Introduction
ANCA Motion
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Introduction
2.1
What This Chapter Contains
This chapter introduces the reader to the AMD5x Product range and related ANCA Motion products.
2.2
Purpose
This manual provides the required information for planning to install, installation and servicing of the AMD5x PIU
and Servo Drive. It has been written specifically to meet the needs of qualified engineers, tradespersons,
technicians and operators. This manual does not cover configuration of the drive. Depending on the model of
drive purchased, please refer to the applicable Servo over EtherCAT Configuration Guide or CANopen over
EtherCAT Configuration Guide, for information on parameter configuration and tuning for your application.
Every effort has been made to simplify the procedures and processes applicable to the AMD5x in this User
Guide. However, given the sometimes complex nature of the information, some prior knowledge of associated
units, their configuration and or programming has to be assumed.
2.3
About The AMD5x Series Passive Infeed Units
The AMD5x Passive Infeed Unit (PIU) is the power input component of the AMD5x system. The PIU converts AC
mains into a DC supply which is distributed to the servo drives on common DC Bus
. It is called “passive” because
there is no regulation of the conversion (rectification) process, and no ability to regenerate excess energy back
into the mains supply. The PIU also distributes the customer supplied 24 Vdc control voltage to all drives.
for more system details.
2.4
About The AMD5x Series Servo Drives
The AMD5x Drives are capable of motion control for applications that may vary from precise control of movement
and angular position of permanent magnet synchronous motors through to less rigorous applications such as
simple speed control of induction motors. In many of these applications the rotational control of the motor is
converted to motion using mechanical means such as ball screws and belts.
Motion control is performed by the drive controller which accepts position feedback from motor encoders and/or
separate linear scales. The drive utilizes state-of-the-art current-regulated, pulse-width-modulated voltage-source
inverter technology that manages motor performance. The Drive control receives motion control commands via a
higher level controller, which is based on an Ethernet-based field-bus interface. The AMD5x Drive also supports
position, velocity and torque control modes.
AMD5x Drives equipped with an integral IO Interface provide a core Servo Drive function along with a generic
Input/Output (IO) Interface to support customer IO requirements. These Drives are used in Servo Motor Drive
Systems requiring additional IO control and detection for external transducers and other control/measurement
equipment.
AMD5x Drives support both absolute and incremental encoders. Each drive has two analogue 1Vpp encoder
inputs, and can also support incremental ABZ and absolute encoders such as Hiperface DSL and BiSS.
Please refer to
for more details of features available.
2.5
About The AMD5x Capacitor Module
The AMD5x Capacitor Module is an optional product which adds additional DC Bus capacitance to the drive
system so that excess energy in regenerative applications can be reused by all drives. Adding DC Bus
capacitance also reduces braking resistor losses, minimises braking resistor size, and reduces electrical supply
costs.
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