Press Release
CONTROL TECHNIQUES RECEIVES ETHERCAT CONFORMANCE
ACROSS AC AND SERVO RANGE
All of Control Techniques AC and servo drive ranges have passed
the EtherCAT Conformance tests at the Beckhoff Automation Test
Centre in Nuremberg, Germany.
This follows attendance at an EtherCAT ‘Plug Fest’ where all of the
drives were shown to be fully compatible with EtherCAT equipment
from other vendors.
The SM-EtherCAT module that provides this real time high-speed
connectivity is for use with Control Techniques’ full range of AC
and servo drives, from 0.37 kW simple conveyor or pump control,
through high precision servo applications to high power 1.9 MW
multi-mode drives. This allows customers to standardise their
network across the whole machine. The module will be able to
read and write cyclic data of five, 32 bit drive parameters every
250µs, synchronising to the drive’s position or speed loop to the
communications network, improving overall system performance.
“We are delighted in this recognition by the EtherCAT Technology
Group,” says Control Techniques’ Product Manager, System
Integration Products, Imad Rajraji.
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