An electronic survey of Control Design readers was conducted in February 2014 in order to identify usage and application trends in motion, drives and motor technology among the industrial machine builders that comprise Control Design's readership.
Respondents who use a digital bus indicated use of EtherNet/IP at 44%; CAN/CANopen at 16% and SERCOS/SERCOS III at a further 4%. The remaining digital bus usage for motion control showed EtherCat 8%, Powerlink, (8%), Profinet (6%) and CC-Link (6%).
Industrial motion control is a complicated web of choices with technology that can bring equipment up to speed quickly and with great efficiency. While energy costs are a big ...
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) provide viable options for machine control. This Control Design collection explains the differences...
Motion control engineers tend to focus on torque and speed specifications during the design process, but often fail to notice the unique features that differentiate a high-quality...
