TECHNOSOFT SA

Technosoft – Your Partner for Intelligent Motion Control Solutions

Technosoft, based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is a leading company in the field of DSP-based Motion Control Technology and specializes in the development and manufacturing of motion control systems and intelligent motors.

Motion Control Solutions

TECHNOSOFT has developed the intelligent drive as a cost-effective solution for many motion control applications. By integrating a motion controller and a drive into a single device, an intelligent drive can perform many of the tasks typically assigned to a central unit.

Customers from various industries require different motion control products and systems for specialized applications and have relied on TECHNOSOFT's expertise in areas such as:

• Medical: Laboratory, automation, life-support systems

• Packaging: Intelligent solutions for distributed control

• Textile: Yarn feeders, highly dynamic control systems

• Automotive: Sensorless vector control in fuel cell applications

• Machine Tools: Electric screwdrivers and impact wrenches

• Semiconductor Industry: Wafer handling and processing

For markets and customers with specific requirements, the company can tailor motion systems to meet their unique needs.

Advantages of Technosoft Motion Technology

• Compact and cost-effective drive solutions

• Drives with integrated motion controllers

• Single- or multi-axis standalone applications thanks to decentralized controllers (distributed intelligence)

• Powerful trajectory generators with sinusoidal and trapezoidal ramps for position and speed control

• Universal control of brushless EC motors, brushed DC motors, linear motors, and stepper motors

• Extremely flexible and versatile positioning controllers, with high-level TML programming language

• Easy integration through various libraries – for example, Visual C/C++, C#, Visual Basic, Delphi, or LabVIEW

• Fast commissioning and simple operation

iPOS Intelligent Drives and Controllers:

Compact, higher power-density, cost effective controllers, consisting of intelligent drives with embedded motion controller in one unit.

The programmable servo-drives based on the MotionChip™ DSP Technology incorporating TML, (Technosoft Motion Language), offering advanced motion control capabilities which include PVT, S-Curves, Electronic Gearing and Camming and 3D Motion Commands. CANopen and EtherCAT (CoE) protocols are supported by default for distributed control architectures.

The servo are available as plug-in, open frame and panel mount modules, with ratings up to 80 V and 20 A. They can be installed and programmed using the EasyMotion Studio while various motion control libraries for PC and PLC are available to ease the integration in the application. The multi-axis motion system configuration provides a compact, ready-to-run solution for multi-axis applications up to 6 axes.

iMOT Intelligent Motors:

A very compact Motion Control System consisting of a motor, (brushless, DC brushed or stepper), encoder, controller and drive all in one unit.

The motor with embedded motion controller and drive has all the attributes of the iPOS servo drives, which allows it to offer multi-axis motion operations particularly adapted to integrated intelligence and distributed motion control applications. The unit gives lower total machine costs by eliminating much of the wiring and offering greater field reliability and reduced machine design and build time.