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Kollmorgen: Motion controllers

Kollmorgen’s (Radford, VA) Servostar MC multi-axis motion controller family now includes a PCI-card version and a standalone self-contained model. The Servostar MC controls up to 16 axes of coordinated motion via SERCOS drive amplifiers.

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Fieldbus manifold system

From Rexroth Mecman (Lexington, KY), the F-Design decentralized pneumatic fieldbus manifold system permits direct control of generic I/O field devices, including sensor inputs and valve solenoid coils.

February 28, 2001

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Baldor Electric Company: Drives and motors

Baldor Electric Co. (Fort Smith, AR) has expanded its line of inverter and vector drives and motors. Inverter and vector drive products include: Enclosed non-ventilated (TENV) ratings through 20 hp; enclosed blower-cooled (TEBC) ratings through 800 HP; inverter drive motors approved for explosion-proof environments, from ½ to 75 HP; washdown-duty inverter drive and vector drive motors through 10 HP; paint-free washdown inverter drive motors from ½ to 10 HP.

February 28, 2001

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Emerson Drive Solutions: Emerson Drive Solutions: DeviceNet-capable module

Emerson Motion Control’s (Eden Prairie, MN) Windows-based FM-3 programming module can now be accessed from a DeviceNet Master. It features easy-to-read display and keypad and user-configurable I/O parameters.

February 28, 2001

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Nexen Group: Servo motor brakes

New, larger sizes of its Eclipse servo motor brakes are available from Nexen Group (Vadnais Heights, MN). Said to expand line to 8 size groups to fit more than 250 servo motors from 15 motor manufacturers.

February 28, 2001

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Rockwell Automation: Multi-axis drive systems

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has released the Allen-Bradley 1394 multi-axis drive systems with a SERCOS fiber-optic interface for use with Control– Logix PLC with em-bedded motion.

February 28, 2001

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Compumotor: Servo drive/controllers

Compumotor (Rohnert Park, CA) has introduced the Compax 1000SL and the Compax 3500M digital brushless servo drive/controllers. When used with AC filters, servos deliver from 1kW to 35kW of continuous, CE-compliant power.

February 28, 2001

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Case palletizer brochure

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) has published a 4-page color brochure on its 680 Series of low-speed case palletizers. A complete family of floor-level, end-of-line palletizers, the 680 includes Lexan doors, hopper walls, heavy-duty frame construction, lift-and-square pallet dispenser, and more.

February 28, 2001

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Emerson Drive Solutions: Powerful version of small servo motor

Emerson (Eden Prairie, MN) now offers its 2” NT motors in 3” frame sizes for low inertia but increased torque ratings of 30%. The motors can be supplied with MS connectors, flying leads, or flying leads with MS connectors.

February 28, 2001

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PDC International Corp.: Packaging machinery brochure

PDC Intl. (South Norwalk, CT) offers a 6-page, corporate capabilities brochure describing its international corporation’s equipment and services for the packaging industry.

February 28, 2001

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Ranpak Corporation: System automation software

Ranpak (Concord Township, OH) has released its Packaging Automated Logistics System, a networked, Windows™-based software that brings system automation to its packaging station.

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Banner Engineering Corp.: Pixel-counting sensor

Set-up and diagnostics for the PresencePlus2 pixel-counting sensor from Banner (Minneapolis, MN) can be accomplished via a PC that runs Windows™ 95, 98 or NT.

February 28, 2001