Rockwell Automation has launched its new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5500 servo drive, VP-Series low inertia servo motor and single cable technology as an integrated motion solution on EtherNet/IP.
Integrated motion control on EtherNet/IP eliminates the need for a dedicated motion network, reducing cabling by up to 60% and removing the need to create gateways to get information to or from secluded networks.
In addition, the winding technology and DSL encoder, connected with the smart cable technology, allows power transmission and feedback communication to and from the K5500 drive to take place on a single cable. The Kinetix 5500 and VP-Series drive motor system does not require discrete power rail or additional accessories so machines can be scaled up as needed.
The Kinetix 5500 drive is designed with an external common AC/DC bus connection system that reduces hardware requirements and allows for seamless scalability using a single platform for either single-axis or multi-axis systems.
The Kinetix 5500 drive is supported by the recently released Studio 5000 integrated engineering environment and can be used with the Integrated Motion Encoder on EtherNet/IP.
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