Motion Control Solutions

Choice of Platform

Baldor offers a wide range of motion control products to suit many different applications. Motion controllers are available in PCI format, as standalone units with USB, CANopen, serial and Ethernet interfaces and as intelligent programmable drives for use in single or multiaxis systems.

Offering between 1 and 16 axes of coordinated control, Baldor motion controllers offer a scalable solution for complete machine control.

For Real-time Ethernet machine control see our e100 range >

Versatile Motion Capabilities

All of our machine controllers offer advanced motion control capability and can be up and running quickly thanks to the simplicity of Baldor’s Mint programming language. Mint is a versatile, yet easy to use, Basic like programming language. A wide range of programmable motion types are supported, including trapezoidal, S-ramp, linear and circular interpolation, helical interpolation, electronic CAM, gearbox and flying shear. User defined profiles can be added for products supporting our embedded ‘C’ libraries. Machine logic, system networking and operator interfaces (HMI) can all be controlled under a single Mint application program.

FREE Software Tools and ActiveX Components

ActiveX components are supplied with the controllers, allow full motion and I/O sequencing to be performed on a host PC. Application programs can be written in popular visual programming languages such as Visual Basic™, Delphi and LabView.

The motion controllers are complemented by a complete range of servo drives.

NextMove e100

• Ethernet POWERLINK motion controller for control of 16 axes of interpolated motion
• Integrated Ethernet hub for daisy chaining of units
• Panel mount controller
• USB and user selectable RS232/485 communication interface
• Onboard machine control I/O with 4 high speed registration inputs
• CANopen interface for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools
• Single and three phase servo drives with Ethernet POWERLINK are available see MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex e100

Mint Machine Modules

• Plug-in machine controller for MotiFlex e100 drives
• Control of 2-5 axes of interpolated motion
• No external controller required, a compact multi-axis drive solution
• USB of the drive available for configuration or ActiveX access
• Onboard control I/O with 2 high speed registration inputs
• Assumes control of drive hardware, including USB, CANopen, Ethernet and I/O interfaces
• CANopen for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools

NextMove ESB-2

• Panel mount controller
• Up to 8 axes of control; 4 servo, 4 stepper
• USB and RS232/485 communication interface
• Onboard machine control I/O with 4 high speed registration inputs
• CANopen interface for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint or embedded 'C'
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools

NextMove PCI-2

• PCI format motion controller
• Offers twice the performance of NextMove PCI
• Up to 12 axes of control, stepper and servo with expansion card
• High speed PCI interface with onboard Dual Port RAM
• Onboard machine control I/O with 4 high speed registration inputs
• CANopen interface for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint or embedded 'C'
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools

NextMove ES

• Rack mount controller (EuroCard format)
• 6 axes of control; 2 servo, 4 stepper
• USB and RS232/485 communication interface
• Onboard machine control I/O with 4 high speed registration inputs
• CANopen interface for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint or embedded 'C'
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools

NextMove ST

• Panel mount controller
• 4 axes of control: 3 on board 2A, 37V stepper drives
• USB and RS232/485 communication interface
• Onboard machine control I/O
• CANopen interface for I/O expansion, HMI panels and networking
• Programmable in multitasking Mint or embedded 'C'
• Supplied with free ActiveX programming tools