General Description; Fields Of Application - gefran ADV200 User Manual

2 General description

The Electrical Line Shaft application allows a group of drives to operate in a previously defined position with
respect to a "master" reference; this position reference may be provided by the feedback from a motor, a line
encoder or a specific communication interface. The drives that follow the master position reference are called
"slaves"; the position ratio between the master and slaves can be changed proportionally by means of a
parameter called "electronic gear ratio".
The Electrical Line Shaft application requires at least firmware version 5.00 of the ADV200 drive with the
relative optional encoder signal acquisition cards and for the Fast Link system bus; some typical
configurations are illustrated in section 3.3 "Possible master-slave configurations".
Characteristics of the Electrical Line Shaft application for the ADV200:
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Slave axis homing function that enables the use of an external sensor, encoder marker and freeze
encoder signal for axis phasing; user-definable zero offset.
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Slave axis incremental positioning function with user-definable trapezoidal speed profile.
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Slave axis jog function with different ramps and speeds for service movements.

Electrical line shaft function with master position reference selectable between encoder repetition or
Fast Link system bus interface. Possibility of "chain"-type configurations (each slave acts as master
for the next slave) or "equal ranking" (one master for all slaves).

Electronic gear ratios selectable from previously defined settings; possibility of continuously
changing the ratio (Slip function).

Phase trim function to change the position of the slave with respect to the master while the slave
follows the master.

Slave position error signal with dual threshold setting (warning, alarm).

2.1 Fields of application

The Electrical Line Shaft application is particularly recommended for use in the following sectors:
Material Handling
- 2 or 3-axis gantries
- Stackers / De-stackers
- Pick & Place
Transport
- Trolleys
- Hoisting equipment
- Vehicles on rails
Logistics
- Rack feeders for automated warehouses
- Shuttles
User Guide Electrical Line Shaft for ADV200
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