Product Description:

Bosch Rexroth Indramat's NY4110 network-ready linear drive belongs to the NY Linear Drives series. Designed for distributed motion control, the unit serves as the communication endpoint for a linear stage or actuator, allowing the axis to be commanded and monitored over a high-speed serial bus within industrial automation cells. This arrangement supports coordinated motion among feeders, transfer slides, pick heads, and positioning tables that must share timing information across the machine. By integrating network timing and address management directly into the drive electronics, the model simplifies cabling while enabling synchronized multi-axis positioning in material handling, packaging, and semiconductor equipment.

The drive’s address space follows the IEEE1394b Protocol, so each node receives a unique 64-bit identifier that is negotiated during power-up. Command packets are executed in a Sample-Synchronous manner, meaning position and velocity instructions align with the controller’s sampling clock to reduce jitter across multiple axes. This synchronized update method helps separate axes follow the same control cycle during repetitive motion. A built-in watchdog enforces a communication inactivity window of 5 s; if no traffic arrives within that period, the axis transitions to a safe state. Electrical connection is realized through a shielded twinax port that supports deterministic transfers at up to 800 Mb/s. During automatic initialization, the bus-master function forces a reset so the network topology is reacquired without manual intervention.

Once the network is stable, the module reaches phase lock with the global cycle on an Instantaneous basis, so motion commands can resume immediately after topology changes. Logical node numbering derives from the axis’s Physical Network Location, simplifying diagnostics because a swapped cable produces a new address rather than requiring a software remap. Renaming the node has No Effect on these addresses, which helps maintain consistent configuration files across production lines. The drive also supports linear motor primaries and digital encoder feedback, extending the same deterministic bus behavior to both short-stroke actuators and long-travel gantries.