Accelnet-Micro mounted directly onto OEM circuit boards works in range of system architectures and is compatible with various feedback devices Along with built-in camming and electronic gearing capability servo drive offers several standard... Learn more

Operating stepper motors in servo mode StepNetAC drives run directly on 115/240 Vac at 7 A peak current and include built-in motion control modes such as indexing PVT trajectory tracking camming and electronic gearing Command encoder and... Learn more

With plug-and-play functionality Model CAN-IPM-01 lets OEMs integrate various external sensors and actuators into their distributed motion control system with appropriate I/O interfaces and preferred form factor and connectors Board-mounted CAN... Learn more

Symmetrically configured Model ServoTube has internal permanent magnets that enable Hall position sensor to replace optical encoder allowing motor to meet IP 67 environmental specifications and permits regular washdowns Users can double or triple... Learn more

IEN What are the major concerns facing the controls sector and how can they be addressed?Procter An emerging concern for industrial machinery is the tightening of legislation concerning workplace audible noise Because pneumatic actuators form the... Learn more

StepNet enables 2-phase stepper motors to be networked in CANopen systems previously limited to servomotor drives System designers can select drive motors best suited to servo application Embedded intelligence enables each drive to execute... Learn more

Much is written about high performance factory automation and indeed about linking entire factory Management Information Systems by high performance SERCOS Firewire and Ethernet fiber and cable buses.The CANopen protocol which was pioneered for... Learn more

Modern linear motors benefiting from advances in design magnetic materials and electronic controls raise machine vision throughput precision and reliability article available in .pdf format (Click here to view .pdf.)To obtain Adobe Acrobat... Learn more

Two new CANopen amplifiers and linear motor products from Copley Controls integrate to produce a distributed control motion control system CANopen amplifiers have profiling and PVT (Position Velocity and Time) modes and can produce motion indexes... Learn more

The controls sector is sizzling with innovation with flexible PLCs multifaceted open control and Web-based applications promising greater efficiency and ease-of-use Dick Slansky senior analyst at ARC Advisory Group observes that "most OCS... Learn more