MotionMAIL 1.3

    Today, brushless motors and high-performance amplifiers have eliminated the need for inertia matching in most applications. However, if inertia matching is necessary in your application, the key is in thoroughly understanding your system parameters and your application requirements.

    Cut-to-length applications require the software developer to be certain of the controller's ability to initiate tracking moves at prescribed material lengths, to match and maintain velocities of the tracking unit, and in the event of failures, to provide appropriate fault recovery. This Tech Tip illustrates these issues within a sample of an assembly code routine taken from an existing cut-to-length application.

PRECISION PC MOTION CONTROL FOR LESS THAN $250 PER AXIS!
ACS-Tech80's family of PC/ISA motion controllers offer precision control at $950 list. With support for DC brush and brushless motors, the 565x Series is ideally suited for applications such as packaging, semiconductor processing and embedded machine control.

    Frank Bartos, May 1999
    This article reveals the wider usage of Artificial intelligence (Al) methods in motion control that are on the horizon.

    John Floresta, October 1998
    In this article, find out how drives that run rotary motors are capable of driving linear motors.

    Scott Spangler et al, June 1999
    Learn why a designer specifying a linear motion system has to identify what current and future factors will affect the final analysis.

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