Motion Control

With a function to perform absolute positioning, axes can be synchronized in applications where much dynamics are not required, as could be the case of the XL and XR engines …

Clarify what Codesys is, starting with the company 3S-Smart Software Solutions, PLCopen and SoftMotion in order to understand what each manufacturer offers in terms of Motion Control. And seeing that …

In a CAM profile the axes move depending on the position of the master axis, in any direction and whatever its speed / acceleration / deceleration and Jerk. In an …

Because it reduces the power dissipated in the semiconductors (BJT, IGBT, MOSFET) to the level of just the losses. It is explained in detail below A little review of basic …

The fact that only one bit changes at each position increment makes the code more reliable and facilitates the correction of possible reading errors. It is explained in detail below. …

What are the three most common causes of an axis locking due to tracking error? Everything related to the tracking error is explained in detail below. How does a position …

Due to their design and construction, motion control systems can accumulate positioning errors that affect accuracy and can alter the quality of industrial processes. This phenomenon tends to be gradual, …

Anyone who has not read the TBO magazine (it is an early magazine) will think that setting up a motion control axis (hereinafter CM) has always been as easy as …

At times, movements using axis interpolation can be confused with movements using CAM profiles. This article explains how each of these movements is performed and summarizes their differences, showing some …

This article aims to provide an overview of the evolution of programming systems for Motion Control (hereinafter MC), from those of three decades ago to the present day. It also …

Currently, all servo drives have FeedForward gains in their regulation loops. But, just like everyone knows what the proportional, integral and derivative gain parameters of a PID regulator are, there …

There are still those who think of synchronizing axes with the concept that one is the Master and the other is the Slave, this comes from yesteryear when synchronization was …