Motion Controller Reference Center

The Motion Controller Reference Center, from Machine Design, is designed to provide design engineers with the information they need to specify or purchase Motion Controller including: Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLCS ), Computer Numerican Control ( CNC ), Motor Controllers, Servo Control Units and other motion control products. The Motion Controller 101 section includes reference information about programmable logic controllers ( PLCS), servo control units, motor controllers and many other types of controllers. We also offer the selection criteria and requirements used for typical mechanical engineering applications. Motion Controller Articles will point you to recent application and product articles that have appeared recently in the pages of Machine Design magazine. Definitions of motion control vary widely in industry today. Depending on the application, motion control can refer to simple on-off control or a sequencing of events, controlling the speed of a motor, moving objects from one point to another, or precisely constraining the speed, acceleration, and position of a system throughout a move. In many cases, motion-control techniques are intimately tied to the controller as well as to the positioning hardware and actuator. No overview of motion control would be complete without a discussion of the various control options that are widely used. These include simple timers and counters, chip-level and board-level computers, programmable logic controllers ( PLCS ), servo control units and pneumatic sequencers.

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