SPS/IPC/Drives 2003 lives up to its promise
It’s hard to argue with success. The European electronic automation exhibition and conference, SPS/IPC/Drives, continues to meet and exceed forecasts in all measurable categories.
| Baldor Electric Co.’s NextMove-ESB motion controller handles seven motion axes at one time. Its three servo motor axes have update rates of 100 |
It’s hard to argue with success. The European electronic automation exhibition and conference, SPS/IPC/Drives , continues to meet and exceed forecasts in all measurable categories. Its latest run in Nuremberg, Germany (Nov. 25-27, 2003), drew 922 exhibitors, up 18% from 2002 and 27,600 visitors, for a 20% gain. Exhibition space expanded 24% from the previous show to 53,000 m
Here are some show highlights with an appeal to motors, drives & motion control professionals. Nyquist Industrial Control ’s FireWire Motion Control unit features a 32-bit DSP, which offloads the application from time-critical control of high-speed control loops. An optional embedded PC coupled with an Ethernet network convert the unit to a complete embedded application controller.
| For precise alignment of machine cycles, DRS60 incremental shaft encoder fromSick AGallows electronic adjustment of its ‘once per revolution [reference] pulse’ to the current shaft position with the push of a button. |
Milan Drive , a rugged fully integrated servo drive and motor in one package, offered by AUMA Werner Riester, comes in 164- and 210-mm square motor sizes (approx. 6.4 and 8.25 in. square) and develops peak torques in the 1.9-9 Nm (16.8-80 lb-in.) range. Milan Drive communicates via Profibus-DP and CANopen.
还显示,一个进度报告发布SERCOS-III, the third-generation of this real-time digital communication interface for motion control systems (see separate item in this newsletter).
The next edition of SPS/IPC/Drives is already set for November 23-25, 2004 at Nuremberg’s Exhibition Center.
Dan Jones, president of Incremotion Associates , contributed to this story.
—Frank J. Bartos, executive editor,fbartos@reedbusiness.com
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