Embedded engineers designing modern industrial systems for advanced robotics, automated machines, and motion systems require putting together many elements to build an industrial servo drive. That ...

SIEMENS reports that its SINAMICS S210 “next-generation” servo-drive system brings a new level of high-dynamic, motion control in mid-range operation to stand-alone and multi-axis machines. Recently ...

Figure 2: By using smaller servo drives, robots have less dead weight to deal with, reducing their wear-and-tear. The ongoing trend of micro-sized servo drive technology is driven by Moore’s Law and ...

The new Festo CMMT-ST servo drive starter kit offers a low-cost way to learn how to commission and size Festo’s multiprotocol family of servo drives that range from 300W DC up to 12kW AC. These kits ...

Servos have played a key role in shaping the landscape of motion control systems, enabling new levels of accuracy, precision and dynamism. With cycle times measured in microseconds and the ability to ...

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Single-chip microcontrollers geared to servo and other industrial/EV control applications help engineers cost-effectively design multiple-axis systems. As manufacturing ...

DigiFlex Performance series supports a wide voltage range from 10 VDC to several VAC, enabling flexible multi-axis control and integration with digital control platforms. FlexPro drives feature high ...

The method involves changing the triple-loop cascade control to a dual-loop control architecture with an integrated outer loop for position and speed control and an inner loop for current control.