Features and Specifications Shared by ServoWorks CNC Products:

Axis Motion Control Performance

  • Up to 16 axes of coordinated motion control number of axes depends on the ServoWorks CNC application). [VersioBus interface system: 16-axis coordinated motion at 1 ms position feedback rate. Scalable in 4-axis increments.]
  • Linear and circular interpolation
  • Helical interpolation (except ServoWorks S-100T)
  • Exponential interpolation (except ServoWorks S-100T)
  • Cylindrical interpolation (ServoWorks S-100T)
  • Polar coordinate interpolation (ServoWorks S-100T only)
  • Electronic gearing - one gearing ratio per axis
  • Least input increment and accuracy: 1E-9 mm/ 1E-10 in
    (0.000000001 mm/0.0000000001 in)
  • Backlash compensation
  • Leadscrew pitch error compensation
  • Linear scale feedback control
  • Linear scale feedback compensation (ServoWorks MC-Quad)
  • Smoothing: acceleration and deceleration can be programmed for linear, bell-shaped and exponential filters
  • Velocity feedforward to improve motion performance
  • 16-bit analog output per axis (VersioBus interface system)
  • Opto-isolated overtravel limit switch inputs and home switch inputs for each axis (VersioBus interface system)
  • Corner deceleration control for sharper corners while maintaining high feedrates away from corners
  • 1000 cycle three-dimensional dynamic look-ahead contour control (3D-DLACC) with pre-interpolation acceleration for high-speed, high-precision machining for all ServoWorks CNC products except ServoWorks S-100T [VersioBus interface system: one second look-ahead for 1 ms position feedback rate]

Servo Features

  • Complete dual-axis synchronous control (except ServoWorks S-100M and
    S-100T)
  • PID control
  • Velocity feedforward
  • Servo alarms
  • Protective features
  • Actual velocity measurement

Operational Features

  • High-speed block processing of up to 1000 blocks/sec
  • Single block
  • Optional block skip
  • Dry run
  • Individual axis machine lock
  • Individual axis and individual direction (forward and reverse) interlock (ServoWorks MC-Quad and ServoWorks S-100T)
  • Handwheel feed interruption
  • Manual intervention and return with manual absolute function
  • Cycle start, cycle stop/feed hold
  • Emergency stop
  • Overtravel limits (hardware limit switches and software stroke limits)
  • Machine, workpiece, local and relative coordinates
  • Standard STMB functions
  • Program stop (M00)
  • Optional stop (M01)
  • Program rewind (M30)
  • Subprogram call from a main program (M98)
  • End of subprogram and return to main program (M99)
  • Three homing types
  • PLC axes (ServoWorks S-120M and S-140M)
  • Modes of motion include jogging, manual jogging with an optional handwheel, and rapid positioning

Integrated Soft PLC

  • Ladder logic
  • 0.07 µs/step (Pentium IV 2.4 GHz)
  • Max 40,000 steps
  • User-friendly ladder editor
  • Real-time ladder monitor and time chart
  • E-mail and telephone alert

Macro Features

  • 99 local variables
  • 400 numbered global variables (their values are lost when the control restarts)
  • An unlimited number of symbolic global variables, with meaningful variable naming (such as "#position")
  • 500 numbered permanent variables (their values remain even when the control restarts)
  • Up to 24,000 system variables (depending upon the number of axes, number of tool offsets, number of workpiece coordinate offsets, etc.)
  • Extensive math operations:
    • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (+, -, *, /)
    • Sin, cos, tan
    • Asin, acos, atan
    • Exponent
    • Square root
    • Absolute value
    • Rounding off, rounding down, rounding up
    • Natural logarithm
    • Exponential function
    • OR, XOR, AND, and NOT
    • Unlimited nesting of parenthesis
  • Branching and repetition statements supported: GOTO, IF GOTO, IF THEN, IF ELSE ENDIF, WHILE
  • Unlimited nesting of branching and repetition statements
  • Macro calls using custom G, M, S and T codes

Feed Features

  • Maximum positioning speed: 300 M/min.
  • High-speed cutting function (maximum cutting feedrate): 60 M/min
  • Dwell
  • Manual feed with an optional pulse generator: x1, x10, x100, x1000 (except ServoWorks S-100T, which has x1, x10 and x100)
  • Rapid traverse override (0-100%)
  • Manual feedrate override (ServoWorks S-100T: 0-230%, all other ServoWorks CNC applications: 0-254%)
  • Per minute feed and per revolution feed (ServoWorks S-100T, S-100M, S-120M and S-140M)

Part Program Storage and Editing

  • Windows standard file management
  • Storage of part programs is only limited only by the size of your PC’s hard drive
    Unlimited file size text editor
  • Read from and write to your PC's floppy disk, zip disk, compact flash memory drive or PCMCIA card — whatever your PC includes for storage
  • Save and load part programs over a LAN through the Ethernet

Last revision 03/12/08