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Yaskawa Launches New Machine Controller “MPX1000 Series” Realizing Solution Concept i³-Mechatronics – It contributes to the customer’s equipment performance and added value through improved control –

ProductJan 31, 2024

Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Head Office: Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; Representative Director, President: Masahiro Ogawa) announced the “i³-Mechatronics” solution concept in 2017, which adds digital data management to automation solutions, to realize the “new industrial automation revolution” set forth in the “Vision 2025”, and it enhances product development to make this concept a reality. The company launched a new controller solution called “iCube Control”. In this controller solution, it launches the MPX1000 series, a new machine controller with improved performance and enhanced functionality, as a new model succeeding the MP3000 series, a machine controller that has been well regarded for controlling equipment. As the first product in the series, it launched the MPX1310.

New Machine Controller MPX1000 Series (MPX1310)

1. Aim of the Commercialization

In response to customer requests for higher speeds in industrial equipment, Yaskawa has expanded its product lineup since launching the MP3200 in October 2011 and the MP3300 in November 2013 as part of the MP3000 series of machine controllers that specialize in high-speed, multi-axis synchronous control of servo drives. In recent years, in addition to further high-speed control performance, it has been required to increase the number of control axes by integrating equipment functions, connect peripherals, and expand the lineup of I/O etc.

The MPX1310 model of the MPX1000 series, which has been commercialized as a successor to the current MP3000 series, achieves significant performance improvements, such as 8x more motion processing performance and an increase in the number of controllable axes from 16 to 128. The performance of the Company’s servo drive products can be maximized, and thereby the equipment performance and added value of customers can be greatly improved.

2. Main Features

・Improved motion processing performance

The MPX1310 greatly improves processing performance and achieves about 8x the MP3300 CPU-301 ratio. It also has two lines of the high-speed motion network MECHATROLINK-4, enabling synchronization control of servo drives with up to 128 axes. In addition, it adopted multi-scanning, making it possible to distribute “high-speed control axes” as well as “low-speed control axes” synchronously, thereby contributing to further improvement of equipment performance.

・User application compatibility with MP2000 / MP3000 series

The existing MP2000 / MP3000 series user applications are also compatible with the MPX1310. Also, MECHATROLINK communication can be switched to MECHATROLINK-III and easily replaced from MP3000 series.

・Support for SLIO I/O series

The MPX1310 supports a wide range of SLIO I/O that can be directly attached to the device to build a versatile system. Also, SLIO I/O can be distributed as remote I/O by using bus couplers for various networks such as MECHATROLINK-4.

・Support for optimum communication for equipment control

It equipped with two Ethernet ports and can be used for general Ethernet communication as well as Ethernet/IP communication. And it supports message communication with various communication protocols and can be used easily without requiring any user application.

3. Product Specifications

Item		Specification
		< New Series > MPX1310	MP3000 Series MP3300
Format		JEYRM-MPX01220L32-1	JAPMC-CP3302-1-E	JAPMC-CP3301-1-E
Abbreviation		MPX1312-20L32	CPU-302	CPU-301
Number of app cores/ Processing performance (CPU-301 ratio)		2/8 times	1/2.6 times	1/1.0 times
Maximum number of control axes		128 axes	16 axes	← Same as on the left
Maximum number of scans		3	2	←Same as on the left
High speed scan		125μs, 250μs, 375μs, 500μs~32ms (per 250μs units)	125μs~32ms (per 125μs units)	0.25ms~32ms (per 125μs units)
Low speed scan		0.5ms~300ms (per 250μs units)	2.0ms~300ms (per 0.5ms units)	←Same as on the left
User memory capacity		31MB	15MB	←Same as on the left
Communication I/F		One Ethernet port (1000BASE-T / 100BASE-TX / 10BASE-T)	One Ethernet port (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T)	←Same as on the left
Communication I/F		One EtherNet/IP port (1000BASE-T / 100BASE-TX / 10BASE-T)	ー	―
MECHATROLINK I/F		MECHATROLINK-4/III x 2 lines	MECHATROLINK-III x 1 line	←Same as on the left
	Number of ports	2 ports (RJ-45 type)	2 ports (IMI type)	←Same as on the left
	Transmission cycle	62.5μs~ Can be set for each port	125μs~	←Same as on the left
External memory		One SD card slot (SD, SDHC)	1 USB2.0 port (for storage devices)	←Same as on the left
External dimensions [mm]		70(W)×130(H)×130(D)	38.8(W)×130(H) ×108(D) *2 Slot occupancies	19.3(W)×130(H) ×108(D) *1 Slot Occupancy
Weight [g]		About 600	About 300	About 200
Cooling system		Natural/Forced air cooling (external fan)	Natural/Forced Air Cooling (external Fan)	←Same as on the left

4. Main Use

The MPX1310 is ideal for devices that pursue high speed, high response, and control synchronization, as well as devices with a number of control axes.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment: Mold equipment, die bonder
Liquid crystal manufacturing equipment: Scriber, seal dispenser
Electronic component assembling equipment: Chip mounter, solder printing machine
Metal working machine: Servo press, winding machine, spring manufacturing device
Industrial robot: Parallel link, horizontal articulation, vertical articulation
Secondary battery manufacturing: Roll press, separator manufacturing, electrode layer manufacturing

5. Product Positioning

6. Sales Plan

Sales start from January 2024 in Japan.

For sales outside Japan, please check with your local Yaskawa Sales Representative.

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