Motion Controller

With the new CANopen interface, FAULHABER has now also made its complete Motion Control productrange compatible with the preferred field bus for multi-axis applications in automation technology. In addition to the external controllers of the MC 3002, 3003 and 3006 series, the integrated 22 ... BX4CxD, 32xx ... BX4 Cx and 3564 ... B Cx versions with the new interface are also available. With 22 mm in diameter, the supplier hereby presents a complete system made of brushless DC Servomotors and a very small integrated CANopen Motion Controller. A supplement to the RS 232 and CAN interfaces used until now which are especially well designed for single-axis applications as well as small, separately operating networks, the new Motion Controller versions now offer full CANopen functionality in accordance with CiA 402. Operation on higher level controllers such as PLCs and easy networking via dynamic PDO mapping is favoured in particular for networked applications in factory automation and industrial machinery. The standardised protocol with corresponding device profiles enables the synchronous control of several axes in a convenient and reliable manner. The drives on the field bus level, meaning the motion controllers and the motors connected to them, can be configured with Software Motion Manager 5.