Our core business at ADVANCED Motion Controls is designing and manufacturing servo drives. We make a wide variety of models that work with any motor, any controller, any feedback, any network any industry and any application. Depending on the industry servo drives can also be referred to as servo amplifiers, motor drives, motor drivers, motor controllers or other variations.
What is a Servo Drive?
Servo Drives for Every Need
Different industries and applications have different requirements. Here are some of the many options available when selecting a servo drive:
Motor Types
Servo drives aren't limited to just servo motors. They can be used to control many different motors used in motion control applications.
Feedback Options
Servo drives use negative feedback loops to adjust the current or voltage applied to the motor in order for it to meet the desired torque, velocity, or position.
Architecture
- Digital architecture is used in modern servo drives, giving them the additional features, capabilities and intelligence needed in today’s systems. ADVANCED Motion Controls has two digital servo drive families, FlexPro® and DigiFlex® Performance™.
- Analog architecture is the original technology for servo drives. It offers simplicity and cost advantages. AxCent™ is ADVANCED Motion Controls' analog drive family.
Form Factor
The size and shape of the servo drive is called the form factor. Regardless of the form factor most features and options can be found on all types.
- Panel Mount servo drives are the traditional form factor found in industrial cabinets.
- PCB Mount drives are an excellent choice for embedded and mobile applications due to their small size. Even with the smaller size they still have the same features as their larger siblings.
- Vehicle Mount drives have more power and are laid out to accept larger power cables and use automotive connectors for the signal wiring.
Power
Power can range from milliamps to hundreds of amps and from 10V to 800V
