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Parker Hannifin, the world’s largest manufacturer of motion and control technologies, has announced its latest family of Compax3 intelligent servo drives.  The Compax3 family of products has been designed to offer OEMs and end users a full range of drive solutions, while being simple to program and operate.  In addition, Compax3 servo drives are based on a common operating platform, delivering high levels of performance and functionality, and have been developed for use in global applications, with support from Parker’s worldwide network of sales and technology centres.

The Compax3 family of single and multi-axis servo drives can operate at between 1 and 110 kVA, and are ideal for use with all common types of motors and actuators, including sine commutated synchronous and asynchronous motors, torque motors, linear servo motors and voice coil motors.  Similarly, the Compax3 system supports a variety of different feedback technologies such as resolvers, sine cosine in single or multi-turn versions, Hiperface or EnDat interfaces, analogue and digital hall sensors, and distance coded, rotary and linear encoders.

As an open system, Compax3 can be used with Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet, EtherCAT and Powerlink protocols, and can also be supplied with a real-time drive bus for dynamic, multi-axis synchronised applications.
The functionality and performance of Compax3 is enhanced still further by Parker’s Integrated Engineering Tool software.  This uses PLCopen Motion Control Function Blocks and wizard technology to make setup, configuration and subsequent tuning and adjustment quick and simple.  In addition, the software includes features such as integrated online help, automatic debugging, IEC61131-3 programming, an oscilloscope function, and unique support for mechatronic systems through MotorManager and HydraulicsManager modules.

The Compax3 family of servo drives is available with a wide choice of options, and is supported globally by Parker’s network of manufacturing, sales and technology centres.  The company can provide dedicated system design and development, supply pre-configured systems ready for installation and, through its position as a global specialist in motion and control technologies, offer complete drive, pneumatics, hydraulics and mechatronic solutions.

 
With annual sales exceeding $12 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 62,000 people in 48 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 52 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com.