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CONTROL TECHNIQUES LAUNCHES REAL TIME ETHERNET MODULE
The latest option module to extend the functionality of Control
Technique’s variable speed drives range, including the Unidrive SP
family, is SM-EtherCAT
The latest option module to extend the functionality of Control
Technique’s variable speed drives range, including the Unidrive SP
family, is SM-EtherCAT, providing support for real-time,
high performance Ethernet communication.
“We have been monitoring the market and
listening to our customers, this has resulted in us initially
choosing EtherCAT over PowerLink. We also believe that EtherCAT
potentially offers customers a greater benefit “says Control
Techniques’ Product Manager, System Integration Products, Imad
Rajraji. “EtherCAT is the first in our planned range of
real-time Ethernet solutions with more protocols to follow”.
The module is for use with Control Technique’s
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 SM-EtherCAT module is the latest in a wide
range of communication options that already include Ethernet/IP,
Modbus TCP/IP as well as traditional fieldbus.
Increasingly, EtherCAT is being requested by
customers because of its excellent performance and bandwidth,
allowing users to get good dynamic performance from their
drives. It covers the whole range of communication
requirements from high-end motion control through to central
factory computer control of conveyors and pumps.
Control Techniques’ SM-EtherCAT module can
operate at cycle times down to 250µs synchronising the drive’s
position or speed loop to the communications network, improving
overall system performance.>>>>>>>
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