Design engineers involved in motion control and system components — check it out: The 2020 Design World Motion Trends issue has gone to press, and the digital version is now live at issuu.com in case you haven’t received a hard copy. By the way, if you’d like to subscribe to Design World, the signup is […]
Industrial Automation
New Flextrac series conveyors from QC Conveyors tackles curves and elevation changes
QC Conveyors now serves more markets and applications with its new Flextrac Series modular plastic chain conveyors. Their space-saving modular design lets the conveyors handle the challenges of factory automation applications — whether fitting into new spaces or integrating existing machinery. Each Flextrac Series Conveyor consists of modular straight sections, horizontal curves, and vertical bends […]
New matched motor-drive motion system from Kollmorgen
Kollmorgen’s new 2G Motion System is a servo solution based on the latest thinking about single-source, systems-based design. The 2G Motion System was designed specifically to harness the performance capabilities of Kollmorgen’s AKD2G servo drive and AKM2G servo motor. Motor and drive are precisely matched in every element (e.g. drive switching frequency, commutation algorithms, motor […]
Online tool from FAULHABER speeds drive system selection
The new Drive Selection Tool from FAULHABER lets users precisely determine the required drive system for their application quickly and easily. It’s especially useful for developers and application engineers who need to save time in the selection process. Only a little information, such as speed and torque, is sufficient in order to quickly determine the […]
SEW-EURODRIVE P-Series planetary gear unit
The P-Series planetary gear unit from SEW-EURODRIVE is available in 11 sizes and offers compact, torque-dense solutions for a wide variety of applications and industries. Built on SEW-EURODRIVE’s modular component foundation, the P-Series is available in a wide range of torque and gear ratio combinations. Consisting of a 7-series gearmotor mounted in front of a […]
Dunkermotoren becomes part of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance
The digitalization of factories and plants as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) promise ever new possibilities for the automation industry. In this development, a wide variety of technologies from the field level to the cloud and also across different stages of the value chain must be combined across manufacturers to create tangible added […]
Bosch Rexroth SafeMotion achieves CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP certification from ODVA
Bosch Rexroth’s drive-integrated SafeMotion machine safety platform has received the ODVA’s CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP certification, adding to the company’s capabilities to support major safety automation buses, including CIP Safety on Sercos, PROFIsafe on PROFINET and FailSafe over EtherCAT. SafeMotion technology is available on Bosch Rexroth IndraDrive intelligent servo drives. With this latest certification, SafeMotion […]
New frame sizes, features for soft starter family from WEG
WEG has extended its SSW900 series of soft starters to include frame size E for the current range of 480 to 670 A. The series previously consisted of four frame sizes A to D, covering output currents from 10 to 412 A in the voltage range of 220 to 575 V 3-phase ac. These compact […]
Automation Libraries simplify Lexium MDrive controller integration
Three (3) Automation Libraries are now available to simplify interfacing Lexium MDrive integrated motors with commonly available PACs and PLCs from Siemens, Rockwell, and Schneider Electric. The library add-on instructions (AOI) for motion control are available to download for free here. AOIs reduce the work of writing software programs to execute move profiles such as: […]
What does integrated safety in motion control mean?
Safety is a critical machine design criteria. For example, the most common functional safety standards for machines in automation are EN/IEC 62061 and EN/ISO 13849-1. Both deal with safety via electronic solutions. This is in contrast to traditional safety systems that used electromechanical components for safety functions. Functional safety is generally understood to apply to […]