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Ethernet Products
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The NextMove e100 builds on the proven NextMove controller family and now integrates management of a real-time Ethernet network. Drives, I/O devices, sensors, absolute encoders and more can be added to the Powerlink network and controlled from the Mint programming language.
Ethernet greatly simplifies system design and installation and simultaneously expands the capabilities of the NextMove e100 as a machine control platform.
MicroFlex e100 is built on Baldor's expertise in servo drive technology. The advanced capabilities of real-time ETHERNET Powerlink provide superior performance, network integration and cost savings.
MicroFlex e100 uses Space Vector Modulation (SVM) for superior motor control and efficiency.
Numerous protection features are designed in for reliability and safety.
Function/ApplicationsThe NextMove e100 can coordinate up to 16 axes in closely coupled motion such as vectors, arcs and helical paths. It also manages DS402 drives which vastly expand the number of axes that can be controlled. DS402 is ideal for axes such as guides, indexers, conveyors, tension rollers and more.
Powerlink drives are based on the CAN in Automation (CiA) DS402 profile for positioning drives. This results in a drive technology which is inherently more flexible and intelligent. Drives not only provide velocity or torque regulation, but can also perform positioning tasks such as relative and absolute moves, and homing sequences, all with minimal overhead on the motion controller.
The core architecture of the MicroFlex e100 is also based on the CAN in Automation (CiA) DS402 positioning drive profile. This describes the drive behavior (by means of an object dictionary) and provides the ability to perform basic positioning functions such as homing cycles, incremental and
absolute moves, change of target position and profiled speed/torque control. This functionality, originally designed for CANopen based control, has been adopted and enhanced for use over ETHERNET Powerlink. The MicroFlex e100 can be controlled over the integrated CANopen port or
Ethernet.
For drive control, ETHERNET Powerlink provides a digital replacement for traditional control signals, analog demands and feedback signals. Additionally, it absorbs and expands on the function of typical fieldbus devices and networks. The plug & play technology provides a truly networked solution allowing access to all devices from a single point of access. As a result, installation costs and system design cycles are drastically reduced. At the same time performance is enhanced considerably by replacing the analog world with digital purity.
Designers using Ethernet can quickly alter system configuration, passing data instead of wired digital and analog signals. This improves performance and reliability, but also provides a rapid prototyping
and development scheme for system control ideas to be tested and implemented, without hardware change.
Ethernet physics allow up to 100m (330ft) length between any two devices, this is ideal for distributing technology around a machine, or group of machines, and networking them together. I/O devices can be mounted next to sensors and valves, while drives can be local to the axes being
controlled. This inherently allows designs to follow both centralized and decentralized approaches.
Differentiating Features• Reduced system design
• Reduced installation time
• Fewer cables
• No soldering or complex connectors
• Single widely available cable type
• Fewer interconnections
• Improved reliability (fewer points of failure)
• Single Fieldbus physical layer and diagnostic tools
• No ADC/DAC dependency
• More consistent operation
• No drift, noise or offsets
• Higher resolution digital demand signals
• Reduced grounding / noise related installation issues