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Baldor Motion's e100
Date: 29 September 2011
Baldor Motion's e100 Ethernet enhancements benefit Heason Technology system integration
As a preferred systems integrator for
Baldor Motion, Heason Technology's in-house design and assembly
capability benefits from the global motion control leader's
versatile e100 intelligent servomotor drive and controller range
which continues to expand with additional communication and
application development features.
The e100 family includes the MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex
intelligent single-axis drives as well as the NextMove e100
multi-axis motion and machine controller. At the heart of these
motion products the real time Ethernet Powerlink standard combines
with TCP/IP and Baldor's Mint system building environment to
provide a universal drive platform that can suit a wealth of
applications from standalone motion control to PLC hosted networked
systems.
Baldor recently announcement that it has added even greater
flexibility by re-engineering the e100 range with full
compatibility with another two Ethernet standards, namely
EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP. These design improvements do not
require additional cost or plug-in cards and significantly widen
the potential for integration of Baldor's motion products into
large scale PLC-controlled networked systems.
Baldor have also added a new single axis version of Mint software
to its e100 intelligent drive range. Called Mini Lite, it offers
all of the multitasking language power of Mint for complete control
of the drive, on-board I/O, communications and Ethernet networking
features. MiniLite is a free of cost enhancement and will make
system commissioning even simpler for multiple serial drives where
a single point of access via Ethernet is required.