Waukegan, IL – Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. is pleased to announce that its operation in Brazil, Yaskawa Elétrico do Brasil, received ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18001 certifications from Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s leading certification bodies. From its headquarters in Sao Paulo, Yaskawa Elétrico do Brasil and its distributors provide motion and […]
Servo Drives
Round Mercury Digital Servo Drive Controller from INGENIA-CAT
Round Mercury is a high performance closed-loop digital servo drive controller from INGENIA-CAT, suitable for DC brushed and brushless motors, capable of driving motors up to 200W RMS. Its design includes multiple communication ports (RS232 or CAN with hardware Node-ID), giving designers a wide choice of interfacing methods. Its voltage operation range allows it to […]
New Z Series µ-sized Plug-in Servo Drive Modules
Greenville, DE – Servo2Go.com has added new additions to it’s broad range of highly responsive analog and digital servo drives from Advanced Motion Controls. The ‘Z’ drives are µ-sized servo drives requiring less space than a standard business card and weigh about the same as two golf balls. The ‘Z’ drives are capable of torque, […]
Applied Motion Products adds CANopen option to SV Servo Motor Drives
WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products announces an increase in the range of CANopen products by the addition of CANopen communications to the SV series Step Motor Drives. Adding a CANopen option to the SV series Servo Drives adds a third drive to Applied Motions list of CANopen compatible products, with more to come. The […]
Servo Drives Operate with EtherCAT
The Accelnet servo drive now connects to EtherCAT. The drives use FPGAs to implement an EtherCAT interface. The FPGAs also expand motor feedback and input/output options. Encoder interfaces include EnDat, Hiperface and BiSS. Available in six current ratings, the compact drives come in a range of brushless and brush motors. Several dc supply options are […]
Servos Control Multiple Axes for “Surgical” Precision
Cim-Tech Corp. was commissioned to build a machine that automatically assembles four components of a surgical instrument. The axes of the XYZTheta had to orient one assembly consisting of a cylindrical surgical knife pressed into the end of a staple pusher, and place it inside another assembly consisting of a rod insert in an exterior […]
AllMotion Questions and Answers
Q. Can I daisy chain the intelligent motor control systems and run three stepper motors using one serial connection? A. Yes, you can daisy chain up to 16 devices on the same serial bus. Each has an address switch to easily set the address of the unit. You can also use firmware settable address for […]
IndraDrive Cs Compact Servo Drive
Hoffman Estates, IL –The IndraDrive Cs low-power servo drive from Bosch Rexroth features an extremely compact space-saving design and open support of multiple Ethernet-based communication busses for more flexibility. The IndraDrive Cs supports SERCOS III, ProfiNet, EtherNet/IP and EtherCat communications and is ideal for industries ranging from semiconductor, medical and machine tool to printing, converting, […]
AZ Servo Drives from ADVANCED Motion Controls
ADVANCED Motion Controls announces the expansion of the successful PCB mount, Z-drive servo family. The ‘AZ’ series offers higher power, greater thermal efficiency and lower operating voltages. Functionalities include: torque and velocity modes with multiple command and feedback options. AZ’s take up little space, eliminate wiring hassle and deliver unparalleled performance. Features of the AZ […]
