Product category:
Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Copley Controls Corp
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2005
Alliance promotes distributed motion
control
National Instruments has formed a strategic alliance with Copley Controls to accelerate the implementation of distributed motion control.
National Instruments has formed a strategic alliance with Copley Controls to accelerate the implementation of distributed motion control National Instruments has integrated its new LabView SoftMotion controller with Copley's CANopen intelligent drives, enabling powerful plug-and-play multi-axis solutions for machine builders and OEMs
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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