With the F-TM StepDrive ST, the SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE family has a new member. The stepper motor drive system consists of the F-TM StepDrive ST drive module, the SIMATIC ET 200SP. The F-TM StepDrive ST complements the drive portfolio in the field of protective extra-low voltage and permits stepper motors to be controlled in the smallest installation space in the power range up to 5 A with a peak current of 10 A.
The F-TM StepDrive ST–like the other products from the SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE product family–is configured and commissioned via TIA Portal. The simple connection to SIMATIC controllers and the integration in the automation platform reduce the engineering time of the SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE family and simplify commissioning and service.
Communication takes place via PROFINET and PROFIdrive telegrams. The stepper motor drive system F-TM StepDrive ST is suitable, for example, for applications such as positioning, in production machines, or in additive manufacturing. The F-TM StepDrive ST technology module is particularly compact with its width of 20 mm and can control a drive with a nominal phase current of up to 5 A in the nominal voltage range between 24 and 48 V.
Applications:
- Drives that must be operated in the extra low voltage range – without touch protection
- General secondary and auxiliary drives
- Actuators (for one-off mechanical settings)
- Controlled speed axes
- Positioning axes
- Drive and lift axes for AGVs (automatic guided vehicle) – driverless transport systems
- Shuttles in intralogistics
- Conveyor systems
- 3D printing
- etc.
