The MC4Unt is real-time networking technology based on the EtherCat protocol that is designed to connect multiple MC4U units to increase the fully coordinated machine control axis count from eight to 32.
The network is an integrated system that controls up to 32 fully
synchronized axes of motion, including a wide range of amplifiers and
corresponding power supplies (100-10,000W; 24-560VDC) with the ability
to add hundreds of I/Os. Axes controlled by the system are synchronized
to a single 20kHz sampling and servo update rate with a maximum
synchronization dither of 100 nanoseconds. Unlike other EtherCat network
control approaches, the network allows the user to integrate several
axes (up to 8) into single network nodes, says the vendor. In the MC4Unt
networked system, one MC4U unit acts as a master and controls all the
axes including those of the slave MC4Us, other network drives and
EtherCat nodes. The host computer only communicates with the master unit
and the master MC4U internal SPiiPlus motion controller generates the
motion profile for all the axes.ACS Motion Control Inc.www.acsmotioncontrol.com763.559.766
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