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Bonding an AKMH Servo Motor Cable's Shield to the AKD's Ground (PE) PlateThis article describes how to remove the outer cable jacket from the AKMH motor cable and solidly clamp it to the servo drive’s grounding bracket. English
MMG Cable setsThere are 2 different cable sets for the MMG, depending upon the encoder selection.  These cables are 10 feet long ( the "120" in the part number is length in inches). English
AKD X10 Primary Mating Connector - 15-Pin Male High Density D-Sub breakout boardKollmorgen does offer a Male 15-pin High-Density D-Sub connector with breakout board. Customers can use this for the X10 Feedback primary connector on AKD units. English
AKM Operating TemperatureThe standard operating temperature of an AKM is based upon the most temperature sensitive device.  This is typically the bearings .  The standard bearings that are used on the AKM put the operating temperature at -20 to +120 deg. English
AKMH in Salt Water (Marine) EnvironmentsWhile we don’t technically have a salt water rating for the AKMH series motors, we have done salt fog testing to simulate the marine environment with good results.  The AKMH series motor is certainly a recommendation for that environment.  English
VB Telnet ExampleAttached is an example Visual Basic Telnet communications program to talk to the AKD.  No warranties or support but this program is so simple, I'm not sure it needs much support. English
AKD EthernetIP FB1.OFFSET Absolute Feedback RSlogixMany customers want to use an Absolute Feedback device as the home reference.  They also want to move the axis to, what they want as, a home position and "Auto Set drive parameter FB1.OFFSET for the difference between the Absolute Feedback zero position and their pefered home position.  English
EKM Motor Connectors and Corresponding Mating ConnectorsKollmorgen does not offer power or feedback cables for the EKM series servomotors. Typically customer's will build their own cables for applications using the EKM motors. The EKM motor connector part numbers are shown in the EKM Catalog (attached to this article). English
Dual Use Changes Table of Contents General Information English