Single cable technology with high resolution feedback

The Kollmorgen Company is a supplier of integrated automation and drive systems as well as corresponding components for machine builders. Current motion control solutions such as the servo controllers, synchronous motors and stainless steel hygienic motors are all laid out in single-cable technology.

With single-cable technology, users can configure their drive packages in flexible ways. The effort for wiring, hardware, and stock keeping as well as the risks of mix-ups are reduced. Reduced installation effort also means fewer sources of error, thus entailing significantly reduced technical risks. In turn, this enables better availability of machines.

For applications that do not put special demands on the resolution of the feedback signals, Kollmorgen uses digital resolvers featuring their own 24-bit feedback systems. However, if an application requires higher resolutions of the feedback system, such as in high-speed applications, the devices employed as absolute encoders with HIPERFACE DSL interface are the EKS36 or EKM36 motor feedback systems from SICK.

In electrical drive technology, the purely digital HIPERFACE DSL interface offers benefits including lower costs for the connecting cable and two plug connectors, less space required for wiring, and safety of communication between motor and controller. To Kollmorgen as a manufacturer of drives, HIPERFACE DSL provides the option of using single-cable technology even when the application requires a high resolution motor feedback signal.