Aerotech Inc., a global leader in precision motion control and automation, has released version 1.2 of Automation1, a user-friendly motion control platform. This upgrade brings gantry control, a C API and several new drives to the platform.
“Aerotech customers know they can count on us to deliver robust product lines that meet their precise complex motion control needs,” said Patrick Wheeler, Aerotech’s Controls Product Manager. “With Automation1 1.2, we’re introducing features and drives to the platform that make it even better equipped to control the most demanding applications – all with Automation1’s user-friendly interface.”
The Automation1 1.2 motion control platform additions include Linear-Theta gantry control enabling more flexibility and better performance for gantries; C API library that allows for full flexibility and customization in interface design; XC6e pulse-width modulation servo motor drive; SI4 stepper controller — a two- or four-axis stepper controller that interfaces with any standard stepper; and CADFusion support.
AutoFocus for drives, enhanced throughput module support and XL4s high-performance voice-coil driver are the other features.
Aerotech previously introduced several other drives that are compatible with the Automation1 platform including the XL5e Linear Servo Motor Drive and XC2e PWM Servo Motor Drive among others.