Sick has announced that it is opening up its Hiperface DSL (Digital-Servo-Link) interface to all users. When launched six years ago, the interface made a single cable servomotor a reliable proposition ...

This enables the drive to be compatible with all relevant motion control systems worldwide. Communications is simplified by offering mainstream industrial Ethernet protocols including CC-Link IE Field ...

The iPOS4808 BX-CAT intelligent digital servo drive controls brushless, DC brush, and step motors. The drive features an EtherCAT interface and will drive 8 A continuous, 20 A peak with a 11 to 50 V ...

It is an engineering truism that there is no such thing as a perfect solution—just the best solution for the problem at hand. That holds particularly true for servo motors and stepper motors. Both are ...

A growing number of manufacturers are saving time and money by testing, diagnosing and even repairing servo motors in-house. We look at the expanded role of encoder test systems and present one ...

The Melservo MR-J4 amplifier series from Mitsubishi incorporates a multi-network interface called “Servo Open Network” that works with CC-Link IE Field, Profinet, EtherCat and Ethernet/IP. This makes ...