About
About the Device
EPOS4 Disk 60/8 Hardware Reference
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About the Device
Capabilities of the
device, included
features, and sup-
ported motors.
maxon’s EPOS4 Disk 60/8 is a round-sized, full digital, smart positioning control unit with a center hole for
cable feed-trough. Its high power density allows flexible use for brushed DC and brushless EC (BLDC)
motors up to approximately 480 Watts with various feedback options, such as Hall sensors, incremental
encoders as well as absolute sensors in a multitude of drive applications.
The device provides motor and sensor connections on one side and power, communication, and I/O con-
nections on the other side. The center hole provides room for the implementation of power and communica-
tion lines.
The EPOS4 Disk 60/8 is specially designed to be commanded and controlled as a slave node in a
CANopen or an EtherCAT network. In addition, it can be operated via any USB communication port of a
Windows or Linux workstation.
Latest technology, such as field-oriented control (FOC), acceleration/velocity feed forward, or dual loop, in
combination with highest control cycle rates allow sophisticated, ease-of-use motion control.
The device is available in the following versions:
•
EPOS4 Disk 60/8 CAN (688770)
•
EPOS4 Disk 60/8 EtherCAT (688772)
For easier legibility, in the later course of this document naming of components will be as follows:
Table 1-4
Abbreviations
Find the latest edition of the present document as well as additional documentation and software for EPOS4
positioning controllers also on the Internet:
In addition, you may wish to browse the EPOS video library. It features video tutorials that provide easy to
follow instructions on how to get started with «EPOS Studio» and shows you tips and tricks on how to setup
communication interfaces, and so on. Explore on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/album/4646388
Short form
Meaning
Disk
any type of EPOS4 Disk 60/8 version
Disk CAN
EPOS4 Disk 60/8 CAN
Disk EtherCAT
EPOS4 Disk 60/8 EtherCAT
EPOS4
all controller versions (Module and Compact) as well as other EPOS4
positioning controllers as a whole