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News Release from: Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation | Subject: Compax3 digital servo drives
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2008
Compact servo drive has Ethernet
Powerlink
Compact digital servo drives are now enabled with Ethernet Powerlink motionbus technology to increase system performance while decreasing overall system cost and installation time.
Parker's Electromechanical Automation Division has released its Compax3 digital servo drives enabled with Ethernet Powerlink (EPL) motionbus technology With all 12 power levels of the Compax3 drives now EPL enabled, Parker said that system performance is increased while overall system cost and installation time have been decreased
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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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.
Parker told manufacturingtalk that system design and machine installation times are greatly reduced due to the simplified, inexpensive and readily available Ethernet cables that replace traditional, expensive analog control and feedback cables.
The Compax3 family joins three power levels of the Aries EPL servo drives as well as the ACR9030 and ACR9040 multi-axis EPL controllers in Parker's expanding line of EPL products.
Jay Schultz, a product manager for Parker's Electromechanical Automation Division, said that the industrial packaging markets will especially benefit from this drive expansion.
He noted that because the Compax3 EPL-enabled servo drives come in 12 power levels, ranging from 0.5kW to 100kW, the family gives packagers more options for high-axis-count machines.
The Compax3 servo drives also includes Category 3 Safety - another feature of interest for industrial markets.
The novel benefits of an EPL system appeal to a broad range of market segments.
The Ethernet connections result in higher reliability and decreased installation times for all machine builders.
These benefits directly translate into greater machine up time and faster time to market - both critical success factors for OEMs.
* About Parker Electromechanical Automation - a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation's Automation Group since 1987, Electromechanical Automation is a pioneer, developer and manufacturer of full-spectrum computer-based motion controllers, servo/step motor drives, servo motors and human-machine interfaces, positioning systems, gear heads and gear motors.
These products automate the manufacturing of a significant fraction of the world's goods and services.
Electromechanical Automation products are sold via independent authorised Automation Technology Centers - a group of nearly 100 professional, highly trained organisations with more than 135 points- of-presence throughout the world. Request a free brochure from Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation ...
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