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Rockwell Automation released its new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5700 servo drives, designed to enable machine builders to consolidate onto a single servo drives platform versus having to use separate servo drives to meet high axis-counts and power requirements for large custom machines.
The Kinetix 5700 servo drives offer dual-axis servos, a 1.6 to 60 kilowatt power range, and tuning technology designed for time savings. Used in place of multiple servo drives, this new platform is designed to help machine builders reduce cabinet-space requirements by up to 70 percent, reduce wiring requirements by as much as 60 percent, and achieve easier configuration and commissioning.
The Kinetix 5700 servo drives use Load Observer real-time tuning technology, which helps remove the need to tune each individual axis. This can help machine builders deliver higher-performance motion control out of the box, and reduce commissioning time for large machines.
Once a machine is operational, the Kinetix 5700 servo drives use Tracking Notch Filter technology to detect and help remove resonant frequencies, and automatically make tuning adjustments over time to help optimize machine performance. This can reduce the need for regular tuning maintenance and help prevent machine failures.
DSL feedback ports provide support for Kinetix VP servo motors with single-cable technology. This enables machine builders to package motor-power, brake and feedback wires all in a single cable, helping to reduce motion wiring requirements by as much as 60 percent.
The Kinetix 5700 servo drives also combine high-performance vector and servo motor control to help reduce machine complexity, and reduce time and labor costs during integration. Additionally, the Rockwell Software Studio 5000 Logix Designer software provides a single, more user-friendly design environment for configuring the Kinetix 5700 servo drives and integrating it with Logix controllers for both motion and safety applications.
From a safety standpoint, the Kinetix 5700 servo drives support both hardwired safety and integrated safety over EtherNet/IP, in which safety data is transmitted using the same wires and IP addresses as motion and control data. Integrated safety can help reduce overall system wiring, helping to save time and money during installation, and helping to remove potential points of failure. Integrated safety also makes safety zoning and configuration changes easier for end users by eliminating the need to physically re-wire devices.
Keywords: Servo Drives, High Axis-Count, Machine Builders, Motion Control, Tracking Notch Filter, ARC Advisory Group.