Tune your electric, Cylinder with rslogix 5000 software – Rockwell Automation MPAI Heavy Duty Electric Cylinders User Manual
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36 MP-Series Heavy Duty Electric Cylinders
Rockwell Automation Publication MPAI-IN001E-EN-P - March 2012
Tune Your Electric Cylinder with RSLogix 5000 Software
This section shows the steps to tune electric cylinders with RSLogix 5000 software. Refer
to Required Files on
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Tuning your electric cylinder requires you to calculate and configure the loop gain based
on the actual measured inertia.
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By setting travel limits, your application minimum deceleration is defined.
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Maximum acceleration is determined automatically during the tuning process.
Follow these steps to tune your electric cylinder.
1. In the Axis Properties dialog box, click the Fault Actions tab.
2. Click Set Custom Stop Action.
3. In the Custom Stop Action Attributes dialog box, set the Brake Engage and the Brake
Release delay times to the values listed in
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4. Reduce the default Stopping Time Limit from 10 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
TIP
These parameter settings work best if the electric cylinder is installed in a horizontal
(table top) or a wall mount (vertical) orientation.
IMPORTANT
To prevent the rod from moving or falling when installed in a vertical orientation,
the Stopping Time Limit must be set to 0.99 seconds or less.