New ION® Digital Drive Eliminates Need for Dedicated Host

ION/CME Product Release

PMD expands its popular ION® Digital Drive family with Ethernet connectivity and the ability to execute user code on the ION itself, for standalone operation and greater design flexibility for distributed motion architectures. The embedded code execution capability is made possible by the addition of a dedicated module on the ION called the C-Motion® Engine (CME). Read on to find out!   READ MORE

Common Motion Problems and How to Fix Them, Part II

A Technical Deep-Dive

This month we continue with our deep dive series that gives you tools to diagnose common motion control problems and get your machine back on track! You sent in a lot of great feedback on last month's entry into this series, which helped steer the problems we addressed in this article! Deep-dive into PMD's lab to learn more!   READ MORE

JULY '11 WINNER

Mr. Mark Lutz, esteemed Turret Technician and a PMD Master of Motion. Congratulations!