Geo Brick Drive

Product Description:

The Geo Brick Drive brings together the intelligence and capability of the Turbo PMAC2 motion controller with the latest IGBT-based drive technology in a compact, smart 4/6/8 axis servo drive package.

The flexible nature of the Turbo PMAC2 enables the Geo Brick Drive to drive brush, brushless or AC induction motors with unsurpassed pure digital DSP performance. The absence of analog signals- required for typical motion controller/drive interfacing-enables higher gains, better overall performance and tighter integration, while significantly driving costs and setup time down.

Product Features:

• The Geo Brick is capable of controlling up to eight axes with direct-PWM commands
• Motorola DSP 56k digital signal processor
• Turbo PMAC2 CPU (for kinematics, open servo, NC applications)
• Fully Configurable via USB2.0 and/or Ethernet TCP/IP (100 Base-T)
• Operation from a PC
• Stand-alone operation
• Linear and circular interpolation
• 256 motion programs capacity
• 64 asynchronous PLC program capability 
• Rotating buffer for large programs 
• 36-bit position range (± 64 billion counts)
• Adjustable S-curve acceleration and deceleration 
• Cubic trajectory calculations, splines
• Set and change parameters in real time
• Torque, Velocity and Position control standard
• Small footprint saves space
• Full rated temperature cooling standard (no need for additional fans)
• 16 inputs (expandable to 32 with option) fully-protected and isolated with separate commons for two banks of eight 
• Eight thermal-fuse protected outputs (expandable to 16 with option) rated for 0.5A @ 24VDC each (Flexible outputs allow for sinking or
• sourcing of current depending on whether the common emitter or common collector is used.)
• Primary encoder for each axis with TTL differential/single-ended inputs with A, B quadrature channels and C index channel, 10 MHz cycle rate, and digital Hall-effect inputs
• Five flags per axis using DB-25: HOME, PLIM, MLIM and USER inputs; EQU compare outputs for first four axes and five more flags per axis if the 6 or 8-axis system is ordered
• Optional analog inputs and outputs, ± 10VDC
• Optional two PWM outputs*.
• Optional Dual Port RAM (Required for NC)
• Optional Modbus Protocol.

Amplifier Standard Features:

• 4-, 6- or 8-channel direct PWM input from controller
• Integral 4-, 6- or 8-axis servo amplifier delivering from 5A cont./10A peak to 15A cont./30A peak per axis (limited to two axes per drive @ 15/30A)
• Four pin locking connector contacts for motor outputs and 3-phase AC input power and earth ground terminations
• Universal AC input 97-265 VAC, or DC operation from 12VDC to 340VDC.
• Complete protection: over voltage, under voltage, heatsink and IGBT over temperature, short circuit, over current, input phase loss detection, shunt over-current detection
• Two contacts for shunt regulator resistor termination. (Connector type is locking style.)
• Integrated bus power supply including shunt regulator (GAR48 or GAR78 external resistor required)

Amplifier Ratings:

• Output Current: 
    - 5A Continuous, 10A Peak (two seconds), RMS. 
    - 8A Continuous, 16A Peak (two seconds), RMS*. 
    - 15A Continuous, 30A Peak (two seconds), RMS*
• Output Power: 
    - 5/10A unit is rated for 1247 watts per axis (based on modulation depth of 60% rms). 
    - 8/16A unit is rated for 1995 watts per axis (based on modulation depth of 60% rms). 
    - 15/30A unit is rated for 3741 watts per axis (based on modulation depth of 60% rms).
• Input Current: 
    - 5/10A 4-Axis unit 13 A(rms)/phase (3-phase) @ 240 VAC Input. 
    - 8/16A 4-Axis unit 21 A(rms)/phase (3-phase) @ 240 VAC Input. 
    - 15/30A 2-Axis unit 20 A(rms)/phase (3-phase) @ 240 VAC Input.

Amplifier Standard Features:

• 4-, 6- or 8-channel direct PWM input from controller
• Integral 4-, 6- or 8-axis servo amplifier delivering from 5A cont./10A peak to 15A cont./30A peak per axis (limited to two axes per drive @ 15/30A)
• Four pin locking connector contacts for motor outputs and 3-phase AC input power and earth ground terminations
• Universal AC input 97-265 VAC, or DC operation from 12VDC to 340VDC.
• Complete protection: over voltage, under voltage, heatsink and IGBT over temperature, short circuit, over current, input phase loss detection, shunt over-current detection
• Two contacts for shunt regulator resistor termination. (Connector type is locking style.)
• Integrated bus power supply including shunt regulator (GAR48 or GAR78 external resistor required)