Recently launched and now available for customer orders in Europe, Panasonic Industry's new MINAS A7 family of compact servo drives is the industry's first commercially available AI-enabled servo system. The units use Panasonic Industry's independently developed precAIse tuning, which makes full use of AI technology to achieve highly accurate automatic tuning without the need for an expert engineer. This also reduces set-up time by up to 90%.
Compact and cost-effective solution
MINAS A7 motors and drives improve equipment performance while simplifying installation and operation. Thanks to the integrated AI, the servo system can even automate tasks in areas where experts are required to spend time manually tuning machines due to the unsatisfactory performance of conventional automatic tuning functions. The product achieves the highest level of motion performance with an encoder resolution of the servo motor with 27 bits and 134,217,728 pulses/time. The speed response frequency, which indicates the control performance of servo amplifiers, reaches an industry high of 4.0 kHz or higher. In addition, the servo motor achieves a maximum speed of 7,150 rpm, which contributes to shorter cycle times. The MINAS A7 has a compact design, which saves space and results in cost effectiveness. Last but not least, the MINAS A7 servo drives are backwards compatible with the MINAS A6 units. They are 1:1 interchangeable thanks to the same interfaces and flange size.
The servo drive family ensures extremely stable operation and longer machine component life thanks to online monitoring tools. They reduce installation time and maintenance costs and ensure the highest processing quality and speed in a wide range of applications such as spin coaters, dicing saws, chip transfer machines, IC handlers, bonding equipment, substrate inspection equipment, metal and laser processing machines, injection moulding machines, presses and tube bending machines.
