Control technology drives innovation
When conveyor and handling specialist New Motion looked to expand its product range with a new design of gantry robot palletiser, it turned to Omron for control technology and technical support.
The result is a gantry robot design that can be easily adapted to different line layouts, which is robust, reliable and compact, and which above helps to minimise downtime.
In the new palletiser, all of the servo axes are controlled by Omron Accurax G5 compact servo drives with built in EtherCAT. Sequence control and motion profiles are provided by an Omron NJ machine controller, connected to the Accurax G5 servos via high speed EtherCAT link. Central to Omron’s Sysmac integrated automation platform, the NJ controller offers synchronous control of all machine devices.
