Iván Hernández Dalas: Kollmorgen offers pre-configured Essentials motion system

The Kollmorgen Essentials family.

Kollmorgen said its Essentials family can reduce engineering time and overall system costs. | Source: Kollmorgen

Kollmorgen has introduced the Kollmorgen Essentials motion system, a new line of servo motion systems designed to make high-performance motion control easier and more affordable for virtually any axis of motion.

The company said these pre-configured systems enable simple sizing and selection, while multiple onboard communication protocols ensure integration into the most common controller environments. Emphasizing ease of installation and commissioning, Kollmorgen said Essentials can work across key industrial applications, from packaging and warehouse automation to material handling and forming.

“Kollmorgen has always been the motion leader for torque density, responsiveness, and control in compact systems that offer the flexibility and features to suit practically any application,” said Chris Cooper, global director of product management at the company.

“We’re pleased to now offer all these advantages in complete, optimized systems that allow design engineers to more easily and affordably integrate Kollmorgen high-performance motion across all axes of their machines, with easy connectivity to their existing PLC environments,” he said. “The new Kollmorgen Essentials motion system is truly a game-changer for our business and the essential industries we serve.”

Each motion system combines an optimally matched servo drive, a servo motor with integrated absolute multi-turn feedback, and a combined power/data cable.

Kollmorgen has more than 100 years of motion experience. Its extensive product portfolio includes motors, drives, linear actuators, automated guided vehicle (AGV) control systems, and automation control platforms. The Radford, Va.-based company said its technology combines performance, reliability, and ease of use to give machine builders a marketplace advantage.

Kollmorgen optimizes servo drive for versatility

The Kollmorgen Essentials drive includes multiple protocol options. This allows the user to select between fieldbus types: EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, or PROFINET at the time of installation.

Essentials’ synchronization capabilities allow designers to have precise control of multi-axis systems, which Kollmorgen said give all customers access to its motion control systems within their existing environments without the typical higher cost.

The technology also simplifies the ordering processes and inventory management for machine builders, supporting different types of communication protocols for a global customer base. Functional safety capabilities are provided through integrated dual-channel STO, SIL2/Cat 3 PLd.

Kollmorgen added that its compact drives are easy to install and commission with the Express Setup feature in its WorkBench software. Drive setup, configuration, and tuning have been simplified, even for engineers with little motion experience with simplified graphical configuration tool that supports them throughout the entire commissioning process.

The company also included the full suite of WorkBench tools for more advanced motion programming and tuning tasks.

The Kollmorgen Essentials servo drive is available for supply voltages of 120–240 or 240–480 VAC and delivers continuous power up to 4,000 watts at 3, 6, or 12 amps.

Essentials servo motors provide integrated feedback

Kollmorgen Essentials servo motors are designed for the most common power requirements from 200 to 4,000 watts. Each winding delivers a rated speed of 3,000 rpm, with peak performance reaching up to 6,000 rpm. An integrated 24 VDC brake is available as an option.

Industry-standard mounting reduces the need for excess inventory and improves field flexibility, said Kollmorgen. With a simple, innovative shaft key kit, users can adapt the shaft configuration to any coupling type—”ready, off-the-shelf, for any application,” it asserted.

In addition to this flexibility and torque density, Kollmorgen said each servo motor features its SFD-M multi-turn absolute encoder. The SFD-M provides single-turn resolution of 24 bits and multi-turn resolution of 16 bits.

Using power-harvesting technology eliminates the need for battery maintenance or the risk of battery failure, retaining absolute positioning information even when the system is powered down or during a power failure, noted the company.

With the integrated SFD-M device providing multi-turn absolute feedback to the highly responsive drive, customers can expect positioning performance comparable to Hiperface or EnDat feedback. This high-performance device is included at no additional cost over an equivalent motor with resolver feedback.

The Kollmorgen Essentials motion system motor.

The Kollmorgen Essentials motion system motor. | Source: Kollmorgen

Kollmorgen Essentials comes with single-cable technology

Kollmorgen has developed single-cable technology that combines power and data, which is offered as a standard feature with the Kollmorgen Essentials motion system. It said this enables faster installation — just one cable to route and one connection at the drive and motor.

The cabling can also enhance reliability, with strong immunity to electromagnetic noise and fewer connectivity errors, said the company. The motion system offers combined power/data cables in a variety of lengths in stock, with lengths up to 25 m (82 ft.) available.

Additional options for the system include regen resistors, line filters, and spare drive-side connectors. Kollmorgen Essentials supports DC bus-sharing, which balances energy between the connected drives, contributing to energy savings and a more constant DC link voltage for better control performance.

Learn from Kollmorgen at RoboBusiness

Kollmorgen will be taking part in RoboBusiness 2025, which will be Oct. 15 and 16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. James Davison, vice president of engineering, and Yoshi Umeno, a global medical and robotics industry manager at Kollmorgen, will lead the session, “A Comprehensive Tour of the Modern Surgical Robot Suite.”

Davison and Umeno will take attendees on a comprehensive tour of the contemporary surgical robot suite, including the surgeon console, robotic arm configurations, patient tables, surgical power tools, and diagnostic devices. The speakers will also teach how to optimize motion system design across the entire surgical robot architecture to meet precision requirements, performance criteria, and form factor needs.

Attendees can also learn how to scale solutions with technology partners that understand medical device challenges, simplifying design processes and accelerating project deployment. In addition, Kollmorgen will exhibit on the show floor in Booth 607.

RoboBusiness is the premier event for developers and suppliers of commercial robots. It will feature tracks on enabling technologies, humanoids, business, design and development, and field robotics, as well as the Physical AI Forum.

This year’s conference will also include more than 60 speakers, a startup workshop, the annual Pitchfire competition, and numerous networking opportunities. Over 100 exhibitors on the show floor will showcase their latest components, products, and services to help solve your robotics development challenges. Registration is now open.

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