Yaskawa Servos Boost Performance in Material Handling
Knight Global wanted to enter the market for low-cost material handling hoists, but they weren't willing to compromise their reputation for servo-driven reliability and ultra-smooth operation. This proved difficult until they found a servo system manufacturer with the best combination of performance, compact size, and affordability. They also gained a bonus: a supplier willing to sit side-by-side through the complex process of software development.
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00:00:07 [Music] we were searching for a product that we could lower our cost and compete with our competition the d-series choice is a more cost-effective voice that does everything that the larger hoisin have done there is a feature in our in our servo product that's part of our magic that was developed in the original servo and it's called active dampening so as
00:01:06 you can see I'm moving 150 pounds very simply with just my thumb and index finger if I go into float mode I can actually move the whole load with just the force of opinion now everyone comes in lowball with cheap components but it doesn't perform we need a 1 millisecond processing speed which a lot of products can't offer us the really complex part is when you're
00:01:35 lifting it up there's some natural resonant frequencies that come into play and the mechanism wants to shake it those so they don't have to dynamically be watching the feedback to be able to compensate for those vibrations the active everything has to happen to be a night hoist anti Scylla saw the future and what night was doing and they liked what they saw and we were able to make a
00:02:05 wolf sitting side by side with your scowl and actually going through various motion blocks you know be a whi direct control will be it you know some of the other methods to go okay which one's gonna get us to where we need to go it is a bonus to be able to use the motion works IEC software where you can use structured text which I do you can use the function calls which I do and
00:02:31 function block diagram II and you can do traditional ladder while having the flexibility to choose which is which is appropriate made it really nice for them around that's the kind of service I demand for my anybody so the question is do you have to force somebody to give you that kind of support to do R&D development or does it come easily with your scowl it
00:02:56 came easily it is satisfying to help a customer you know start brand new with our product never have touchid it and be able to use some of their knowledge from their previous experiences to get to the finish line with a great product at the end