... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Fieldbus Drives New PC Fieldbus cards for SERCOS interface Keywords: Fieldbus, Drives Hayes Control Systems has launched two new PC Fieldbus cards specifically for SERCOS applications, the FC7501 and FC7502. The new cards extend...

...Eliza Rawlings Discusses current trends in the application of motors and drives by OEM users. Networks such as CAN and SERCOS are expanding rapidly and being controlled by PC/Windows‐based systems, with software written in “C” combined with proprietary libraries. The shift towards “single box...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Drives Handling Controller Festo unveils new products at Hanover 2000 Keywords: Drives, Handling, Controller Automation specialist Festo used the recent Hanover Fair to unveil several key product innovations and automation solutions...

...Jack Hollingum © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> AGV Drives Design Controlling tractive force A pair of left and right swivel wheels capable of rotating to the left and right are provided at a front end portion and a pair of left and right fixed wheels are provided at a rear...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Motors Drives 400 per cent torque with the motor as a sensor Keywords: Motors, Drives The latest generation of frequency inverters uses the motor itself as sensor. By measuring the motor current and voltage it is possible to continuously...

..., discontinuity of acceleration is possible at the start of the transition. Cams Drives Electronic control The static and dynamic behavior of complicated mechanical systems is predictable and well understood. However, machines are reaching their mechanical limits. Higher productivity requires higher...

... © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Digital AC servo made simple Keywords Baldor Automation, Drives, Motors, Permanent magnet Newly introduced into Baldor's extensive drives and controls range is the Series 23H digital AC servo control, a fully digital, single axis drive designed...

...Graham Lockyer Discusses the benefits that drive‐controlled AC motors have brought to automated plants and how these can be enhanced by the use of a PROFIBUS [the PROces FieldBUS] communications card. Describes how drives control the motor speed according the production process, allowing production...