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Seven new servo and stepper controllers introduced

An Inmoco product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 19, 2001

Inmoco has added seven new servo and stepper models to its popular MultiPro family of industrial automation controllers from Control Technology Corporation (CTC)

Inmoco has added seven new servo and stepper models to its popular MultiPro family of industrial automation controllers from Control Technology Corporation (CTC).

The controllers provide simplified and total machine control, integrating servo / stepper control, analogue and digital I/O and communications in one consolidated package.

This enables users to achieve high levels of machine control without endless hours of software optimisation.

The new models expand the CTC MultiPro series to thirteen.

All are of high performance, multi-processor design and are dual or quad servo or stepper units offering support for up to 64 I/O and DeviceNet and Ethernet connections (on servo models).

The CTC MultiPro family of controllers address some of the most demanding challenges faced by Design Engineers.

They greatly simplify system implementation due to the off-the-shelf integration of motion control, analogue and digital I/O, and communications functions.

The controllers optimise, fully, the advantages of a multiprocessor design.

They deliver high levels of control by dedicating individual CPUs to the servo or stepper motion controller, analogue I/O subsystem, communications processor, and the main controller.

This separation means that the individual processors are free to deliver repeatable, high precision results, while the overall control strategy is being orchestrated by the systems associated multi-tasking Quickstep control program.

The thirteen models in the CTC MultiPro range include advanced features such as high performance single, dual and quad axis servo control, dual and quad stepper control, electronic gearing, axis follower control, CAM profiling, and registration mark sensing.

These capabilities make the MultiPro automation controllers well suited for numerous applications including Web handling, Cut-to-Length, Packaging, X-Y Table Positioning, and many others.

Programming of the CTC MultiPro automation controllers is fast and intuitive with the multi-tasking Quickstep State Language.

Developed specifically for integrated machine automation, Quickstep is an easy-to-learn high level language that supports the execution of up to 28 simultaneous tasks completely independently of each other.

Because the language uses a framework that closely parallels the operation of a typical machine, programs are easy to implement, understand and debug.

All the system functions are integrated into a single programming environment with 25 high-level instructions provided, including motion instructions such as profile servo and turn servo, as well as general machine control instructions.

The CTC MultiPro family is just one of the building blocks used and supplied by Inmoco in the design and building of complete automation systems for use in the food, handling, textiles, machine tools, packaging and printing industries.

Intelligent Motion Control has over 30 years experience in the servo drive industry and its products are backed up by comprehensive design, application, system building and service facilities.

Control Technology Corporation has been applying new technologies to improve machine automation for 25 years.

CTC's headquarters are in Hopkinton, Massachusetts with regional technical centres in Wisconsin and Northern California.

CTC has built a solid technology base and applications experience in machine control, including motion control, analogue data acquisition, language design, communications technology, and related software and hardware technologies.

CTC has recently added patented Web-enabled programmable controller technology to its capabilities.