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.
Expanded offering provides the best servo motor solution for your application. It’s no longer necessary to pour over endless catalogs from multiple manufacturers looking for just the right servo motor to fit your needs.
Machine builders need to increase productivity and are looking for more reliable and powerful systems with greater throughput and flexibility. At the same time, they are faced with increasing competition to implement these demands with smaller, more…
Technology Brief - Q&A Format - Use of robotics (i.e. Delta Robots) and control flexibility to integrate machine modules and/or options dynamically is increasing. As OEMs push the envelope of machine throughput, features and methodologies…
What are some of the advantages of using a digital bus for motion control in machine and robot builder applications?
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…
Advances in digital hardware technology and software innovations now allow for a single digital servo drive to be configured to work in a variety of machine control architectures. So what, you say? The advantage to the machine builder is that he/she…
IEC61131-3 is an international standard for programming soft PLC code that will be recognizable to a programmer regardless of the product on which they learned the language. The code will also be largely transferrable between products - even among…
Food processing and packaging machines have similar automation and motion control needs such as material conveying and positioning, heating, drying, and cooling. There are a couple of emerging trends as factories move toward integrating their food…
End users are taking longer in deciding to add or upgrade a machine and when the decision is made they want the machine delivered quickly. In such a highly competitive market, being able to deliver a machine in short order can be the difference…
Today’s servo-controlled machines are faster, smaller, and smarter than ever. As a result, machine users demand more and more performance, and this forces designers to keep improving their machines. Improving the servo performance of a machine can be…
Today’s high-performance machines depend on networked automation products. Ethernet has become the clear choice for simple, robust and flexible networks. But not all Ethernet networks are created equal.
