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Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Motor Technology | Subject: ARS 2000 range
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2006
Servo controllers are flexible about
interfacing
Single and three phase servo positioning controllers can be connected to a wide range of encoder systems and motor types.
Motor Technology has launched a new range of single and three phase servo positioning controllers that it describes as "truly universal" as they can be connected to a wide range of encoder systems and motor types The ARS 2000 range from Metronix is the company's second generation servo drives that have been designed for ultimate flexibility and ease of use
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The ARS 2000 range can be connected to resolvers, incremental encoders, absolute encoders with either EnDat or Hiperface, high-resolution Stegmann incremental encoders and incremental encoders with or without communication signals.
The new drives will also control different motor types such as torque motors, linear motors or synchronous motors.
Two technology slots on the front panel of the drives enable users to plug in various fieldbus technology modules such as Profibus, Sercos and Ethernet as well as I/O expansion and and service modules.
Another key feature of the ARS 2000 range is its ease of setup with Metronix's own setup wizard ServoCommander that allows fast and easy configuration of the drive using a PC.
The software automatically identifies the motor and the connected servo controller then guides the user through the setup procedure.
The new drives have an integrated CAN-interface with the CANopen protocol DSP402 that allows the implementation of contouring controls with linear interpolation as well as time synchronised multi-axis applications.
The drives also feature integrated power factor control, safety functions and EMC filters.
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