Servopack combined servo drive-controller offers compact single axis solution

Servopack combined servo drive/controller offers compact single axis solution

Keyword Yaskawa

Building on its reputation for providing compact solutions for motorised applications, Yaskawa has developed a combined AC servo drive with an integrated single axis position controller that will work with its …-Series servomotors. The new drives called the HR Series, are available up to 15kW and provide a flexible and precise positioning system with significant space and integration cost savings when compared to the more conventional stand alone drives and controllers (see Plate 1).

Plate 1 The latest HR series combined AC servo drive and single axis position controller from Yaskawa

Four different input modes are available, catering for a range of single axis applications:

• 1.

  serial data mode for applications requiring point-to point positioning;

• 2.

  parallel data input (via rotary switches, relays or sequencers) for feed to length applications;

• 3.

  station number input, suitable for indexing applications such as rotating table or turret lathes; and

• 4.

  command table number input using binary logic (offering up to 512 pre-programmed position and speed settings) which is ideal for multi-point positioning applications, such as automated shelf stacking.

Users can run the HR unit in manual mode for operation at a specified constant speed; automatic mode for repeat positioning according to input data; pulse mode, initiated by pulse train command via an external device; and zero-point return (homing) mode.

For further information contact Mark Butters at Yaskawa Electric UK Limited, Unit 2, Centurian Court,Brick Close, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK11 3JA. Tel: 01908 565874; Fax:01908 565891.