Successful companies don’t talk about their “secret weapon”, fearful that competitors will discover and use the technology. While the trend in automation is towards integration, many machine builders have quietly and covertly found success with fully integrated motion control and the numerous benefits and cost savings it provides. And we’re going to let you in on their advantage.
In this webinar you will learn how employing fully integrated motion control systems such as Moog Animatics’ SmartMotor can make machines quicker to replicate, reduce machine footprint, eliminate control cabinets and reduce cabling costs. In addition, in-depth coverage of multi-axis machines and their applications will show you how fully integrated motion control systems can be programmed before the machine is even built and how to ease the pain of adding additional axes.
Watch this webinar to learn:
How to reduce total system install costs
How to program your motion profiles before your machine is built
How to add multiple axes without additional cabinet space
2. Before We Start
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5. Moog Animatics
• Founded 1987
• Acquired by Moog Components Group in 2011
• First company to manufacture the integrated servo motor
6. Why would we call
fully integrated motion control
a secret weapon?
7. Most common machine design/build problems we hear
about:
• Machine replication time and costs
• Programming time
• Field service
• Adding additional axes
• Other?
8. What is integrated motion control?
Any of the below:
Motor + Drive
Motor + Drive + Encoder
Motor + Drive + Controller
Motor + Drive + Encoder + Controller
What is fully integrated motion control?
Motor + Drive + Encoder + Advanced Controller
9. What level of
integrated system is needed?
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Configurable or preset integrated systems
Closed-loop preset integrated systems
Fully programmable
Master Capable
o Designed for distributed control to increase machine performance
o Designed without extra host controller to decrease system cost
10. What are the benefits of fully integrated
motion control?
• Machines are easier to build and quicker to replicate
• Decreases total build time – program SmartMotor while
the machine’s being built
• Lower cabling costs
• Easily add additional axes
• Simplify field service
11. When basic integrated drives are
not enough
What if you need more than positioning and torque?
What about communication directly to the motor?
What about IO handling?
What about gearing, camming, advanced mathematics &
more?
• What about all of these at the same time?
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16. A Better Way to Multi-Axis
• Conventional systems (CAN, DeviceNet, Profibus, etc)
require a host.
o And associated cost and space
• With
, any motor is a master.
• All motors independently aware of all other motors
17. – Any SmartMotor Can Be Master
• Easily
add
additional axes
• Lower cable costs (only power and comm cable to
each motor)
• Simplify field service
• No control cabinet needed
for additional axes
19. Linear and Cubic Spline Interpolation
• Complex motion from
small amounts of data
• Smooth transitions in
CNC applications
• Complex cam motion
from short cam tables
23. 1,008 Axes
• Adding additional axes
was easy
• Just swap out SmartMotor
if one needs service
25. Integrated Motors & CNC Machines
• Quickest time to market
• Easy machine replication
• Surfboard shaping, woodworking, mini mills,
plasma cutting, dispensing & more
29. Questions?
Design World
Miles Budimir
mbudimir@wtwhmedia.com
Twitter: @DW_Motion
Moog Animatics
Hack Summer
HSummer@moog.animatics.com
Phone: 678.567.1951
Moog Animatics
Moog Animatics
Dan Wiseman
DWiseman@moog.animatics.com
Phone: 408.748.8721
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/smartmotor
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/smartmotor
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