While the Geo Brick LV was originally designed to meet a specific customer requirement, the scope for applying the resultant new model is broad. Indeed, wherever a combination of motor technologies is encountered – such as in packaging machines, textile machines, gantries and robotics, manipulators and so forth – the new Geo Brick LV provides a compact, easily installed solution.

The Geo Brick LV expands the range of Delta Tau’s widely used Geo Brick integrated multi-axis controller/amplifier family of products. It provides up to 8 axes of control and power in a single compact unit, providing great savings in both panel space and installation costs. The design is optimised for operation using a 48VDC bus - a level that eliminates many regulatory concerns - but can also operate at significantly lower voltages.

The Geo Brick LV has two fundamentally new capabilities compared to the existing Geo Brick line, which is rated for 230VAC operation of 3-phase motors using IGBT power technology. First, the new Geo Brick LV employs inexpensive, compact MOSFET power stages to provide 8 axes capability at the size and price of 4 axes of the higher-power IGBT control. Secondly, it provides the option of adding a fourth leg to the power stage for each axis, permitting the control of motors with two independent phases – most commonly stepper motors.

The Geo Brick LV comes as a single unit measuring less than 400 mm high by 100 mm wide by 180 mm deep (16” high x 4” wide x 7” deep).

For further information, contact: Andy Joslin,
Delta Tau UK Limited, Holland Cottage, Kirby Road, Great Holland, Essex CO13 0HZ.
Telephone: 01255 670196 Fax: 01255 850768
e-mail: ajoslin@deltatau.com

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