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Soft Servo Systems to Demonstrate 32-Axis Ethernet-Based Motion Control Technology at SEMICON Japan 2007
64-Axis General Motion Control Available January 2008
Soft Servo Systems Japan, Inc. Has Relocated
"Best Supporting Vendor" Award
"Best New Technology" Award for Lathe
with ServoWorks S-100T Controller
Soft Servo Systems Profiled As a Success Story
by Ardence, Inc.
Articles in Trade Magazines
Newsletter
Soft Servo Systems to Demonstrate 32-Axis Ethernet-Based
Motion Control Technology at SEMICON Japan 2007
 Soft
Servo Systems was one of the first motion control companies to adapt
a Panasonic Realtime Express™ high-speed servo network (an
Ethernet-based, 100 Mbps network). The Panasonic Realtime Express
(RTEX) interface system allows the control of up to 32 axes of MINAS
A4N servo drives at a cycle time of 0.5 ms to 1 ms.
One of the advantages of the RTEX system is its ability to meet
a wide range of I/O needs. There is I/O inherent in the system:
each A4N servo drive provides 4 uncommitted inputs and 2 uncommitted
outputs (for up to 16 servo drives).
Plus, there are two options for including additional I/O:
- A VersioBus II fiber-optic I/O network connected to the dual-link
FPA-200 adapter board, daisy-chaining one to four IM-305 I/O modules
(for between 64 and 256 general digital I/O points).
- Optional I/O via an AnyWireBus Gateway included in the RTEX
Ethernet servo network. Up to 320 I/O points (digital, analog
or pulse I/O) can be connected to the AnyWireBus Gateway with
the AnyWire DB protocol.
The maximum number of I/O points available for an RTEX interface
system is 672: 352 inputs and 320 outputs.
A 32-axis Realtime Express motion control product will be exhibited
in Matsushita Electric's booth at the SEMICON Japan 2007 trade show,
the world's largest international exhibition of semiconductor equipment
and materials.
Exhibition Information:
SEMICON
Japan 2007
Exhibitor: Motor
Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Location: Makuhari
Messe, Chiba, Japan
Hall: Hall 11
Booth Number: 11C-1004
Dates: Wednesday, December 5 to Friday, December 7, 2007
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for more information on the Panasonic Realtime Express servo network.
64-Axis General Motion Control Available January 2008
 Soft
Servo Systems is happy to announce the imminent release in January
2008 of the FPA-400, an adapter board that achieves 64-axis coordinated
motion control.
The FPA-400 uses two channels of the Panasonic Realtime
Express™ (RTEX) interface system – Ethernet-based,
high-speed digital synchronous servo communications
(100 Mbps) for MINAS A4N servo drive systems from Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Each of the two RTEX servo
networks connected to the FPA-400 can accommodate up
to 32 servo drives, for a total of 64 axes. On-board
FPGA completely synchronizes these two servo networks
for fully coordinated interpolation of all 64 axes.
This FPA-400 adapter board is provided with the SMP6400,
a general motion controller with 64 axes of high-end
general motion control, an industry-standard PLC and
a Windows-based GUI — all in a single package.
Ideal for motion control applications in the semiconductor,
printing and packaging industries, the SMP6400 is a
truly PC-based, all-software motion and machine control
solution that runs on Windows 2000/XP/XPe. A Motion
Development Kit makes it easy for users to create or
customize their own application in C/C++ and Visual
Studio 6.0.
No motion control or PLC boards are required, just
the FPA-400 adapter board that is easily inserted into
the PC and provides the communications between the servo
drives and the PC.
Soft Servo Systems Japan, Inc. Has Relocated
The Japan headquarters of Soft Servo Systems has relocated to new
office space as of December 10, 2007. The new contact information
for Soft Servo Systems Japan is as follows:
Soft Servo Systems Japan, Inc.
272-1 Norieda-cho, Minami-ku
Hamamatsu 432-8053, Japan
Phone: +81-53-444-5771
Fax: +81-53-444-5773
URL: http://www.softservo.co.jp
info@softservo.co.jp
"Best Supporting Vendor"
Award
Soft Servo Systems was pleased to receive the following "Best
Supporting Vendor" award recently from Shin-ei
Seisakusho, a customer of Soft Servo Systems for three years.
The Shin-ei Seisakusho factory in Kagoshima in Japan has 50 machine
tools controlled by ServoWorks MC-Quad.
Dear Soft Servo Systems, Inc.
Your superior motion control products have greatly
improved the efficiency, accuracy and productivity of the
CNC machine tools in our manufacturing facilities.
We are deeply thankful to you for your contributions,
and hereby present this letter of appreciation.
April 1, 2006
Fumiko Tateno
President and CEO
Shin-ei Seisakusho, Co., Ltd.
"Best New Technology"
Award for Lathe with ServoWorks S-100T Controller
 On
March 14, 2006, the J3T Ringmaster by Toolcrafter Inc. received
the "Best New Technology" award at MJSA's Expo
New York trade show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in
New York City, sponsored by the Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers
of America.
Toolcrafter Inc. is a company specializing in CNC machines and
tools for small parts manufacturing. The J3T Ringmaster produces
beautifully crafted rings of any design, in gold, silver or platinum,
including intricately machined class rings. Boasting a high-quality
finish, the J3T Ringmaster is optimized to run at much higher speeds
than competing products.
The J3T uses a version of Soft Servo Systems' ServoWorks S-100T
controller for lathes that has been slightly customized to add additional
specialty production features.
Please contact Toolcrafter Inc. at +1 (949) 395-3613 or kim@cmscnc.com
for more information on this product.
Soft Servo Systems Profiled
As a Success Story by Ardence, Inc.
Case Study: Soft Servo Systems, Inc. –
Motion Control Systems
Overview
Founded in 1998, by MIT professionals, Soft Servo Systems, Inc.
offers high-performing, innovative, and affordable motion control
solutions to high-volume OEMs in the machine tool, factory automation
and general motion control industries. By teaming with Ardence,
Inc. (also founded by MIT professionals) during early product development,
Soft Servo Systems integrated Ardence RTX's high reliability and
real-time control, to be among the first to develop a truly PC-based
servo controller in which a single, powerful Windows-based host
computer performs all real-time motion control operations. The combined
solution enhances reliability, reduces hardware costs, and increases
performance over hardware solutions, which previously monopolized
the motion control and CNC industry...
Click
here for the full text of the article.
PDF
version (2 pages, 144 KB)
Articles in Trade Magazines
Soft
Servo Systems, Inc. in Product Design & Development, August 2005
Product Ideas for Tomorrow's Designs Delivered Today
 "The
Soft Side of Motion Control"
New and improved software-based motion control systems reduce
cost and increase flexibility for OEMs.
By Joy LePree, Technical Editor
"There are so many benefits [of soft
motion] – from the flexibility to the connectivity to the reduced
costs – that it's difficult to count" says [Joe] Zhou, [Vice
President of Engineering with Soft Servo Systems]. "First, the connectivity
of the PC is a plus. With PCs you can have either wired or wireless
Ethernet connections that permit sharing, which is not possible
with dedicated hardware systems. If you have a PC-based soft motion
system, it's very easy to make information sharing flexible, easy,
and cost effective, meaning someone from a remote location can access
it." .......
"Newer soft motion control systems can
demonstrate better flexibility and cost-effectiveness than their
hard-wired counterparts. To demonstrate the flexibility of newer
systems, Alex Sierra, Operations Manager at Soft Servo Systems,
discusses an example of an OEM application that his company performed
for Bridgeport by Hardinge, a large machine manufacturer.......
Click
here for the pdf version (3 pages, 552 KB).
Soft
Servo Systems in "EDN" Cover Story (7/11/2002)
Design Source for Engineers and Managers Worldwide
Managing Motion
Motion-control circuits, development kits, and real-time software
give you the tools to make your next embedded product literally
move.
By Warren Webb, Technical Editor
 "Soft
Servo Systems offers ServoWorks, a PC-based soft-motion software
product for real-time motion and CNC (computer numerically controlled)
applications (Figure 4). With ServoWorks, a single PC performs all
servo control, including feedback loops and numerical-control-path
generation......
Click
here for the pdf version (6 pages, 226 KB).
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