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Siemens Industry Inc: Distributed servo drive

Intended for use with packaging machinery, the Simodrive Posmo A distributed drive system from Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) is an intelligent positioning motor that resides as a node on a Profibus-DP network, receiving both power and signaling on one cable.

The fractional hp servo motor contains the converter power section, motor control positioning control, and program memory to optimize machine throughput and availability. Power is from a standard 24-V DC supply.

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