The Future of Motion Controlby Karl A. MeierExecutive Team – ADVANCED Motion Controls

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H o w d i d t h e M o t i o n C o n t r o l i n d u s t r y g e t h e r e ?

Tr a n s i t i o n f r o m p u r e l y m e c h a n i c a l t o e l e c t r o m e c h a n i c a l s y s t e m s

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Pre-Industrial Inventions

Mechanical Innovations

Early Factory Automation

Today’s Automationand Motion Control

A s i m p l e h i s t o r i c a l p e r s p e c t i v e …

F o r c o m p l e x m o t i o n p r o f i l i n g c a p a b i l i t i e s

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A c h i e v i n g b e t t e r o v e r a l l s o l u t i o n s

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• Volume opportunitiesMachine, Metal and Wood Working Tools, Semiconductor Equipment, etc.

• Faster industrial machinesPackaging Machinery, Assembly Automation, etc.

• Smarter apparatusAutomated Warehousing, Material Handling, etc.

• Mobile platformsPersonnel Vehicles, Unmanned Systems, etc.

• Portable devicesMedical Equipment, Alternative Energy, etc.

Essentially, anything robotic!

A p p l i c a t i o n s d r i v i n g c h a n g e b o t h t h e n a n d n o w…

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Where i s the indus t r y go ing?

The goal remains to transform mechatronic technologies that lead to more intelligent equipment with unprecedented capabilities

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How does the indus t r y get there?

Continue to push available technology while challenging approaches to existing solutions

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Operational constraints Electronic componentry sizing,

power device efficiency

PerformanceSpeed and stability of DSPs,

FPGAs, etc. Functional conditionsRobustness of components and overall systems

‘Rare Earth’materials availability

Progressing motor technologyPackaging limitationsAdaptability to host equipment

Novel and efficient program code

Algorithmic and application software advances

Educated personnelInterest in motion control technologies and S.T.E.M. in general

W h a t a r e t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l r e l i a n c e s ?

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Increased technology convergence with additional areas that expand specific solutions and broader applications acceptance.

As suppor t ing techno logy prov ider s app ly e f fo r t s in those a reas , what does the fu tu re ho ld?

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• Simplified cabling and wiring with superior integration

• Auto-recognition of connected system devices for quicker implementation

• Devices exchanged with ease for improved deliveries and uptime

B e t t e r n e t w o r k s w i t h i m p r o v e d m o t i o n a n d m a c h i n e c o n t r o l s

• Confidence in Ethernet-based networks with widely accepted consortium protocols (CANopen, PLCopen, etc.)

• Smaller and smarter controllers…from enclosures to chip sets

• Increased power density of servo drives…from panel mount to embedded modules

• Smaller, minimally powered and greater resolution of feedback devices…increased miniaturization and efficiency

• Dramatic decrease in system volume…providing more with less

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D e c r e a s e d s i z e o f c o m p o n e n t r y

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• Increased awareness of application functions and requirements

• Operating conditions that take safety into account

• Complete interoperability of various components

• Intelligent overall solutions

S e a m l e s s c o n t r o l o f m o t i o n a n d l o g i c

Master

Servo Drives

I/O Blocks and Sensor Modules

Motors

HMI

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• Master drives that include controls

• Embedding drives in motors

• Separate I/O interface blocks

F u r t h e r r e d u c t i o n o f d i s t r i b u t e d s y s t e m c o m p o n e n t s

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• Eliminate cabling altogether (…the bane of our existence!)

• Provide system-wide diagnostics and troubleshooting via readily available devices or other remote means

What is the most component reduced, distributed motion control system?

An integrated drive-motor combination with intelligence and wireless communications!

H i g h - s p e e d w i r e l e s s c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

Advantage – better performance, increased power densities, reduce overall system costsand weight, decreasing wiring and the number of individual system components.

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• Increasing efficiency

• EMC / RFI containment and immunity

• Providing superb network security

• Meeting the demand for improved mobility

• Providing application solutions diversity

Most importantly, recognizing the shift in opportunities.

C h a l l e n g e s f o r t h e f u t u r e o f M o t i o n C o n t r o l

W h o i s ADVANC ED M o t i o n C o n t r o l s ?

• 10-800VDC and 115, 230, 460VAC

• mA to 250A with high efficiency

• Small, compact, high power density

• Embedded, panel mount, multi-axis

• Extended environments and IP65

• Low motor inductance capability

• Machine controls and I/O

• Accessories

• Modifications and complete customs

s e r v o d r i v e s o l u t i o n s i n n o v a t o r s

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ADVANC ED M o t i o n C o n t r o l s E v e r y t h i n g ’ s p o s s i b l e .

Camarillo, CA: headquarters with 86,000 ft. facility for development, manufacturing, sales and support. 50 miles north of LAX

Nearly 3 million servo axes shipped - wide offering of servo drives,

machine control, and embedded solutions

Open invitation to visit our facility and meet the people that make it happen

Providing customers with solutions across a broad range of industries. Making each of their jobs easier by being an extension of their Engineering teams and partnering with their Production to supply products for their end equipment

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Thank you.