In the three principal application areas for servo drives in industrial automation: robotics; CNC, and general motion control (GMC), Mitsubishi Electric UK seamlessly integrates these into a single controller platform .

Mitsubishi Electric is a world leader in industrial control and automation and manufactures its own technologies in all of these fields to provide an integrated solution that is unique in the industry.  Combining this capability with unmatched service results in control solutions enabling the construction of the highest quality machines and systems.

All these technologies are seamlessly integrated onto one single controller platform, the MELSEC iQ Platform, combining a PLC CPU with a robot CPU and a motion CPU, along with an MES IT module to provide direct connection to higher level business systems such as SAP. What were once simply individual control components become fully integrated systems with synchronised scanning cycles.

Recently introduced products include the new MR-J4 series of servo-drives and matched servomotors, with features such as a 22-bit absolute encoder, a frequency response of 2.5kHz, and the inclusion of a double vibration suppression filter. These features help machinery manufacturers to develop machines with reduced positioning times and reduced cycle times, meeting the production requirements of customers.

Greater production flexibility is a further requirement, which translates into an increased number of axes to be controlled. To meet this need, Mitsubishi Electric uses a full duplex 150Mbps fibre optic bus, which simplifies connection and commissioning and permits multi-axis co-ordination in synchronous machines, allowing the control of up to 96 axes with the Q173DS controllers.

Simple Motion Controllers

The MELSEC L series includes Simple Motion modules in addition to the regular positioning modules (LD77M and QD77M). For positioning control the Simple Motion Module supports linear interpolation of up to four axes, circular interpolation of two axes, fixed feed control and continuous orbit control.

Speed and torque control features make the Simple Motion Module suitable for tasks such as tension control in winding applications. Synchronous control and cam control are both included and can be combined, while a built-in mark detection signal interface allows the incorporation into the likes of packaging systems without the need for additional modules.

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