NI and Kollmorgen collaborate to provide advanced servo systems

NI provides a variety of motion hardware, all programmed through the National Instruments LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module and based on the LabVIEW reconfigurable I/O architecture, to help engineers create customised and highly configurable motion systems tightly integrated with NI's broad measurement and control I/O portfolio. Kollmorgen extends that offering to include servo and stepper technology across a variety of drive and motor product families.

For example, Kollmorgen's EtherCAT AKD brushless servo drive is integrated directly with NI SoftMotion, empowering machine builders to create high-axis-count servo systems without EtherCAT programming. These servo systems are inherently synchronised with any other modules in an NI PXI or NI CompactRIO system. NI also sells the new single-cable AKM motor globally, which combines motor power and feedback signals in one connector, reducing wiring cost and complexity.

Ray Butler, Vice President and General Manager at Kollmorgen, says: "NI offers a new global channel and unrivalled customer support for our products. NI reconfigurable motion controllers and Kollmorgen servo system technology provide a one-two punch that can knock out your toughest engineering challenges."

To learn more about NI motion control products, go to www.ni.com/motion.