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Teknic’s Precision Homing Feature helps ensure that a precise home position remains highly repeatable, even if the datum used for the home position changes over time
Hardstop homing allows customers to eliminate switches to reduce cost and increase machine reliability. This improvement to Teknic’s long-time successful hardstop homing algorithms is available in Teknic’s ClearPath closed loop, integrated servo motors.
Key Features and Functionality:
- Hard Stop Homing Benefits: Simplify machine integration and reduce cost by eliminating sensors and reducing installation time. Improve machine reliability – sensors can false trip or even fail due to environmental particulate or damage. Homing to a hard stop also eliminates all cabling associated with limit switches.
- “How Precise is Precision Homing?”: The Precision Homing function provides absolute positioning down to the encoder count. Even if the home reference deviates up to ± ½ of a motor revolution, the motor will remember the precise home location.o See a demo for yourself: Precision Homing Demonstration
- One Click Calibration: Calibrate the ClearPath motor’s precision homing location for your mechanics with a single click. The first homing sequence will complete the calibration process. This home location is non-volatile and remains in the motor even after a power cycle. Easily recalibrate the motor’s home position if the motor is moved to a different mechanism.
- No Hassle Homing Setup: Use Teknic’s free software to configure your home settings. You can either home the axis using your controller or simply enable the servo to home automatically upon enable using your user-defined homing routine.