Motion Controller

Elmo Motion Control announced the firmware release for Gold Maestro Motion Controller Version 1.1.2.0, including a range of new features that make complex motion tasks easier to program and faster to implement. The motion controller now offers full Delta Robot Support, including Linear, Circle, Polynomial, Table Spline and Table PVT. Users have to define the Delta robot part lengths, and the machine is ready to run. Enhanced Error Correction Support is another new feature of the updated motion controller, enabling position correction of both single and multi-axis positions in real time, based on correction data. Superimposed management of error correction is fully supported. In addition, the feature supports 1D, 2Dand 3D error correction. The controller enables Flying Vision with Superimposed Motions, improving machine throughput. Flying Vision is used mainly when the exact end position of a motion isunknown and needs to change during the motion, without crossing the initial location. With this functionality, the user can change the target position without changing the current function block. With the Fast Reference to Drive Functionality, the controller now supports a fast referencing capabilityto enable the G-MAS to send an additional position reference to a drive. The position reference can specify the actual or target positions for axes in the system, as well as a position along a group axis path. This canbe used for numerous purposes, including Additional Auxiliary Profiler to drive, Advanced Gain Scheduling, and Touch Probe.