Industrial Factory Automation

Inmoco's new range of Ion intelligent digital drives, from Performance Motion Devices (PMD), is claimed to improve design times and simplify integration. The Ion line features power ranges of 500W and 3,000W; these enable a wide range of motor types and sizes to be combined in multi-axis motion positioning applications when using Ion drives. The Ion 500 and 3000 drives are compact modules that provide power amplification, advanced motion-control features and network connectivity in an enclosed package. Both models are available for DC-brush, brushless-DC and micro-stepping motors and are suitable for medical, scientific, semiconductor, industrial, robotic and general automation applications. Key to the performance of the new Ion digital drives is PMD's advanced Magellan motion-control IC, complete with its enhanced instruction set. This combination provides 32-bit processing power to initialise and control the motion-control application, monitor performance and synchronise ...

A recent evaluation has proved Ion Science PID technology performs efficiently in high-humidity environments. Tests have shown Ion Science PIDs are up to twice as accurate as some of their competitors, are more consistent and give faster results. The trials evaluated a PID cell incorporating Fence Electrode Technology against one equipped with Humidity Compensation. The data showed that when subjected to high humidity, a Fence Electrode PID is much less subject to drift, while responding and clearing out faster, resulting in fewer non-reports. To further strengthen and support the recent findings, the Ion Science Phocheck+ PID has received independent verification as the best performing PID by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP). The outcome of the evaluation conducted by the ME DEP led the Phocheck+ 3000 to be selected, mainly because of its fast and consistent readings. For further information, the documented report 'An Evaluation of Competing Technologi...