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Cool Muscle

Simple and Compact

No more driver/boxes. Reduced wiring. Smaller machines. Shortened development time.

An intelligent driver with a 32 bit CPU based motion controller, driver amplifier, magnetic encoder and power management are all built in right on the motor.

Full Closed Loop System

Higher repeatability, stability, and accuracy.

The Cool Muscle is a fully closed loop system. With a high resolution magnetic encoder and the intelligent driver board mounted on the back, the Cool Muscle constantly monitors its position, eliminating any missed steps.

H∞

Using the newest control technology, the Cool Muscle goes beyond old fashioned static PID control by utilising the robust H∞ control system. H∞ responds to dynamic loads across the entire speed range, reduces the need to tune gains, and increases the allowable inertia mismatch.

Smooth and Accurate

Performance levels similar to AC Servos at a fraction of the price.

The Cool Muscle's high resolution encoder gives you an exceptionally fine placement of 50,000 units per rotation. The Cool Muscle uses Vector Drive Control, resulting in incredibly smooth motion, even at low speeds, not possible with microstepping drivers.

Vector Drive Control

Vector Drive is a control technique used in servo systems. Vector Drive Control is a completely different technique from micro-stepping. Unlike micro-stepping Vector Drive Control is not subject to resonance problems, produces smooth movements, increases torque and increases efficiency.

Cool Operation

Longer motor life. Increased power efficiency. Great for enclosed spaces. Reduced need for gearboxes.

The Cool Muscle's power management monitors and provides the optimum current, based on load, keeping the motor cool. In addition, using a stepping motor, the Cool Muscle generates high torque at low speeds.

Programmable

Great solution for repetitive motion. Simple and compact machines.

Program the Cool Muscle to create the motion you need. Define motion profiles and create programs using easy-to-understand Cool Muscle Language (CML). Motion programs you create can be downloaded to the Cool Muscle. The programs can be executed via PC, embedded computer or simply using I/Os.

CML

Cool Muscle Language is a set of ASCII commands which lets you create motion programs easily.

Programmable I/O

Custom I/O. Flexible application of powerfully built in features.

Configure and assign multiple functions to I/Os on the Cool Muscle. Cool Muscle has 4 inputs and 2 outputs that can be used as digital, analogue, serial or pulse counter (Input only). The new Cool Muscle lets you assign a function to each point of a signal.

Input Functions examples:

• Origin Sensor
• Manual Feed
• Manual Jog
• Execute Bank1,2,3
• Origin Search
• Motor Free
• Enable Motor
• Execute Next Step
• Execute Previous Step

Output Functions examples:

• Alarm
• In-position
• Analogue Output for monitoring

Network

Simple network solution that lowers your cost.

The Cool Muscle provides you with different networking solutions that best suit your needs. Connect multiple Cool Muscles in a daisy chain style network. In the daisy chain network Cool Muscles can tell other motors to activate programs as well as receive commands from a computer or an embedded controller.

Advanced Motion

Change speeds or accelerations while the motor is in operation. The Cool Muscle supports advanced motions such as continuous PTP and PTP motion with different accelerations and decelerations, push mode and more. The powerful push mode is also standard allowing for electric simulation of common pneumatic operations.