Galil DMC-4020 to build the Micron Level 3-D Confocal Profiling and Thickness Measurement System. This is…

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The DMC-30016 1-axis motion controller is packaged with a 1.4 A/phase 30 V step drive in a single, compact (4.0 in. x 5.0 in. x 1.5 in.) unit. It drives a two-phase bipolar stepper motor in full-step, half-step, ¼ step or 1/16 step. The DMC-30016 is user configurable from 0.5A to 1.4A per phase in…

The RIO-471×0 is an intelligent input and output controller for Ethernet and can communicate with multiple devices including other RIO controllers, PLCs, and Ethernet motion controllers. It contains a fast RISC processor for handling I/O logic and is programmed using an easy-to-use, two-letter command language. A software tool is available for converting standard relay ladder…

Galil’s Ethernet motion controllers were selected by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) for Australia’s Neutron Beam Instrumentation Project (NBIP). Designed to investigate the atomic structure of new materials, understand the kinetics of chemical reactions and peer into living organisms to understand their biological process, the NBIP is located at the new $350…

From unmanned flying drones and laser guided smart bombs to night vision systems, advanced technology continues to help guard against terrorist and enemy attacks–and to increasingly keep soldiers out of harm’s way. In these situations, failure is not an option. As part of this mission, PVP Advanced Electro-Optical Systems, Inc. (PVPAEO), Tustin, CA, develops and…

The RIO-47100 (RIO) remote I/O controller connects to Ethernet and provides an intelligent, cost-effective method for adding inputs and outputs to a variety of motion and non-motion applications. Each RIO unit is self-contained and supplies numerous analog and digital I/O including 8 analog inputs, 8 analog outputs, 16 optically isolated inputs, 8 high-power isolated outputs…