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News Release from: Siemens Automation and Drives | Subject: Closed-loop control modules
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 July 2005
Closed-loop modules control up to six
axes
Drives supplier has supplemented a scalable Simotion motion control system with two closed-loop control modules and an expansion module.
Siemens Automation and Drives (Aand D) has supplemented the scalable Simotion motion control system with the two closed-loop control modules D425 and D445, and the CX32 expansion module The D425 module is a low-cost hardware device for use in simple machines up to 6 axes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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D445 covers high-end applications such as high numbers of axes or extremely fast control cycles.
The new D425 and D445 closed-loop control modules supplement the existing Simotion-D range for the low-end and the high-end performance ranges.
Up to 6 motion control axes can be controlled with the D425 module and up to 64 with the D445.
For operation with a large number of drive axes, the space-saving CX32 module is also used to extend drive-based control power.
This module is in Sinamics-S120 design and at 25 millimeters it is only half as wide as conventional drive controls.
The D425 and D445 modules possess the entire Simotion functionality and can be connected and installed in the Siemens Drive CLiQ network.
This means that when the motion control performance of a machine increases, and consequently also the required computing power, the Simotion D module can be replaced without modifying the remaining power modules such as line or motor modules.
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