The Indramat CLC Motion Controllers are multi-axis coordinated motion-control cards designed to work as part of a system with digital servo drives using SERCOS fiber-optic communication for real-time axis coordination.
The CLC platform combines motion control with tightly integrated I/O logic functions so it can cover applications ranging from general point-to-point motion to electronic line-shafting and robotics-style coordinated moves. The series is implemented as different CLC card variants to match common system architectures, including versions for VME racks, PC bus installations, and drive-mounted installations. Programming, operation, and system management are handled through the Visual Motion Windows-based graphical environment, which is built around a point-and-click icon programming workflow and supports integration with external PC applications through DDE. A single CLC can run multiple independent user tasks at the same time and, depending on how the axes are grouped, can coordinate two- or three-axis groups while also handling additional independent axes for systems that can scale to dozens of controlled axes.
