Omron Electronics CJ1W-NC4 series position control modules for CJ1 and CJ2 PLCs

Omron Electronics has released the CJ1W-NC4 series of position control modules for its CJ1 and CJ2 PLC platforms. The CJ1W-NC4 series are fourth generation and can produce output pulses at up to 4 Mbps, for high-speed, high-resolution position control.

Each CJ1W NC4 card can control two or four axes, using either line driver or open collector output. The axes can be coordinated, for a linear or circular interpolated output. They are capable of driving not only stepper motors and rotary servos but also linear drives and direct drive motors.

The CJ1W-NC4 cards include advanced features such as full closed loop control, where absolute and incremental encoder signals are fed back directly into the controller card. This allows actual positions to be confirmed.

Omron’s CX-One package incorporates all the set-up functions within the main PLC programming package. It also provides more than 30 PLCOpen-compliant function blocks, for easy programming.

Ready-made cables to Omron servo drives simplify wiring significantly. They also remove the possibility of incorrect wiring. Start-up times have also been reduced to 0.1 ms, for quicker operation.