For savvy machine builders, distributed motion control is fast becoming the architecture of choice because it uses fewer system components, improves motion accuracy and throughput, and improves ...

Motion-control systems ... as ±0.0005 in. Controls for electric cylinders range from simple pushbuttons to more complex programmable multiaxis motion controllers. These can interface ...

Trio Motion Technology continues to add expansion flexibility for its MC464 Motion Coordinator motion and machine controller range with the launch of its new EtherCAT Master drive interface module.

Consider also, that a motion controller must connect to a factory network through a network interface. Most factory networks are Ethernet-based, which further simplifies the decision. Many users are ...

Motion control applications are increasing and becoming more complex to meet demands for greater system throughput, improved quality, and operational flexibility. The PLCopen motion control function ...

Decreasing a product's time-to-market can save a company valuable time, money, and resources. Taking this into consideration, Advanced Motion Controls (Camarillo, CA) has introduced a prepackaged ...

Very early motion control systems used mechanical gearboxes and levers to select speeds and drive power, ... If, later in the design cycle, the designer needs to add another I/O interface or an ...

ProCom chose Real-Time Systems’ (RTS) real-time hypervisor to enable the virtualization that would separate the Windows world for the GUI and task preparation from the real-time functions of the CNC. ...

MEMS technology offers a number of advantages to industrial system developers who are looking to integrate motion/orientation analysis into their systems. Integrating MEMS into these types of systems ...