Electronic controls synchronize motion: Hagerty Steel & Aluminum tunes three motor drives to move in a desired fashion independently of each other

摘要

SYNCHRONIZING A PROCESS for highest productivity and quality output often requires precise electronic control of multiple motion axes simultaneously. This is difficult to do if each axis responds to control inputs differently, and yet they all have to produce the same relative motion. Hagerty Steel & Aluminum (www.hagertysteel.com) is a metals service center. From its modest start in the late 1800s, Hagerty, Hunter & Company served flour mills, grain elevators and distilleries in the Peoria, Illinois, area. In 1906, the company's name became Hagerty Brothers, and in 1928 steel was added to the company's offerings. In 2000, the steel division of Hagerty Brothers was acquired by Liebovich Brothers, a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum in Los Angeles. Hagerty is ISO 9001:2008 certified.