The electro-mechanical Parker Motion Controllers are said to be suitable for OEMs building packaging, material forming, printing or handling machines, as well as system integrators providing factory automation solutions for the automotive, textile, papermaking and food and beverage industries.
The new PAC120 and PAC340 controllers – based on fan-less ARM CPU architecture – form part of a system of input/output (I/O) modules for linking process signals within an EtherCAT network.
Using the Codesys SoftMotion platform for programming, the controllers offer functionalities to allow the development of motion control applications.
According to Parker Hannifin, the modular PAC architecture is expandable with a safety controller and safety I/O modules to meet the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, thereby reducing the efforts of developing, verifying and approving a safety application.
The PAC120 and PAC340 provide design engineers with choices via differences in memory capacity, CPU performance, communication options and CNC functionalities to suit the requirements of automation projects involving motion, synchronisation or positioning tasks.
PAC120 is expected to be ideal for applications demanding flexible motion and automation control while PAC340 can assist design engineers tasked with developing solutions involving real-time, multi-axis applications. Both PAC120 and PAC340 are suitable for global deployment with the required certificates (CE, UL and CCC).