Motion Industries has released its first video for 2013 to their “MiHow2” channel, the product/application solutions series. The instructive video series’ goal is to share practical industrial applications that viewers can adapt in their own facilities. Power and automation technologies leader ABB-Baldor is the featured Motion Industries key supplier in the latest video release entitled, […]
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Lenze America’s Energy Efficient Solution Package
Lenze Americas has expanded support to material handling operations with its fully integrated energy efficient solution package comprised of DSD software, MF (multiple frequency) gear motor with GKR bevel gearbox, and the 8400 motec with VFC eco mode. The Lenze energy efficient solution package comprises a trifecta of offerings that take into account the entire […]
maxon introduces ESCON 36/3 EC servo controller
maxon’s new ESCON 36/3 EC is a 4-quadrant PWM servo controller designed for efficient control of brushless DC motors with Hall sensors up to approximately 100 Watts. The ESCON 36/3 EC has excellent control properties and a very fast digital current controller with a large bandwidth for optimal motor current/torque control. The drift-free yet extremely […]
Advantech Introduces Embedded Controller
Designed specifically for solar panel manufacturing and traffic management industries, the Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has released the ECU-1710A automation controller that combines an embedded computer and plug-in DAQ cards into one low profile, small footprint unit. The fanless ECU-1710A integrates two Advantech DAQ cards (PCI-1710UL & PCI-1720U) onto the motherboard which offers 16-ch […]
Specialty I/O Modules for Allen-Bradley PLCs & PACs
AMCI designs and manufactures their products in-house, enabling superior quality and innovative solutions. Their specialty I/O modules can be easily programmed using Rockwell Automation RSLogix software, and are available for the following Allen-Bradley platforms: 1756 ControlLogix, 1769 CompactLogix, 1764 MicroLogix, 1762 MicroLogix, 1734 Point I/O, 1746 SLC-500, 1771 PLC-5. Position Sensor Interfaces AMCI position sensor […]
Scanning the News in Motion Control: From Chip Level Hardware to System Design Software
If I had to make a list of the 2012 hot topics of the year in automation and motion control, energy efficiency would be high on that list. In fact, last month I wrote about some new tools from several automation suppliers aimed at improving energy efficiency of machines and motion systems. It turns out […]
Mitsubishi Electric Adds Simple Motion Module to PAC Platform
Mitsubishi Electric’s QD77MS simplifies programming of complex motion profiles, reduces engineering costs and minimizes learning curves. Other advantages of the QD77MS Simple Motion Module include: Programming and set up of both PLC and motion control using a single software program — GXWorks 2. Controller compatibility, assuring smooth migration to improved technology platforms using tools that […]
CD-adapco Releases Version 9.1 of SPEED PC-BDC
Melville, NY – CD-adapco has released the new 9.1 PC-BDC version of SPEED with over 150 revisions and updates added to extend, amplify and broaden the program’s capability and ease-of-use. PC-BDC is intended for designing and calculating brushless PM motors, drives and generators, line-start PM motors, and wound field synchronous machines. The accelerated speed of […]
The All-in-One Stepper Driver/Controller
The R356 is designed to help reduce overall design time and system cost for a wide array of step motor applications. Measuring at a mere 2.7″ in length and 1.03″ in height, the R356 is easily accommodated into most systems. It provides up to 3 amps peak of current, handles up to 40VDC, and is […]
Motion Controller NextMove ES
NextMove ES is a compact EuroCard format motion controller for control of up to 6 axes of motion control (2 servo, 4 open loop stepper). Using the latest generation 32-bit Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), NextMove ES, coupled with MintMT, offers a high speed and flexible motion controller. On board […]