Drives, Motors, Controls
Plug-and-play servos
Servomotors promising shorter machine cycles due to higher dynamic response are the latest additions to the 1FT7 family from Siemens Industry Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL). Another plus is less downtime resulting from the new rigid vibration-insulated encoder mounting. This design also enables the user to exchange the encoder in the field in less than 5 minutes, without encoder alignment. High-resolution encoders, currently up to 22-bit, enable these servos to become highly precise motion control system components.
Advanced heat control
Watlow’s (St. Louis, MI) new EZ-Zone PM Express panel-mount PID control provides advanced control functionality with a basic user interface. It features a friendly user interface supported by two menus and a streamlined list of parameters—appropriate for basic applications and user levels—plus the Express menu eliminates complexity and reduces training costs and user errors.
