MINAS A7 servo drives offer AI for ultra-high precision
automatic tuning complementing the abilities of experts
Recently introduced and now available for customer orders in Europe, the
new compact MINAS A7 servo drive family from Panasonic Industry is the
industry’s first commercialized AI-equipped servo system. The devices use
Panasonic Industry's independently developed precAIse tuning, making full
use of AI technology to achieve highly precise automatic tuning without any
need for an expert engineer. This also reduces setup time by up to 90%.
MINAS A7 motors and drives improve equipment performance while
simplifying installation and operation. Thanks to the integrated AI the servo
system can even automate tasks in areas where experts are needed to
spend time for tuning machines manually due to unsatisfactory performance
from conventional automatic tuning functions. The product also achieves the
industry's highest level of motion performance with an encoder resolution of
the servo motor with 27 bits and 134,217,728 pulses/time. The speed
response frequency, which indicates the control performance of servo
amplifiers, reaches an industry high of 4.0 kHz or greater. Furthermore, the
servo motor achieves a maximum rotation speed of 7,150 r/min which
contributes to shorter cycle times. The MINAS A7 impresses with a compact
design saving space and resulting in cost effectiveness. Last but not least,
MINAS A7 servo drives are backward compatible to MINAS A6 devices.
They are 1:1 replaceable thanks to the same interfaces and flange size.
Philipp Zebisch, Senior Team Manager Product Management at Panasonic
Industry comments: “Our newly introduced MINAS A7 servo drive family
ensures an extremely stable operation and longer service life of machine
components thanks to the online monitoring tools. With the development of
the MINAS A7 series, we have achieved an optimum of human-machine
operations due to its highly intelligent automation and monitoring capabilities.
They reduce installation time and maintenance costs and guarantee the
highest processing quality and speed in numerous applications like spin
coaters, dicing saws, chip transfer machines, IC handlers, bonding
equipment, equipment for substrate inspection, metal and laser processing
machines, injection molding machines, presses and pipe-bending machines.”
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