Power Savings through Energy Management using PMAC Direct Drive Servo Motor Technology >
Direct Drive servo motor and drive technology not only reduces an axis’ parts count, mechanical losses and often its objectionable noise; Direct drive technology also increases a machine’s efficiency, lowering operation cost for the user due to its…
Energy Management of a Servo Motor: Effects of Inertia Ratio >
Your first question may be what is a servo motor’s inertia ratio or mismatch (J_load : Jm or J_load/Jm)? Simply put, the inertia ratio is an important figure-of-merit for helping the machine designer consider servo controllability and risk of future…
Servo Motor Phasing with Hall Commutation >
The expansion of closed-loop feedback motion control into less traditional applications will undoubtedly bring forth a new generation of specialized low-cost permanent magnet (PM) servo drives. Depending on the complexity of requirements, many of…
Kollmorgen Stepper Motor Technology Greatly Simplifies Machine Design >
Kollmorgen Stepper Motor Technology Greatly Simplifies Machine DesignTechnology Brief - Q & A - If extensive wiring in your application is proving to be a difficult issue, then stepper motors are the best choice as they require significantly less…
Reduce Development Costs, Simplify Integration and Improve Performance of Packaging Machinery with AKD® PDMM >
Reduce Development Costs, Simplify Integration and Improve Performance of Packaging Machinery with AKD® PDMMTechnology Brief - Q & A - Learn how AKD PDMM technology reflects changes and trends in the packaging industry.
Designing for Manufacturability >
Designing for ManufacturabilityTechnology Brief - Capabilities Overview - Discusses how machine control systems that feature servo drives with built-in controllers deliver capabilities that significantly enhance productivity in manufacturing…
Explanation on PAC and PLC Embedded Controllers >
Technology Brief - Gives insight on how drive-based automation controllers empower machine builders to implement new system topologies and reduce machine footprint - all while reducing total system cost.
KBM® Brushless Motors Maximize Performance in New Machine Tool >
KBM® Brushless Motors Maximize Performance in New Machine ToolTechnology Brief - Success Story - Illustrates how one machine builder applied KBM motors to improve machine performance while also lowering overall operating costs.
AKD® Servo Drives with CANopen® and EtherCAT® >
AKD® Servo Drives with CANopen® and EtherCAT® Technology Brief - Q&A Format - The AKD servo drive offers the functionality of the base analog drive, indexing drive, CANopen drive and EtherCAT drive, all in one product.
Reduce Costs and Improve Performance with Digital Buses >
What are some of the advantages of using a digital bus for motion control in machine and robot builder applications?
Test the Motion without Touching the Machine >
Designing and implementing a differentiated machine can be challenging, especially the motion portion. OEMs want optimum performance, but don't want to spend a lot of time with trial-and-error testing. High-performance motion means tight tolerances…
