Automation1 XC6e Enhanced, High-Power PWM Servo Drive
The Automation1 XC6e single-axis PWM servo motor drive brings precision motion control to your high-power applications. It offers all the benefits of our XC4e drive but with more power to move the largest payloads, so you’ll accelerate large, brushless servo motors faster and reach higher top speeds without sacrificing smooth motion. Plus, the XC6e can be configured and programmed with Automation1’s user-friendly Studio application and APIs. Compatible with brush, brushless, voice coil or stepper motors, the XC6e also easily controls servo, galvo and piezo motors.
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Design Features
- Connects through the HyperWire® fiber-optic bus (20x the bandwidth of 100BASE-T Ethernet buses)
- Provides up to 100 amps peak output
- Offers 240 VAC and 480 VAC voltage options
- Includes safe torque off (STO) safety circuit
- Features drive data array with more than 67 MB of memory
- Holds CE approval; follows the EU 2015/863 RoHS 3 directive. Pending NRTL safety certification
- Delivers many optional features, including:
- Multi-axis Position Synchronized Output
- I/O expansion board
- 65K encoder multiplier for amplified sine wave encoders up to 2 MHz
Automation1
The XC6e is a part of the user-friendly Automation1 motion control platform, which includes the following:
Delivers Ultra-Smooth Motion
Achieve ultra-smooth motion profiles with the XC6e’s optimized servo system response, which includes the use of up to sixteen (16) second-order loop-shaping filters, precise time-aligned feed-forward and other proprietary techniques.
Packed with Features
The features you need most come standard with the Automation1 XC6e, including safe torque off (STO), a data array with more than 16 million 32-bit elements, digital and analog I/O, Position Synchronized Output (PSO), dedicated home and end-of-travel limit inputs and an enhanced current sense device. The drive also includes internal bus voltage monitoring, over-voltage protection, an integral 300W shunt resistor and integral cooling fans.
Easy to Integrate
Integrating the XC6e is simple with features like auto-ranging control supply, integral encoder interpolation options, automatic brake control, digital and analog I/O expansion board and standard absolute encoder support.
Feedback Flexibility
The standard XC6e accepts square-wave and absolute encoder feedback signals. With the optional encoder multiplier feature, sine-wave encoders can be multiplied by up to 65,536, making XC6e our highest-resolution position feedback drive. Dual-multiplied and dual-absolute encoder feedback is supported.
Control Your Process
The XC6e is more than a motion control device. It also includes many process control features. Empowered with Aerotech’s Position Synchronized Output (PSO) functionality, a single-axis XC6e can track up to three encoders in real-time to trigger a process tool like an industrial laser or camera.
XC6e Specifications
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Motor Style | Brush, brushless, voice coil, stepper (1) |
| Control Supply | 100-240 VAC; 50/60 Hz |
| Motor Supply | 240 VAC (three-phase), 50/60 Hz | 480 VAC (three-phase), 50/60 Hz |
| Bus Voltage (2) | 0-340 VDC | 340-680 VDC |
| PWM Frequency | 20 kHz (3) |
| Peak Output Current (1 sec) (4) | 50 Apk | 100 Apk | 10 Apk | 20 Apk | 30 Apk | 50 Apk | 100 Apk |
| Continuous Output Current (4) | 25 Apk | 50 Apk | 5 Apk | 10 Apk | 15 Apk | 25 Apk | 30 Apk at 20 KHz, 50 Apk at 10 KHz |
| Position Synchronized Output (PSO) | Standard: One-axis PSO (includes one-axis Part-Speed PSO) Optional: Two-axis PSO (includes two-axis Part-Speed PSO) Three-axis PSO (includes three-axis Part-Speed PSO) Two-axis Part-Speed PSO only Three-axis Part-Speed PSO only |
| 25-Pin Motor Feedback Connector | High-speed differential inputs (encoder sin, cos and marker)* CW and CCW limits Hall effect sensor inputs (A, B and C) Analog motor temperature input (accepts digital) Brake output |
| 26-Pin Auxiliary Feedback Connector | High-speed differential inputs (encoder sin, cos and marker)* 4x optically isolated digital inputs 4x optically isolated digital outputs 1x 16-bit differential ±10 V analog input 1x 16-bit single-ended ±10 V analog output 2x optically isolated high-speed inputs *This channel is bidirectional and can be used to echo out encoder signals |
| Multiplier Options | MX0 Option: Primary Encoder: 40 million counts-per-second square-wave input. Auxiliary Encoder: 40 million counts-per-second square-wave input. MX2 Option: Primary Encoder: 2 MHz / 450 kHz (bandwidth selectable) sine-wave input, encoder multiplier up to 65,536 Auxiliary Encoder: 40 million counts per second square-wave input MX3 Option: Primary Encoder: 2 MHz / 450 kHz (bandwidth selectable) sine-wave input, encoder multiplier up to 65,536 Auxiliary Encoder: 450 kHz sine-wave input, encoder multiplier up to x16,384* *Encoders multiplied with this input cannot be echoed out. |
| I/O Expansion Board (-EB1) | 1x additional PSO connection point 1x PSO synchronization input 16x digital inputs, optically isolated 16x digital outputs, optically isolated 3x analog inputs, 16-bit, differential, ±10 V 3x analog outputs, 16-bit, single-ended, ±10 V |
| Drive Array Memory | 67.1 MB (16,777,216 32-bit elements) |
| High-Speed Data Capture | Yes (50 ns latency) |
| Safe Torque Off (STO) | Yes, SIL3/PLe/Cat 4 |
| HyperWire Connections | 2x HyperWire small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports |
| Automatic Brake Control | Standard; 24 V at 1 A |
| Absolute Encoder | BiSS C Undirectional; EnDat 2.1; and EnDat 2.2 |
| Current Loop Update Rate | 20 kHz |
| Servo Loop Update Rate | 20 kHz |
| Power Amplifier Bandwidth | Selectable through software (85-95% efficiency) |
| Minimum Load Inductance | 0.1 mH |
| Operating Temperature | 0 to 40°C |
| Storage Temperature | -30 to 85°C |
| Weight | 6.30 kg (13.89 lb) |
| Compliance | CE approved EU 2015/863 RoHS 3 directive, Pending NRTL safety certification |
- For stepper motors only, one-half of bus voltage is applied across the motor (e.g., 80 VDC supply results in 40 VDC across stepper motor).
- Output voltage dependent upon input voltage.
- The specifications on this table are for 20kHz operation unless noted. All versions of this drive can be changed to 10kHz if motor heating caused by the environment or the operation of the drive becomes an issue.
- Peak value of the sine wave; rms current for AC motors is 0.707 * Apk.
- Rated at 25°C ambient temperature.
XC6e
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| XC6e | XC6e High-Powered PWM Digital Drive |
Peak Current
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -10 | 10 A peak, 5 A cont. current (480V input only) |
| -20 | 20 A peak, 10 A cont. current (480V input only) |
| -30 | 30 A peak, 15 A cont. current (480V input only) |
| -50 | 50 A peak, 25 A cont. current |
| -100 | 100 A peak, 50 A cont. current |
Rated Motor Supply Voltage
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -240V1 | 240 VAC Rated Motor Supply Voltage (50/100 Amp Versions) |
| -480V1 | 480 VAC Rated Motor Supply Voltage (50/100 Amp Versions) |
| -480V2 | 480 VAC Rated Motor Supply Voltage (10/20/30 Amp Versions) |
Expansion Board
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -EB0 | No expansion board (default) |
| -EB1 | IO expansion board |
Multiplier
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -MX0 | No encoder multiplier (default) |
| -MX2 | 2 MHz / 450 kHz x65536 multiplier (primary), no multiplier (auxiliary) |
| -MX3 | 2 MHz / 450 kHz x65536 multiplier (primary), 160 kHz x16384 multiplier (auxiliary) |
PSO
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -PSO1 | One-Axis PSO (includes One-Axis Part-Speed PSO) (default) |
| -PSO2 | Two-Axis PSO (includes Two-Axis Part-Speed PSO) |
| -PSO3 | Three-Axis PSO (includes Three-Axis Part-Speed PSO) |
| -PSO5 | Two-Axis Part-Speed PSO |
| -PSO6 | Three-Axis Part-Speed PSO |
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