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Intelligent drive technology

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Overview: The document provides a comprehensive overview of TR-Electronic's encoTRive intelligent compact drives, emphasizing their integration of motor, power electronics, fieldbus communication, closed-loop controller, and absolute measuring system. It highlights the importance of automation technology in modern machinery to meet market demands for smaller batch sizes and individualized production.
Key Features: The encoTRive series offers decentralized drive technology with integrated power and positioning electronics, a zero voltage safe encoder, and fieldbus technology. It supports interfaces like PROFIBUS, PROFINET, and CANopen, and offers various gear types and configurations for different applications.
Product Range: The document details various drive series including actuating drives (MA), positioning drives (MP), and process drives (MD), each designed for specific automation tasks. The drives are available with different electronic functionalities, gear ratios, and types, providing flexibility and customization for various industrial applications.
Technical Specifications: Detailed specifications are provided for different drive models, including nominal voltage, torque, power, speed, and encoder technology. The document outlines the design and configuration of electronics and drives for the MD, MP, and MA series, highlighting their suitability for different operational requirements.
Applications: The encoTRive drives are suitable for a wide range of applications, including precise positioning, cyclic and pulsed positioning, and simultaneous use of decentralized I/Os. They are used in industries such as packaging, press, wood, glass, print, plastics, textile, and machine tools.
Conclusion: TR-Electronic's encoTRive series offers a versatile and innovative solution for modern automation challenges, providing a range of drive configurations and technologies to enhance machine productivity and flexibility.
Positioning Drives:
  • MP 200 Series: Designed for special machine building with high accuracy and mechanical flexibility. Features include continuous and intermittent operation, true absolute encoder, and various gear options.
  • MP xxx Series: Suitable for mass production with simple electronic and mechanical requirements. Offers planetary and worm gears with different reductions and torques.
Servo Drives:
  • MA xxx Series: Intended for occasional adjustment tasks with simple electronic functions. Available in several sizes with planetary and worm gears.
  • MA 025 Series: Optimized for auxiliary functions with fail-safe absolute encoder and capability to handle short-term high overloads.
Precision Gears:
  • PLE 60 and WPLE 60: Economical alternatives to servo planetary gears with low backlash and high efficiency. Suitable for applications with moderate precision requirements.
  • HFUC-14: Backlash-free precision gear ideal for applications requiring high torsional stiffness and minimal backlash.
Technical Specifications:
  • Encoders: Absolute multi-turn encoders with varying positioning resolutions and ranges.
  • Gears: Various types including planetary, worm, and angular planetary gears with different reductions and torque capacities.
  • Interfaces: Options include RS-232, CANopen, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET.
Applications: The drives and gears are suitable for a wide range of applications including handling systems, assembly devices, special machines, woodworking, packaging, and coating machines.
Planetary Gears:
  • PLG 52: Offers continuous torque up to 24 Nm, suitable for applications with circumferential backlash of approximately 1°. Features include efficiency between 70% and 25% at 1,500 min-1, admissible shaft forces of 300 N axial and 350 N radial, and lifetime lubrication.
  • PLG 63: Provides continuous torque up to 100 Nm, with efficiency ranging from 90% to 73% across different stages. It supports shaft forces of 800 N both axially and radially.
Worm Gears:
  • SG 80: Designed for confined spaces with low backlash requirements, offering continuous torque up to 10 Nm.
  • SGF 120: Suitable for applications with highly confined spaces, providing continuous torque up to 30 Nm. Features include an output shaft with double ball bearing and lifetime lubrication.
Communication Interfaces:
  • PROFIBUS: Based on PROFIdrive V3.0, supports cyclic and acyclic communication, and allows free configuration of process data telegrams.
  • PROFINET: Integrates PROFIBUS functions with additional features like alarm telegrams for low cycle times and more addressable nodes.
  • CANopen: Based on CiA DSP 402, allows free configuration of process telegrams and supports up to 4 PDOs in each transmission direction.
Accessories and Tools:
  • EDT (EncoTRive-Control-Device-Tool): A parameterization and diagnosis tool with an intuitive user interface for all EncoTRive drives.
  • Demo Kits: Include all components for fast commissioning, such as power supply units, connectors, and demo function blocks.
Product Overview: TR-Electronic GmbH offers a range of automation products including rotary encoders and linear encoders, suitable for various industrial applications.
Rotary and Linear Encoders: TR-Electronic provides rotary encoders with optical and magnetic scanning functions for precise positioning in diverse applications. Linear encoders measure linear motions with technologies that allow for distances up to 240 meters using laser systems.
Motion Control: The company offers intelligent servo drives compatible with field bus systems like PROFIBUS and CANopen, supporting up to 300 watts and 4,350 rpm, suitable for demanding applications.
Automation Components: TR-Electronic supplies industrial PCs, PLCs, and HMI controllers for automation, along with field bus nodes and I/O modules.
Industry Applications:
  • Printing Technology: Fast signal processing for high register control and automated adjustments.
  • Event Technology: Safety rotary encoders for stage machinery, certified to SIL3/PLe standards.
  • Renewable Energies: Rotary encoders for wind turbine blade and nacelle adjustments.
  • Plastics Processing: High precision tasks like monitoring functions and belt travel velocities.
  • Storage and Logistics: Powerful decentralized measuring and controlling technology for modern storage equipment.
  • Packaging Industry: Flexible automation solutions for high processing speeds and precision.
  • Woodworking: Intelligent controls and sensors for automation in harsh environments.
  • Metalworking: Products designed for harsh conditions with high shock and vibration resistance.
Global Presence: TR-Electronic has a worldwide distribution network, with offices and partners in countries including Germany, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and Turkey.
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compact drives encoTRive overview

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Company abstract – TR-Electronic GmbH Exemption note We expressly point out that the details, measurement values and tolerances provided in the drawings are not binding. They are subject to technology and design modifications. Their only objective is to illustrate the product. Please contact our sales and distribution team if you need a concrete offer with a binding drawing.

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Progress – Decentralized and Intelligent A wide variety of products, smaller batch sizes and the individualization of production are the main requirements of progressive machines. In order to fulfill these demands, while market prices are static or even shrinking, and personnel costs are rising, automation technology must be used exhaustively. It must go beyond the actual production process and enter secondary functions such as setup and material supply tasks. encoTRive fills the gap between fieldbus and drive technology. It is a compact device containing motor, power electronics, fieldbus communication,...

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Table of contents– Find the compact drive that matches your needs Contents General Drive technology Features – PROFIBUS, PROFINET 32 Combinations – drives, components Accessories and options Device-Tool (EDT) – Parameterization and diagnostis tool 34 Drives Process drive – MD 300 PC-USB-to-CANopen converter – for the EDT 35 PROFIBUS hand-held operator panel – for MD drives Demo kit and function blocks – for S7 General Product overview – your automation partner Industry overview – products for any purpose _ Angular planetary gear WPLE 60 _ Harmonic Drive gear HFUC Reinforced precision gear for...

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Performance Actuating Drive Positioning Drive Processing Drive As auxiliary drive for adjusting …  As auxiliary or main drive for … _ cyclic format adjustments _ precise positioning _ guide rails _ dynamic rough settings _ a synchronized and cyclic transfer _ fine adjustments _ sensor coupled position measurement _ valves, dampers and sliders _ application optimized portal systems _ folding machines _ wood working machines _ accurate grinding machines _ thermoforming machines _ package ejection machines _ inspection machines _ cardboard gluing machines _ profile measuring machines _ tool controlling...

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Drive Technology – How to Find Your Perfect Compact Drive TR-Electronic – Helps You to Face the Challenges of Market TR-Electronic – Helps You to Face the Challenges of Knowing and reacting to the demands of the market is the key to success. Today, innovative drive technology has to transfer technology trends and specific user requirements into new products. Aspects like mechatronics, electronics and software must be custom-fit and industry-sector-specific. The challenges is to increase machine productivity, while simplifying the design and operation. In combination with automation technology,...

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This structure is supported by a standard platform in the implementation of firmware, interfaces and bus. In practice this means, there is considerably less effort in engineering and maintenance. System costs and installation times decrease as well. Available bus systems are: PROFIBUS, PROFINET and CANopen, enhanced through busses based on newer EtherNet technologies. The encoTRive series opens with its standard decentralized concept, a new level of automation technology that applies all mechanical engineering applications, in particular in industries like packaging, press, wood, glass, print,...

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Drive technology– Find the compact drive that matches your needs Design of MD, MP and MA series Based on its standard products, TR also develops customer- and application-specific drives. The series range from simple modifications, for example in plug connectors, to drives with new drive motors and additional bus interfaces. Electronics and drives of the MD series The absolute encoder and the electronics are arranged in extension of the motor axis and on the side of the motor. The connector cover accommodates not only the bus interface but also the application module for PROFIBUS and PROFINET....

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Detachably mounted gears with coupling and clamping hub Most of the precision gears are mounted to the electric motor such that they can be detached. This is the most flexible solution for project businesses, special machine building, and medium-size series. Gear types range from economy planetary gears to lowbacklash servo gears. Driving torques of up to 180 Nm are accessible for reinforced gears. Non-detachably mounted gear with direct connection All simple gears are permanently mounted to the electric motor. Coupling, clamping hub, gearbox flange and gearbox bearing are not applicable. For...

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encoTRive – possible combinations Collection of drive series with possible component combinations Electronics MA PROFIBUS CANopen PROFIBUS PROFINET CANopen PROFIBUS PROFINET CANopen

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180 Precision gears Standard 200 / 300 without brake Integrated holding brake

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Process drive MD 300 The MD 300 series features comprehensive electronic functions and high-quality gears. Various gear series are available in several overall sizes and reductions. The drives that can be configured based on these gears can be used as process drives or as auxiliary drives when special requirements must be met with regard to electronics, accuracy and mechanical flexibility. This type series is particularly suited for special machine building where machine configurations are constantly changing, from quantities of 1 piece to medium-size series. Optimal _ for precise positioning...

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B Bmotor motor Bmotor MD 300, without gear, PROFIBUS version Lmotor Lmotor Lgear Lgear Lmotor Lmotor B Bmotor motor Bmotor MD 300, with planetary gear, PROFIBUS version Motor design Gear stages

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Process drive MD xxx (-060, -100, -140, -180) The MD xxx series is characterized by comprehensive electronic functions and simple gears. The gears available are planetary and worm gears in several overall sizes and reductions. The drives that can be configured based on these gears can be used as process drives or as auxiliary drives when special requirements must be met with regard to electronics. This type series is particularly suited for mass production with defined drive configurations. Optimal _ for easy positioning _ for cyclic and pulsed positioning _ for simultaneous use of decentralized...

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