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Elmo's Next Generation is a unique and complete solution for the ever-growing demand for an integrated solution for motion control applications – a solution that provides a revolutionary answer to the current and future needs of the motion control market.
Equipped with Elmo’s powerful core servo and motion control technology, the Next Generation provides the highest power density and distributed intelligence where you need it, in an extremely compact package: An evolutionary achievement unparalleled by any other manufacturer in the industry.
The Next Generation, the breakthrough solution from Elmo, achieves new levels of motion control efficiency to
ensure the most effective implementation of an application that embraces: |
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- Global system – a multiplicity of motion solutions from a single supplier
- Simplicity – implementing even the most complex applications is now simple and intuitive
- Intelligence – both at the machine motion control level and at each axis
- Flexibility – a broad range of communication hardware configuration possibilities
- Robust and Deterministic – reliable and resilient in the face of changing conditions
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Elmo's Next Generation SolutionOne Solution for any Motion Application - One Environment for the Whole Solution
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Three Layers for Integrated Motion Control
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"Go Standard" with Elmo
- IEC 61131-3
- C programming
- Standard communication
- protocols
- Ready-to-use application templates
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Elmo Application Studio (The EAS) - 1st Layer
| The Elmo Application Studio is a friendly, easy-to-use application environment. The EAS supports two independent standard programming environments: Both IEC 61131-3 and C programming/ development platforms.
The EAS provides tools to set up the control, motion and communication, as well as tools for advanced tuning, monitoring, recording and logging.
The EAS liberates engineers from investing the majority of resources to deal with the communication and motion networks, and thus empowers them to focus on the application, while maximizing their motion resources and resolving the labor-intensive process of becoming the "expert" in communication and/ or motion control.
With the EAS development environment, an engineer can develop a complete application within a single project that includes global resources that are available to the machine at all levels of operation.
At this layer of the Next Generation, the system has access to standard Ethernet and USB, using standard communication protocols such as Ethernet IP/Telnet/Modbus and TCP/IP to communicate with both the machine motion controller and the axis level drives.
The rich communications options supported by the EAS and the modularity inherent in the platform deliver a wide range of functionality. Advanced programming modules offer sophisticated tools that enable tuning the drives according to demanding requirements, configuring the communication protocols and diagnosing and debugging an application while it runs. |
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The Superior Machine Motion Controller - 2nd Layer |
The Master Drive – A Drive-Embedded Machine ControllerWith Elmo's Master Drive, the drive that masters the network, application implementation is simpler and faster. The Master Drive is a super-compact servo drive with advanced capabilities to control all the machine motion over the network. The Master Drive provides an elegant, efficient motion control solution that saves space - no installation, no wiring and no additional power supplies needed. Elmo's machine motion controller is also available as a stand alone unit and as a PCI/PC card.
This sophisticated, innovative entity adroitly handles:
- Rapid communication with the Elmo Application Studio and end units. EAS data is transmitted via Ethernet or USB. End units, such as servo-drives, I/O cards and other accessories converse over CAN or EtherCAT communication links.
- Precise machine control, such as robust synchronization of up to 16 axes (divided into up to four groups), I/O devices and distributed execution tasks with the machine drive layer.
Elmo's Master Drive machine motion controller is situated with the axis level drives, therefore response and cycle times, as well as communications are faster, more accurate and more reliable.
The embedded Master Drive is "first among equals" in the drive layer and provides peerless intelligence and fast communication with the Host PC/PLC and the Next Generation drive layers. Elmo's innovative approach boosts the intelligence and communication speed to make synchronizing multiple motion axes easy, while reducing the cabling and infrastructure requirements.
Elmo's Next Generation machine motion controller supports IEC61131-3 programming, as well as true C programming and C program execution at the machine motion controller.
The Machine Motion Controller is Available in Three Formats:
1. Master Drive - A Drive Embedded Machine Controller
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2. Stand Alone Motion Controller
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| 3. Motion Controller Integrated into PC card
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Intelligence at the Axis Level - 3rd Layer
| With the Next Generation, Elmo reaffirms the principle that servo drive performance is essential for the overall result. The Next Generation is a significant step forward in the development of Elmo's leading edge servo drives. The evolution of Elmo's Next Generation drive layer combines the excellence of the existing servo drive product line with a huge improvement in the motor control and a new emphasis on each drive cooperating as a full partner in a top-level motion network.
The high intelligence built into Elmo's servo drives facilitates the allocation of resource-intense tasks between the machine motion controller and the drives, thus freeing the system performance from critical communication load and timing issues.
Each intelligent, stand alone servo-drive controller can function as a resourceful member of a distributed motion network and enables:
- Multi-tasking programming
- Support for IEC 61131-3 and C programming languages
- Intelligence and fast computing power throughout the motion control system
- Deterministic and faster communication
- Communication and processing load reductions
- The highest power density coupled with top reliability and efficiency
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Elmo's Next Generation Advantages
Elmo Application Studio (The EAS) |
Unified environment to control all the elements in your motion application. |
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Standard development environment and programming languages:
- Windows-based PC development studio
- IEC 61131-3 compliant
- C programming
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Designed for easy, intuitive operation at all levels
- Uses familiar interfaces, syntax and protocols
- Design and manage projects on standard platforms
- Integrated with Elmo's proprietary tools
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- Distributed execution tasks between the Master Drive
Machine Motion Controller and drives
- Multi-tasking programming environment and project
execution
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Faster response and cycling time |
A large selection of completely modular programming
resources and tools for:
- Set up
- Tuning
- Monitoring
- Recording and logging
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- Each module can be used independently
- You can obtain the modules you need from Elmo as stand-alone program
components
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| Elmo Application Studio Navigation System |
Simplifies the programming for the most common motion applications and
makes it easy to customize and manage the system to suit your application
requirements. |
Communication channels and protocols:
- Ethernet 10/100 Base T, USB 2.0
- TCP/IP, Telnet
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Greater communications flexibility and compliance. |
The Superior Machine Motion Controller |
Powerful, programmable, fast, deterministic multi-axis control, embedded
in a specialized servo-drive to streamline your logistics. |
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Powerful processing platform that can be incorporated in most
Next Generation servo controller drives to create a Master
Drive Machine Motion Controller:
- PowerQUICC II Pro Processor
- 333 MHz
- Double precision floating point hardware
- Real Time Linux operating system
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The drive-embedded Master Drive Machine Motion Controller:
- Eliminates the need for a separate controller
- Enables motion controller integration into projects with high density layout requirements
- Speeds network communication between motion controller and drives
- Saves space in the hardware layout: Reduces the amount of system hardware, and cabling and infrastructure requirements
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- Full standard implementation of
IEC 61131-3 and C programming languages
- Precise time management mechanisms and advanced
control algorithms.
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Superior control and management for:
- Total machine motion and logic control
- Peripheral components (motion controllers, I/O modules)
- Executing sequential and deterministic user programs
- Executing time-based (deterministic) multi-axis motion using motion
modes such as ECAM, PVT, 2-3 dimensional spatial trajectory
- Running and activating deterministic time-based I/O modules
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Support for a wide range of standard environments,
communication channels and protocols:
- Host communications: Ethernet 10/100 Base T, USB 2.0. Supports TCP/IP, Ethernet IP, Telnet and Modbus
- Drive communications: EtherCAT Master, CAN
- Support for CANopen and Ethernet over EtherCAT
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Greater communications flexibility and compliance. Standard CANopen or
EtherCAT for demanding applications. |
| Elmo Application Studio Navigation System |
Simplifies the programming for the most common motion applications and
makes it easy to customize and manage the system to suit your application
requirements. |
Mounting and installation options:
Stand alone OEM-oriented packaging
PCB mounted component
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Greater hardware packaging flexibility, for more efficient, faster and cost
effective installations. |
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The evolution of Elmo's high performance servo-drives brings you an
improved processing core and faster communication channels |
Features |
Benefits |
Powerful new processing platform with reduced current,
velocity and position loop sample times:
- Current loop performance reduced to 40 μs
- Velocity and position loop reduced to 80 μs
Communication channels:
- TCP/IP and USB protocols for setup and maintenance
- Ethernet and CAN or EtherCAT(Slave)
- CANopen (over CAN & EtherCAT): DS402, DS305 & DS301
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Up to eight times more processing power:
Advances in functionality:
- Improved sensor and control algorithm
- Higher resolution in all aspects (profiler, control...)
- Faster response time (control, background, I/Os, communication...)
- Wider range in most of the motion parameters (Speed, Acceleration...)
- More motion mode options that support PLCopen and time-dependent
motion, including PAVT, final speed PTP...
- Support for a wide range of pure absolute encoders
- Wider range of feedback options
- Improved recording: Indications, internal data storage
- Flexible, standard-compliant, fast communication options
- Support for CANopen and TCP stacks
- Hardware time tag for each message in every EtherCAT slave
- Practical network synchronization jitter over EtherCAT << 1 μs
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The servo drive is available as a smart component that can be
integrated in the customer’s application or as a stand-alone
device.
Extended features available on request:
- Integrated motors and servo drives (duet products)
- I/O Cards for I/Os Extensions
- Third party end units, supporting CANopen or EtherCAT
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