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AKD

The AKD® Series is a proven perfomer, supporting the largest customer installed base, and offers: Industry leading motion control loops, Extensive motor feedback and drive fieldbus support including EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, Profinet RT, etc, Plug-and-play with Kollmorgen motors, and WorkBench GUI, acclaimed for customer experience and usability.

Current Firmware Version1.22.00.000
*Current firmware is available in NB versions. NA versions are only supported for 1.14 and under
Firmware Release DateOctober 2022
Current Hardware Revision

E, F (AKD-x00306, AKD-x00606, AKD-x01206).

For more information, see Hardware Revision

Current Hardware Release Date01/01/2014
Part Number SchemeOpen the PDF
See the WorkBench help for details about the software used to configure and manage the drives.

AKD Variants & Related Products

ModelDescription
AKD-Bzzzyy-xxBase AKD
AKD-C|Nzzzyy"AKD C | N" a decentralized drive system consisting of the N drive and C power supply
AKD-Mzzzyy-MC.."AKD PDMM" offers integrated motion controller and programmable machine control.
AKD-PzzzyyPosition indexer
AKD-Tzzzyy"AKD BASIC" is programmable with BASIC
AKD-xzzz06120/240 VAC variant
AKD-xzzz07240/480 VAC variant
AKD-xzzzyy-IC..variant offers a built-in I/O option board with additional digital and analog I/Os

AKD WebHelp

Following are links to the latest versions of the AKD WebHelp in all supported languages.

Interfaces

Digital/analog I/OsMultiFieldbusPosition output (encoder emulation)Software interfacesMultiFeedback
  • 1  programmable analog input
  • 1  programmable analog output
  • 7 programmable digital inputs
  • 2 programmable digital outputs
  • 1 relais output (fault)
  • 1 Enable input
  • 1 STO input
  • Emulation incremental encoder   
  • Ethernet TCP/IP Service channel

 

AKD Hardware Revision Number

Hardware Revision Firmware Version Date Remarks
A 1.0.0 2009‑11 Starting version
C 1.3.11 2011‑01 STO with certification
  1.5.0 2011‑10 PROFINET RT released
D 1.6.0 2012‑03 Control board revision 9
E 1.13.0 and later 2014‑12 Hardware revision for export classification traceability purposes
F 1.13.0 and later 2020‑10* AKD-x00306-xxxx-xxx (only), Power board update due to component obsolescence, new UL 61800-5-1 standard; resistor added to limit STO inrush current, no change to functionality or certifications.
2020‑12* AKD-x00606-xxxx-xxx (only), Power board update due to component obsolescence, new UL 61800-5-1 standard; resistor added to limit STO inrush current, no change to functionality or certifications.
2021‑10* AKD-x01206-xxxx-xxx (only), Power board update due to component obsolescence, new UL 61800-5-1 standard; resistor added to limit STO inrush current, no change to functionality or certifications.

* Best estimate depending on inventory and UL availability to complete certification updates. About this date, Kollmorgen begins shipping revision F.

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