Automation World's Managing Editor, Wes Iversen talks with Dan Throne, Industry Sector Manager, Bosch Rexroth, about the company's Cartesian Motion System (CMS Robot).
The CMS motion system uses a PLC-based motion controller and an HMI controller interface that provides controls for gantries with up to three linear axes (X, Y, Z ) and three rotary axes (A, B, C ).
Non-Cartesian actuators are improving applications where they weren't even feasible before. Full definition of their dynamics and kinematics helps designers extract maximum performance from these ...