User Manual 08/2003 Edition

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1 Brief Description 04.01
1.1 General information about SIMODRIVE POSMO A
Main features
Applications
Typical
applications
Design
Gearbox selection
Cables
1-18
The main features are:
Power module and complete motion control in the motor
Coupled using a communication and power bus
PROFIBUS DP Standard slave
Positioning functionality which is easy to handle
Modular gearbox system with different ratios
SIMODRIVE POSMO A can be used in almost all industry sectors,
such as e.g.:
For production machines in packaging, woodworking, glass, printing,
plastics
For machine tools and transfer lines
In medical diagnostics – for example to move examination tables
and X–ray equipment
Here are two typical applications from many:
Adjusting formats or endstops
Setting process quantities (e.g. via valves)
The positioning motor is a 1–axis actuating drive with low envelope
dimensions and compact power connection, drive converter power
section, closed–loop motor control, positioning control (open–loop),
communication and bus connection on the motor.
A 24 V supply voltage for the 75 W motor and 48 V for the 300 W
motor supply the drive power.
Reference: /KT101/ SITOP power, power supplies
Catalog
The motor can be equipped and operated without a gearbox or with a
gearbox from a modular gearbox system.
75 W motor: Modular gearbox system, refer to Chapter 2.5.1
300 W motor: Modular gearbox system, refer to Chapter 2.5.2
Standard cables are used for all connections.
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SIMODRIVE POSMO A User Manual (POS1) – 08.03 Edition