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News Release from: Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation | Subject: Digital brushless servo drives + Ethernet
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 November 2007
Digital brushless servo drives get
Ethernet link
A family of digital brushless servo drives has been introduced with the addition of Ethernet PowerLink communications to increase system performance while decreasing overall system costs.
Parker Hannifin has enhanced its Aries family of digital brushless servo drives with the addition of Ethernet PowerLink communications The Aries drive platform utilises Ethernet PowerLink technology to increase system performance while decreasing overall system costs and installation time
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Parker Hannifin has launched a range of cost effective three-axis stepper drives specifically designed to meet the needs of system builders and OEMs based upon its highly successful XL family.
The company said that system design and machine installation times are greatly reduced through the use of inexpensive and readily available Ethernet cabling for the interface between the servo drive and the motion controller.
This configuration removes the need for traditional, expensive to produce +/-10V analogue control and feedback cables - often the source of problems during the commissioning process - and also increases the reliability and noise immunity of the whole control system.
The Aries drives operate in interpolated position mode, receiving coordinated position set-point commands over the Ethernet PowerLink network from a master motion controller.
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Drives offer optimum power and performance
Parker Hannifin has launched a range of cost effective three-axis stepper drives specifically designed to meet the needs of system builders and OEMs.
New servo drives need no set up
A unique 'plug-in-and-spin' design by Parker Hannifin's range of digital servo drives, completely eliminates time-consuming manual set up, while ensuring that the drives deliver optimum performance.
Servo drive features enhanced
An extensive list of enhancements has been added to a family of digital servo drives including new control technology, feedback support , motion control, visualisation tasks and many more.
When used with Parker's new ACR9030/9040 family of motion controllers the Aries drives offer the added benefits of auto-tuning, drive setup and full real-time diagnostics, all via the Ethernet PowerLink network using the ACR-View front end software.
Available with continuous power ratings of 400W, 750W and 1.3kW, these drives operate direct online from a 120-240V AC single-phase supply and also feature a logic keep-alive facility.
Both rotary and linear brushless servo motor technologies are supported, as are both standard quadrature- and EnDat-encoder feedback systems.
* About Ethernet PowerLink - Ethernet PowerLink is a high-speed digital motion-bus network, which enables the easy interconnection of PLC's, motion controllers, drives and I/O products from a variety of automation vendors.
Utilising standard, well proven industrial Ethernet network hardware, Ethernet PowerLink combines a mix of polling and time-slicing mechanisms to provide a real-time, deterministic communications channel via a reliable, low cost and easy to install hardware platform.
Unlike other proprietary motion-bus solutions, Ethernet PowerLink is an open standard, free from patent and intellectual property ownership issues.
Parker Hannifin is just one of a number of manufacturers who are members of the 'Ethernet PowerLink Standardization Group'.
Parker Hannefin told manufacturingtalk.com that this multi-vendor support for the Ethernet PowerLink standard ensures that a wide range of automation products are available for integration into Ethernet PowerLink-based automation systems.
* About Parker Hannifin - with annual sales exceeding US$10 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered systems for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets.
The company employs more than 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world.
Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 51 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S and P 500 index. Request a free brochure from Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation ...
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