Intelligent EC drives with EtherCAT interface

EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) is considered the “Ethernet field bus” because it combines the benefits of Ethernet with the simplicity of classic fieldbus systems and avoids the complexity of IT technologies. In industrial automation, such as intralogistics, the protocol is therefore very popular: it is probably one of the fastest industrial Ethernet technologies. Alongside its real-time capability, it has high synchronization accuracy to a magnitude of nanoseconds. Decentralized, intelligent drives can benefit from this, especially when several axes need to be synchronized. This is why the proven ECI-63 internal rotor motors from the ebm-papst modular drive system will soon also be available with an EtherCAT interface.