Traditional motion controllers are difficult to integrate with PLC-based automation systems. There are so many manufacturers, so many different choices, and each solution contains proprietary features that complicate installation, programming, and compatibility. You’re also faced with mechanical challenges because these motion controllers often use non-standard mounting hardware. And their configuration involves learning another software program and/or language foreign to your controls environment.

Kollmorgen’s AKD servo drives now support analog drive, indexing drive, CANopen drive and EtherCAT drive. This enables printing, packaging, converting, medical and other machine builders to benefit from more efficient bench testing and prototyping, while enabling them to smoothly transition from one bus type to another.

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions and Pittman Motors, both units of AMETEK Precision Motion Control, have come together to provide product engineers access to the broadest range of linear and rotary motion solutions available from a single source. As combined businesses within AMETEK Precision Motion Control, the Haydon Kerk and Pittman brands offer design engineers and others a complete line of motion products that can be customized to meet just about any application.

ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion and machine control systems, has developed an advanced PC-based machine and motion control solution that meets demanding, high-performance motion control requirements while minimizing costs. Designated the SPiiPlusSC (Soft Controller), the motion control solution features sophisticated motion control software that leverages on the processing power of modern PC technology and on the connectivity of a real-time open industrial Ethernet network.