Omron NX1P machine controller

Based on Omron’s Sysmac (System for Machine Automation Control) platform, the NX1P machine controller features advanced motion control, with built-in EtherNet/IP and EtherCAT ports. With an EtherCat real-time field network, users can connect up to eight servos, I/O devices, vision systems and other devices using a single cable, thus reducing wiring work, while the EtherNet/IP port is utilised to share data with a host PC, other controllers or the internet. The IO-Link master unit also makes monitoring machine information possible.

The product can control up to four synchronised axes, giving functionality like electronic gear/cam and linear/circular interpolation. It is battery-free to reduce machine maintenance and features an SD memory card slot to restore, back up and verify data in the controller. With the capability to add one or two built-in option boards, there is no need to increase the size of the control panel for adding serial and analog communication. This makes it a compact controller with push-in plus terminals for the I/O on the CPU unit, to simplify connection and save wiring time. These features, together with a fast execution time of 3.3 ns, make the NX1P an easy-to-use, high-performance compact controller.