New Motor Products from JVL

SERCOS III (Ethernet) with Drive profile and synchronization for MAC motor® and ServoStep®

JVL is one of the world’s leading producers in the field of integrated servo and stepper motors. Today, they announced a new industrial Ethernet protocol for its integrated servo motors and integrated stepper motors: SERCOS. 

Introducing SERCOS

You asked, JVL listened. The new motor family, ServoStep, uses the newest technology, combined with the advancement of the previous designs, incorporating customers’ feedback. The family has the widest pallet of options in the market and will fit into all possible applications.

Ready for Industry 4.0 and IIoT (Industrial IoT)

The JVL Sercos module is equipped with two Ethernet connectors and a built-in switch, enabling line and ring topology without any extra expensive hardware. The JVL Sercos module has several LEDs, enabling technicians and operators to get a quick status overview. There are also opto-isolated digital I/Os embedded in the module, enabling control of extra sensors etc. without external I/O modules. This minimizes the number of devices on the net and reduces cable costs.

All connectors are rugged M12 connectors suitable for the rough conditions in industrial environments.

All registers in the JVL MAC motor^® are accessible via the Sercos connection, 
enabling complete control of motor configuration and motion. The JVL Sercos module is very easy to use, configured via a predefined setup. Commissioning is easy, using the JVL MacTalk application software.

Sercos Industrial Ethernet

The JVL Sercos modules for MAC motor^® and ServoStep^® have all the important features from the Sercos specification. Automatic recognition of drives is supported by the FSPDrive and the Sercos Drive profiles (FSPDrive/PackProfile/SercosDrive). Synchronization is supported enabling simultaneous operation of up to 511 motors. Hot plugging and redundancy is possible for exchanging motors without power off. Probe/capture is supported enabling use also in packaging machines, and more...

Practical Features

Cabling is a hassle? Using the onboard Ethernet-switch you can daisy-chain cables from one Sercos motor to the next, enabling line and ring topology without any extra expensive hardware.

On the motor-side, one of the big advantages of using integrated servo motors or stepper motors from JVL, is that you do not need to install a separate servo driver or controller in a control cabinet. This gives you many subsequent advantages: Space savings in your control cabinet, saving of expensive motor and encoder cables, saving time (and money) for cabling, noise is minimized due to internal cabling, and installation errors between driver and motor are eliminated.

Service is much easier, since the motor and controller can be replaced as a single integrated unit. Downtime is minimized and production is maximized.

It's the only product on the market that allows users to change Ethernet protocol by updating the firmware using the MacTalk software.

About JVL - JVL is a world leader within the development and production of efficient and compact integrated servo motors and integrated stepper motors. MAC motor^® is a series of integrated brushless servo motors (up to 4500 W and 13.5 kW peak) and ServoStep^® is a series of integrated stepper motors (up to 25 Nm). Both the servo motor and stepper motor series include motor, controller, Nano-PLC, encoder and bus system integrated into one compact unit. All industrial Ethernet protocols like Profinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, Sercos III, ModbusTCP and Powerlink are available.

JVL has more than 25 years of motion control experience and is well known for its development and production of highly specialized integrated motors with industrial Ethernet and customized improvements. The close co-operation with customers and representatives results in cost-effective and technical optimized solutions for both basic and advanced motion control applications.

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JVL's wide selection of quality products for motion control applications include: Integrated brushless Servo motors, Integrated Stepper motors, AC Servo motor controllers, Motor drivers (DC, AC and Steppers), Brakes, Gearboxes and HMI touch panels.

 

High Capacity Electric Parallel Grippers from PHD+

Some of the industry's latest electric product innovations come from our friends at PHD. 

EGRR features:

• Narrow width
• Long jaw travels
• High grip force
• Large moment capacity
• Rugged design
• True parallel jaw motion
• Servo motor control on jaw acceleration, velocity
• Position feedback

Check out EGRR!

MAC Valves Names FPE Automation Distributor of the Month

It's two honors in two days for FPE Automation!

Our sincere thanks to you for helping us to start the year off strong... 

This just in, from MAC Valves:

FPE Automation is named Distributor of the Month for January 2018

The distributor of the month award results from a classic story about MAC’s reliability in the plants of large, tier 2 automotive manufacturers. Over the past five years FPE Automation’s Joe Judge and Dan McCullough replaced the previous, problematic valves with MAC as the valve of choice, due to continual sticking issues and associated downtime. Over that time, the plant has replaced the other valves with MAC, as the former failed. They have not experienced a single failure with any MAC valve installed. This plant pushed hard for MAC to be the only valve used on their upcoming major retooling program.

Congratulations to Joe and Dan, thanks to MAC Valves and to our valued clients. 

FPE Automation - Winner of Piab Diamond Award for 2017

Piab's Mike Tuohey
made the
announcement
this morning...

FPE Automation is the winner of Piab's Diamond Award for 2017
 

We'd like to thank our friends and colleagues at Piab for this honor. 

2017 was another great year! FPE Automation and Piab have been partners for decades. They make exceptional products, best in class. Plus, we really enjoy working with this truly great group of people. As their distributor, is our goal to see Piab thrive as a company.

Congratulations also goes out to the FPE team for their hard work! A great deal went into this achievement over the course of the year. The recipe for their success is that they treat each application, every project, like it was their most important. It sets us apart as a company, we we believe this award is a reflection of that. 

Most of all, we'd like to extend our sincere appreciation to our customers. Without you, this would not be possible.
 

We are honored to accept this award!  

PHD PneuConnect Grippers: Seamless Integration of PHD Grippers to Universal Robots

Introducing seamless, cost-effective, pneumatic end-effector integration for collaborative robots from PHD

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New technology incorporates MAC® valves, and couples directly to the robot arm tool port enabling pneumatic gripping capability.

Connects directly to the tool port on the robot arm making it easy to attach the gripper to a Universal Robot.  

Easy integration and an endless range of applications!

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PHD's Walt Hessler has authored a  write-up on their Blog as well. A very informative article that will give you more information.


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Murrelektronik Product News - Videos to Watch!

A couple of minutes.
Grab something warm to drink.
Catch a video {or three}.
Be aware of what's out there.
Time well spent. 
 
Murrelektronik continues to do an exceptional job at producing product videos. We admire them for that! Concise and interesting, they get the point across and will bring you up-to-date on the latest product innovations without sapping your valuable time. Here are some of their more recent YouTube releases. Check them out!

MICO Pro


Modlink
 

Emparro Power Supplies

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Other FPE Automation/Murrelektronik news:
 
FPE Automation recently released a Murrelektronik 2018 Murr Control Systems Solutions brochure. More than just great prices, these are items we stock, so they're available whenever you need them. 

FPE Automation and Mir Mobile Industrial Robots Announce Partnership

FPE Automation is pleased to announce a brand new partnership with MiR

MiR (Mobile Industrial Robots, Inc.) is a manufacturer of collaborative industrial robots that will transport anything - anywhere. FPE Automation is proud to add MiR to our list of cutting edge products for automation and industry.

From MiR: Imagine a fleet of collaborative mobile robots that could optimize your workflow, increase productivity and reduce costs. What if it would run 100% automated and collaborate with employees? And what if it was easy and fast to integrate into all types of factory layouts? Sounds too good to be true? Actually, it isn't. 

Learn about the many possibilities you get with the unique mobile robots from MiR in their animated video (above).

To schedule a demo or for more information/pricing, contact FPE Automation

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