Product Spotlight: Compact Servodrive

    Jan. 20, 2009
    The IndraDrive Cs compact servodrive has the support of multiple Ethernet communication buses and universal multiencoder interfaces

    The IndraDrive Cs compact servodrive has the support of multiple Ethernet communication buses and universal multiencoder interfaces.

    Ethernet communication is through Sercos III, ProfiNet, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCat, making it suitable for the semiconductor, medical, machine-tool, printing, converting, packaging and metalforming industries.

    The drive’s multiencoder interface supports Hiperface, EnDat 2.1 and 2.2, 1Vss, 5 V TTL, and MSM servomotors.

    Features include digital inputs and outputs plus an analog input onboard, integrated brake resistor, additional interface for a second encoder, and an intelligent operation panel with programming module function, as well as a drive-based PLC that integrates motion and logic. Models range from 50 W up to 3.5 kW, with 3 to 28-A maximum current.

    Bosch Rexroth,
    5150 Prairie Stone Pkwy., Hoffman Estates, IL 60192,
    (800) 739-7684, boschrexroth-us.com

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