{"id":35780,"date":"2023-10-26T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/?p=35780"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:08:59","slug":"automation1-drives-demonstrate-significantly-improved-stop-and-settle-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/automation1-drives-demonstrate-significantly-improved-stop-and-settle-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation1 Drives Demonstrate Significantly Improved Stop and Settle Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aerotech continues to build on 50+ years of motion control expertise and push the limits of drive hardware performance. To demonstrate how Automation1 outperforms Aerotech\u2019s previous generation of drive hardware products, the Automation1 XC2<\/a>, XC2e PWM <\/a>\u00a0and XL2e<\/a> drives were compared to the Ensemble ML linear drive.\u00a0<\/p>

For this test, the system included a disabled rotary axis mounted on top of an ABL1500 air-bearing linear stage. These axes are part of a customer machine that performs a high-end inspection process. This test was performed at the customer\u2019s facility. All of the drives were tuned with EasyTune<\/a>, using the \u201cNormal\u201d performance target setting. The test included executing 1 mm moves at a velocity of 5 mm\/s on the ABL1500 stage and measuring the ABL1500 settling time. Results are shown in Table 1 below.<\/p>

Controller<\/strong><\/td>Drive<\/strong><\/td>Settling Time<\/strong><\/td>In-Position Jitter<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Automation1-iSMC<\/td>Automation1-XL2e<\/td>14 msec<\/td>+\/-5 nm<\/td><\/tr>
Automation1-iSMC<\/td>Automation1-XC2<\/td>34 msec<\/td>+\/-30 nm<\/td><\/tr>
Automation1-iSMC<\/td>Automation1-XC2e<\/td>30 msec<\/td>+\/-15 nm<\/td><\/tr>
Ensemble Controller<\/td>EnsembleML<\/td>56 msec<\/td>+\/-25 nm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Table 1.<\/strong> Results of a test comparing Automation1 PWM drives to legacy Ensemble linear drives to highlight Automation1 performance improvements.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Despite the technical advantages of linear amplifier design, the Automation1 XC2 and the XC2e PWM drives both outperform the legacy EnsembleML linear drive\u2019s settling time performance.<\/p>

The Automation1 XL2e – Aerotech\u2019s highest-performing linear drive – shows a notable improvement over the legacy EnsembleML Linear drive.\u00a0 This is due to superior amplifier and signal processing designs and components used in the Automation1 product line.<\/p>

In summary, the Automation1 motion control platform<\/a> delivers the following when compared to the Ensemble controller system with EnsembleML drive:<\/p>