Electrical switching & drive systems & components


EtherCAT drive series expanded

Second Quarter 2008 Electrical switching & drive systems & components

New 18 and 25 A versions of the AX5000 EtherCAT servo drive have been released, adding to the existing 12 A single channel and 2 x 6 A dual channel drive units. Further variants with rated currents up to 75 A are planned.

The AX5000 EtherCAT servo drive range has been expanded by the new versions AX5118 (18 A rated current) and AX5125 (25 A rated current)
The AX5000 EtherCAT servo drive range has been expanded by the new versions AX5118 (18 A rated current) and AX5125 (25 A rated current)

The drives now also support resolvers as well as encoder, BISS and EnDAT feedback capability.

To provide additional safety possibilities the AX5801 TwinSAFE option card has been added to offer safe restart locking in accordance with EN 954 category 3.

The AX5000 servo drives are available as single or dual-channel units. The integrated fast control technology supports highly dynamic positioning tasks while the high-performance EtherCAT communications enables realtime interfacing with PC-based control.

These drives are extremely flexible with regard to the size and type of the connectable motors: synchronous, linear, torque and asynchronous motors can be connected with no additional measures being required. They can easily combine with synchronous servomotors from the AM3500 series to form a highly dynamic drive unit.

The quick connection system enables simple and fast connection of several AX5000 devices to form a multi-axis system. The pluggable supply and connection module combines power supply, DC-Link, 24V d.c. control and braking voltage.

For more information contact Conrad Muller, Beckhoff Automation, +27 (0)11 792 3374, [email protected], www.beckhoff.co.za



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