National Instruments (www.ni.com) has expanded its portfolio of NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) technology with the addition of a motion module for CompactRIO and a reconfigurable Camera Link frame grabber. A PC-based embedded vision board, the NI PCIe-1473R frame grabber seamlessly combines Camera link interface with field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to allow engineers to easily create […]
Servo Drives
Pneumatic Servo Dispense System combines efficiency with controlling accuracy
Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. (www.sealantequipment.com) has unveiled a positive rod displacement metering system that seamlessly combines the pneumatic drive motor’s cost efficiency with the servo drive motor’s controlling accuracy, the new Pneumatic Servo Dispensing (PSD) system. Integrating a pneumatic drive motor and servo package, the PSD offers accurate flow control, consistent bead profiles and […]
Endoline to unveil the “spider” in UK
Endoline Machinery (www.endoline.co.uk) has announced the launch of the “Spider” palletizing robot at the upcoming PPMA (Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) show. A servo driven gantry robot, this new machine is designed with three or four axes. It offers a compact footprint and can palletize crates, boxes, bags, buckets and other packed products from one […]
New Catalog from Quicksilver Controls Highlights Servo Motion
Covina, Cal. – Quicksilver Controls’ new 48-page catalog provides a review of the full range of QuickSilver’s motors, drives and controls that feature their high pole count, 2-phase permanent magnet motors when operated in a vector control mode as a full 4 quadrant servo motor system. QuickSilver’s electronic drives and controls use size 17, 23, […]
Integrated Brushless ServoNOW™ Servo System from Bison Gear
St. Charles, Ill. – Bison’s integrated brushless ServoNOW™ servo system for single axis applications was designed to meet basic motion needs by limiting programmability and using simple positioning and speed control applications. This state-of-the-art design reduces the amount of time and money spent on overall set-up and installation. All input and output functions of the […]
Technosoft iPOS3602 compact and intelligent drive solution
Technosoft (www.technosoftmotion.com) has introduced a new range of intelligent servo drives anchored on a revolutionary design concept that provides compact solutions higher-power density — the iPos line. Modularly engineered to cover both low-volume and high-volume applications, iPOS3602 (36 V, 2 A, 75 W) — which is the first member of this family — offers drive […]
Motion over Ethernet provides new level of performance
Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com) proudly offers a fully integrated motion solution that operates on similar high-level communications protocol such as those running on other parent automation systems. With the enhancements on its programmable automation controllers (PACs) portfolio, the company now offers Integrated Motion over EtherNet/IP technology. This new technology helps companies optimize their machine design flexibility, […]
Servo Drives with Sinusoidal Commutation from Galil
Rocklin, Cal. – Galil Motion Control, announces two multi-axis servo drives that perform sinusoidal commutation; the AMP-43540 with four 600W servo drives, and the AMP-43640 with four 20W 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 […]
ABB drives deliver precise textile control
Tatham (www.tatham-uk.com), a textile machinery company, has entered into a joint venture with ABB (www.abb.com) to develop a technology that will offer increased production speeds with optimized product weight distribution for cross-lapper control. The cross-lapper uses a light weight fiber web, which it accepted from the carding machine, to build a heavier web in layers. […]
Universal Single & Dual Axis Drive Modules for EtherCAT Networks from ACS Motion Control
Eden Prairie, Minn. – ACS Motion Control announces an EtherCAT slave Universal Drive Module that directly drives one or two axes. Designated the SPiiPlus UDMnt, the Universal Drive Module operates as an EtherCAT slave device to any SPiiPlus EtherCAT master controller. The SPiiPlus UDMnt supports AC servo, DC brushless, DC brush, closed and open loop […]