Rockwell Automation Motion Analyzer software v5.0

Rockwell Automation has released a new version of its Motion Analyzer software, designed to help machine builders obtain the full benefits of a mechatronic design approach by making it faster and easier to analyse, optimise, simulate and select motion control systems.

The software now supports MPAI and Kinetix 3. Mechatronics also see greater support through an enhanced SolidWorks interface. More industry standard indexes have also been catered for, including third-order polynomial (parabolic), seventh-order polynomial, adjusted sine (cycloidal) and modified trapezoidal.

Using intuitive step-by-step data-entry fields, users can rapidly build up their motion application including options such as load type (linear, rotary, rotary complex, etc) and load data (mass, force, friction, inclination, etc). This data can then be associated with a number of different variable-vs-time motion profiles.

Mechanisms can also be added and adjusted, including belt drives, lead screws, chain and sprocket, rack and pinion and linear motors. Once the drive has been chosen, the user is then taken to a sizing and selection page before being presented with a number of solutions. The software also offers thermal modelling, system-efficiency analysis, supply voltage tolerance analysis, system-tolerance analysis, life-time estimation and system-tuning simulation.