Motion Control – Mecademic Robotics releases new firmware!
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Products — Mecademic is pleased to release firmware version 8.4 for its Meca500 industrial robotic arm. Mecademic’s firmware releases are provided free of charge, along with complimentary technical support.
Features & benefits
Joint 6 multi-rotation with cartesian moves
Although rotating Joint 6 beyond the ±180° has always been possible with the Meca500 R3, it was limited to Joint-move-commands. With this new firmware, both point-to-point and linear commands can now be used outside of this limit. Apart from the benefit of no longer being limited in Cartesian space and requiring switching to Joint commands, new applications are now easier to implement directly with the Meca500.
Forestville, CA, – Motion Control – The SCA814 Linear Servo Controller was specifically designed to control single phase, non-comutated devices like voice coil motors. like it’s field proven predecessor the SCA754 is a high performance single axis DC motor controller and amplifier system. It is comprised of a highly integrated single PC board level product with a cohesive interface.
This card provides current amplification and analog servo control interfaces. The single-phase characteristic of the current amplifier makes it particularly well suited for DC motors such as galvanometers and voice coils.
Motion Control White Paper – A linear motor should be thought of as a rotary electric motor that has been cut along a radial plane and unrolled. The resultant motor is a direct drive linear electric motor that can produce linear motion without the need of pneumatic, hydraulic cylinders, or translation of rotary to linear motion with the use of belts or screws. Rotary motors produce torque whereas linear motors produce linear force.
Motion Control – Miniature Rotational Voice Coil Stage
Forestville, CA, – — The RVC-1008 Rotational Voice Coil Stage: Optical element widths up to 20mm; Controllable motion over +/-10 degree optical; Small step response of less than 3msec; Non-contact electro-optic position sensor; Positioning sensitivity of less than 2µrad; Analog and USB control of mirror position; Digital positioning resolution of 6µrad; Fully integrated PID servo controller; Simple USB electrical interface; Extremely compact design.
Forestville, CA –The LFA-2010 Linear Focus Actuator from Equipment Solutions is a high performance compact motion control positioner, specifically developed for optical applications requiring both high precision and high speed positioning over a short to medium stroke.
The LFA-2010 actuator has a 10 mm range of motion with <50 nanometer positioning repeatability, and a small step response of time of <3 milliseconds. This high force, low noise voice coil motor is typically configured with an analog position feedback sensor and can be optionally equipped with a 1um resolution digital quadrature feedback element.
Forestville, CA, — Motion Control – The SCA814 Linear Servo Controller was specifically designed to control single phase, non-commutated devices like voice coil motors. like it’s field proven predecessor the SCA754 is a high performance single axis DC motor controller and amplifier system. It is comprised of a highly integrated single PC board level product with a cohesive interface. This card provides current amplification and analog servo control interfaces. The single-phase characteristic of the current amplifier makes it particularly well suited for DC motors such as galvanometers and voice coils. It was specifically developed for control of motor applications requiring both high temporal and spatial servo precision, such as machine vision, inspection, scientific imaging, medical imaging and other business applications. This amplifier interfaces directly to many of the Equipment Solution motor/stage solutions. Besides galvanometers the SCA814 is directly compatible with all the ESI linear voice coil stages and the optical scanners. A bipolar linear or switching regulated power supply is required by the SCA814 amplifier. Typically better performance can be achieved when using a linear power supply. Equipment Solutions has several high-current supplies for this purpose including the SPS15 ±15V DC Switching Power Supply .
Equipment Solutions, Inc. (ESI) is a provider of engineering and manufacturing services. ESI specializes in the design and production of automation and instrumentation products including motion control components and sub systems. ESI’s products range from galvanometer amplifiers with an integrated arbitrary waveform generator, to high-resolution displacement sensors, voice coil and stepper motor stages, amplifiers and controllers.
For additional information contact Jeff Knirck at Equipment Solutions,Inc. Mailing Address – PO Box 159, Forestville, CA 95436; Shipping Address 6490 Front Street, Forestville, CA 95436; Tel: 408-245-7162, Fax: 408-245-7160, E-Mail: info@equipsolutions.com or visit the Website at http://www.equipsolutions.com
A tough, powerful linear amplifier, from Trust automation is built to provide quiet and smooth power to brush motors.
San Luis Obispo, CA — Motion Control Servo Amplifier — The Trust Automation TA105 Linear Drive is a linear servo motor amplifier, designed to drive a brush motor with up to 85W of power. The TA105 is an excellent solution for voice coil type motors, high precision positioning applications and systems requiring ultra-quiet driving power where low noise operation is essential. The TA105 motion control servo amplifier can be operated in voltage (velocity) mode or current (torque) mode, selected via a user accessible DIP switch. Fault logic is also selectable via a DIP switch.
FEATURES OF TA105 Motion Control Servo Amplifier
Digital on-the-fly gain control (DTS)
Over-temperature protection
40W continuous/85W peak
Integral forced-air cooling
Very low electrical noise
Selectable current limit
5.0 kHz bandwidth
APPLICATIONS
Voice coil motors
Small DC motors
X-Y micro stages
Metrology tools
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Supply Voltage…………………..Unipolar: 15V to 48V, Absolute Max 52V
Equivalent Motor Voltage………Up to ±43V*
Maximum Output Current……..See SOA chart (Data Sheet – Safe Operating Area)
Fault………………………………..TTL Level 0 or 1
/Enable…………………………….TTL Level 0
Command Input…………………±10V (±12V Max)
Torque Gain……………………….0.05 A/V to 0.2 A/V
Bandwidth…………………………5.0 kHz**
*dependent on motor load
**into a mH load
To download Data Sheet for the TA105 Motion Control Servo Amplifier – Click Here
Since 1990 Trust Automation has provided Smart Solutions in Motion Control and Affordable Customization of motion related products.
Trust Automation, Inc. has focused on developing and manufacturing the highest quality, high performance components in the motion control market. Our innovative products address the increasing demand for higher performance and simpler machine integration and efficency. When designing products and custom solutions, Trust Automation carefully optimizes the tradeoffs among weight, efficiency, speed, precision, and power. GREENTECH High Efficiency Drives , Traction Controllers, High Efficiency Motors, and High Efficiency Generators are such examples.
Other motion control products available are: Drives, Linear Amplifiers, Controllers and Motors for: Defense, Semiconductor, Industrial Automation, and Medical applications. Additionally, Trust Automation can supply a sub-system or a complete turn-key system.
For additional information contact Sadie Rogers at Trust Automation, 143 Suburban Road, Bldg 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401; Tel: 805-544-0761, Fax: 805-544-4621, E-Mail: info@trustautomation.com or visit the Web site at http://www.trustautomation.com
