Inmoco Launches ATEX-Rated IP66 Positioner/Servo Drive For Potentially Hazardous Process Environments
Posted Date: 21st Feb 2011
Inmoco has launched the Exlar EXP-24 positioner, one of the only servo drive solutions on the market designed for use in hazardous environments. Conforming to both ATEX (Directive 94/9/EC) and CSA regulations for explosion-proof applications, the EXP-24 is a perfect partner for Exlar’s EL100 actuator, providing an integrated control/actuator package in hazardous process environments, and can also be used to drive most three- phase linear actuators and rotary motors.
Housed in a robust, IP66-rated enclosure, the EXP-24 positioner integrates a fully featured 24VDC motion controller and brushless servo motor amplifier, and is able to power most resolver feedback brushless motors on the market. Ideal for process control applications, the EXP-24 provides the functionality to position a valve or damper by following an analogue input signal. Four additional motion modes are also available to accommodate the widest possible range of motion control applications.
Designed with an isolated RS485 MODBUS serial interface, for easy integration into factory-wide process systems, the EXP-24 employs the latest sinusoidal space vector commutation to ensure excellent actuator/motor performance and provides motion set-up features such as Move Distance, Jogging and Homing, plus a whole host of diagnostic features including Real Time Monitoring, Following Error, Position Error, Communications Diagnostics - and many more.
Set-up of the EXP-24 is simplified with an operator control panel, and via user- friendly WindowsTM based software. The software provides users of the EXP-24 with the means to simply select all aspects of configuration and control required to operate the EXP-24 Positioner. Further set-up help is delivered by tabbed pages that provide access to input all of the parameters necessary for configuration of valve control or general motion applications.
The explosion-proof rating, high performance and environmental packaging of the EXP-24 mean that the positioner is ideally suited to the widest range of applications. In addition to Valve and Damper control, these include: Shipboard fuel management systems, Fuel skids, Refineries, Engine test stands, Paint booths and Printing presses.
Intelligent Motion Control (Inmoco) has over 30 years experience in the servo drive industry. Inmoco’s products are used in Robots, Machine Tools, Automation, Metal Bending, Handling, Packing, Textiles and Paper (etc.). They are backed-up by comprehensive application and service facilities.