Product category:
Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Technosoft | Subject: IDMx40, IDSx40, IPS110, IBL2403, ISM4803, ISCM4805
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 March 2006
Intelligent, universal drives use DSP
control
Universal drives covering brushless, DC, linear and step motors from 25W (45V, 0.5A) to 640W (80V, 8A) embed motion control, drive and PLC functionalities in one frame unit of different sizes.
Using Motionchip DSP control technology, Technosoft has developed a family of intelligent, universal drives based on customer requirements - IDMx40 intelligent servo drives, IDSx40 intelligent stepper drives, IPS110 and IBL2403 intelligent minidrives, and ISM4803 and ISCM4805 intelligent control modules These products are universal drives covering all type of applications for brushless, DC, linear and step motors from 25W (45V, 0.5A) to 640W (80V, 8A)
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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They embed motion control, drive and PLC functionalities in one frame unit of different sizes.
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The hardware structure of these motors integrates motor, power electronics, controller, position sensor and interface in one unit with basic local digital and analogue I/O signals.
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The embedded motion controller provides the same high-level motion language for all motors, making their technology differences transparent for the user.
This motion technology is best for systems with distributed intelligence, where the motion application is split between master and drives.
Thanks to the embedded motion controller, complex move sequences are programmed directly on the drive.
The master just calls the functions implemented on the drives and waits for their execution confirmation.
As a consequence, the high-level control functions are handled directly by the supervising PC and a multi-axis motion controller is no longer needed.
All the drives and motors are programmable using Easymotion Studio with Technosoft Motion Language and graphical tools, in stand-alone or multi-axis configurations.
Torque, speed, position, contouring, profiling, e-cams and step motor emulation are the multimode motion operations.
Typical feedback devices include tacho generators, incremental encoders, and digital or linear Halls.
Starter kits and C++, Delphi and Visual Basic motion control libraries for PCs, as well as PLCopen libraries for various PLCs, are available for easier integration of these drives into users' applications.
Featuring RS232 communications by default, the optional Canopen and Can version of the products provides distributed motor control functions such as electronic gearing or E-Cam.
They are suitable for distributed control systems, packaging equipment, printing, textile, automotive, pick-and-place or factory automation applications.
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