NYQUIST'S NYCE4000 MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM REDUCES INTEGRATION COSTS

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NYQUIST'S NYCE4000 MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM REDUCES INTEGRATION COSTS
03 November 2004 - Nyquist Industrial Control

Nyquist Industrial Control has extended its range of motion-control systems with the NYCe4000, a rugged, high-end, industrial motion control system with integrated drive technology. Everything necessary to control a complex machine is included in a single box that significantly reduces space requirements, saves cabling and cuts system and integration costs. It also extends uptime and greatly improves serviceability.

The Nyquist NYCe4000 Motion Control System targets applications where low-power servo axes and stepper axes are driven by motors up to 500W and where high demands are placed on motion-control. It fills a need in market segments such as the Semiconductor and Medical industry, where speed and accuracy combined with low cost and fast time to market are essential.

Fully utilizing advances in miniaturization, the NYCe4000 is extremely compact and is actually less than the size of a compact industrial PC. Despite its uncommonly small dimensions, the NYCEe4000 provides full multiple-axes motion control and configurable safety functionality. An individual NYCe4000 control system supports 10 axes per unit, with a maximum of 62 units in a network. An extensive set of professional tools is provided for system tuning and for diagnostic purposes.

Compliant with both UL and EMC standards, the NYCe4000 comprises one compact box complete with integrated drives that make it possible to control a machine or a machine subsystem with up to 10 axes and with a total of 100 digital inputs/outputs and 20 analog input/outputs. A wide variety of measurement systems are supported, including traditional encoders, SinCos encoders, LVDT systems, EnDat and others.

The integration of a flexible, universal drive with the motion control system makes it suitable for both servo and stepper motors. This enables cost savings in the service channel by opening up the possibility of controlling all motors in a machine with the same drive type.

Designed for easy integration of a customer-specific connector board into the system, the NYCe4000 requires no additional external connector panels because the connectors of sensors used in a machine can be plugged directly into the motion-control system.
Featuring object-oriented path control programming and delivered complete with an extensive software package for high-level, multiple-axes control, including configurable safety functionality, the NYCe4000 provides superb motion-control performance with excellent tooling.

The combination of high-speed motion control with the drive and inputs/outputs in one box means reduced cabling, extended uptime and greatly improved serviceability with lower system and integration costs. And by using ONE compact system to replace a separate control system, separate drives, separate input/output blocks and distribution boards, considerable space is saved. This 'all-in-one' solution is also a practical enabler for a modular machine concept.

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About: Nyquist Industrial Control
Nyquist has a long and rich history. A history that goes back to the beginning of the early seventies, when the company was still part of Philips. Since then, the organisation has played a pioneering role in the field of high-quality Motion Control systems, VME and PLC machine control platforms.

The foundations for the present-day company Nyquist Industrial Control were paved in the seventies. This happened when the first standardised servo system was developed, initially created for Philips' internal machine building. This led to a large international installed base, both within and outside of our own organisation. For instance, the doors of the Dutch Railways' trains are still fitted with VME-based control systems from Nyquist. And then just think of all the automatically opening bridges, traction systems, trams, machines for making glass moulds, embroidering machinery, pastry-making machines, ships' terminals, incinerators and water purification plants.

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