Siemens Industry, Inc. (www.sea.siemens.com) has expanded its range of upper performance Simotion D motion controllers with the addition of the latest Simotion D445-2 DP/PN and D455-2 DP/PN versions. The new Simotion D445-2 multi-axis controllers offer high-speed I/O, onboard Profinet interfaces and with thrice the performance, a single controller can support a maximum of 128 axes […]
Archives for October 2011
Beckhoff unveils latest power monitoring terminal
Beckhoff (www.beckhoff.com) has unveiled its latest power monitoring terminal developed to monitor the condition of a three-phase DC or AC mains network. Suitable for Beckhoff EtherCAT I/O system, the EL3773 power monitoring terminal collects instantaneous values of voltage and power at a remarkably fast sampling rate of up to 10,000 samples per second. This makes […]
Westermo’s latest Ethernet Switch ensures trouble free industrial communication
Industrial Ethernet switches manufacturer Westermo (www.westermo.com) has unveiled a compact device server switch for connecting telemetry systems and legacy serial control to the latest IP networks. The Lynx DSS replaces low data rate serial communications with higher bandwidth IP networks to preserve investments in the current system, ensure trouble free industrial communication and add functionality […]
New Price Reduction on V Series AC Motors from Oriental Motor
Torrance, Cal. – Oriental Motor announces a new, lower price on its high-strength V-Series AC motors. These high-strength motors use a special tooth-surface machining technology combined with an optimized quiet-running design that maintains the motor’s strength. High-accuracy assembly technology ensures precision at micro levels. Maximum permissible torque is increased by up to two times the […]
Right Angle DC Gearmotor comes with integral failsafe brake
Midwest Motion Products, Inc. (www.midwestmotion.com), a distributor of a vast array of mechanical and electronic products, has announced the release of its latest DC Gear Motor that features an integral failsafe brake. Model No. MMP D22-376D-24V GRA60-032 BR-005 accepts any 24VoltDCsource, including battery or solar power. Measuring just 2.24 inches in diameter and 7.2 inches […]
NAI introduces 12-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
North Atlantic Industries (www.naii.com) has unveiled its rugged 12-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module that supports 802.1P QoS or DiffServ/ToS priority queues, 16 KB jumbo frames, Port Aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN, Rapid & Multiple Spanning Tree, Spanning Tree, Port Forwarding, NAT, DHCP, DNS and Firewalling. This high performance, extremely low power Ethernet switch can be mounted on […]
Allied Motion unveils EnduraMax 75i integrated brushless servomotor-drive
Allied Motion’s (www.alliedmotion.com) has launched its EnduraMax 75i integrated brushless servomotor-drive, which combines an integrated all-digital drive, a 4096 count magnetic encoder and a high power density 75 mm brushless DC motor. This feature-rich integrated motor-drive comes with both +/-10VDC or four to 20 mA command inputs. It can also be controlled through optional Modbus […]
What are Transducers for Motion Applications? Technical Summary
A transducer is essentially a device that converts some form of energy into another form. Common types of transducers used in industrial applications can include sensors used to measure temperature, pressure, force, strain, liquid levels and flow rates, and electrical conductivity among others. In motion control applications, transducers can refer to any one of a […]
What are gears for power transmission? Technical summary for design engineers
Updated February 2020 || The function of a gear is to mesh with other gears to transmit altered torque and rotation. In fact, gearing can change the speed, torque and direction of motion from a drive source. Geometry & general gear design When two gears with an unequal number of teeth engage, the mechanical advantage […]
What are Motion Control Networks? Technical Summary
Multi-axis motion control typically uses event-based synchronization. This level of synchronization is defined as scheduled, absolute hard delivery of time-critical cyclic data across the network. Delivery variability must be less than 1 µs, which is also known as jitter. While a number of networks exist for “motion control,” it is important to define the time […]