Types of Motion Control Functions IPACT has Provided

• Precise positioning of equipment or products, either to perform a task, or have some function performed upon it.  For example, air knives, used to remove excess coating from the surface of a steel strip moving at ~6000fpm, have to be precisely positioned near the moving strip, in order to be able to control the amount of coating left on the surface.

• Linear synchronization of motion control equipment via "Electronic Line-Shafting" or electronic gearing of multiple axes.

• Synchronization of moving machinery with machinery or product (or visa-versa) based on the occurrence of an event, so that some task may be performed.  For example, in the creation of a product which is extruded by a moving extrusion device, an additional component must be inserted into the extrusion.  At a particular point in the extrusion process, the insertion device is triggered to perform the insert task.

• Synchronization of moving machinery with machinery or product (or visa-versa) based on known system parameters (e.g. velocity, position, etc.).  For example, in cutting off and carrying away extruded product, the motion control device responsible for carrying the product away after it had been cut-off was synchronized to the forward motion of the extrusion device, so that the extrusion and carry-away device moved at the same velocity and direction while the product "linked" the two motion control devices.

• Non-linear synchronization of equipment via "electronic camming" of multiple axes.  For example, coordinated axes control during a roll grinding operation.

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