Month: August 2025

Rethining usability

MicroFlex e190 breaks the mould of similar products

by rethinking usability throughout the product life

cycle. MicroFlex e190 introduces a simpler approach

to selection, installation, operation and maintenance.

Small improvements that all add up

MicroFlex e190 adds numerous improvements to the

MicroFlex series, such as side by side flush mounting and a removable memory unit to prepare drive

settings off-site or move settings from one drive to

another. MicroFlex e190 supports all major Ethernet

protocols (software selectable).

Absolute precision and performance

When matched with e-Series servo motors MicroFlex

e190 provides highly dynamic acceleration through

300% peak torque, with high resolution feedback

as standard for absolute performance and productivity.

Powerful motion option

With features such as a second encoder input, an

encoder output, and optional motion programming,

applications such as electronic gearing, CAM, flying

shear, labelling and registration control can easily be

implemented without the use of an external

controller, making it far more versatile than other drives in its class.

MicroFlex e190 is a compact high-performance servo drive,

reimagined for future machine designs.

MicroFlex e190 embraces all major motor feedback types, together

with selectable Ethernet technologies. Its versatility provides a migration path for existing

designs and future network-centric automation solutions.

One drive, many possiblities

MicroFlex e190 is designed to carry today’s control

designs into the future. By supporting PTO and

analog control, it provides flexible options for

existing or legacy applications as well as a migration

platform to Ethernet based control and ‘IoTSP ready’

machine designs through integrated Ethernet:

– EtherCAT®

 and Powerlink

– EtherNet/IPTM

– Modbus TCP

– PROFINET IO

Memory unit

The compact memory unit stores all drive settings, parameters and application programs.

It allows preparing drive settings off-site, manage functionality levels or move settings

from one drive to another without PC.

Real-time control of multi-axis system with EtherCAT®

EtherCAT® connectivity offers a realtime drive control interface for advanced multi-axis systems.

The drive is an ideal partner to the ABB AC500 PLC product line, providing an industry standard

solution with IEC 61131 programming and PLCopen motion functions.

Advanced motion with simple and easy commissioning

Mint WorkBench PC tool offers fast and simple setup, commissioning and monitoring in a single software tool.

In addition to a step by step configuration wizard, oscilloscope view and parameter

handling, it also includes motion programming. For fast help and support the tool can package all data as a single

file, which can be sent by email.

Motion technology fully integrated The drive can be used as a stand alone single axis machine controller.

Mint programming and Ethernet connectivity combined with on board I/O and

HMI connectivity is offering a cost competitive solution in typical motion applications

Motion control

The MotiFlex e180 is designed to control a wide range of applications from simple point-to-point to advanced motion. Motion features include homing,

indexing, change of target “on the fly”,electronic gearing, CAM profiler, flying shear and high speed position latch features for registration.

Embedded Ethernet

Ethernet support includes EtherCAT® or PowerLink for real-time control of multiaxis systems. In addition EtherNet/IPTM,

Modbus TCP and RAW Ethernet are supported with other controllers such as PLCs and Industrial PCs.

The MotiFlex e180 servo drive delivers capability and performance you can depend on.

It combines Ethernet technology, advanced multitasking programming and safety as standard.

The MotiFlex e180 can operate from 200 to 480 V AC three-phase with motor rms current range from 3 to 50 A servo duty.

Ethernet and motor feedback interfaces are fully integrated and optimized for demanding motion applications.

Dynamic control of rotary and linear motors

Overload modes up to 300 percent provide dynamic control of servo motors, both rotary and linear.

Universal encoder interface can be simply configured by software to support a wide range of feedback types.

The MotiFlex e180 servo drive delivers capability and performance you can depend on.

It combines Ethernet technology, advanced multitasking programming and safety as standard.

The MotiFlex e180 can operate from 200 to 480 V AC three-phase with motor rms current range from 3 to 50 A servo duty.

Ethernet and motor feedback interfaces are fully integrated and optimized for demanding motion applications.

Highlights

− Wide range of motion functions

− EtherCAT®, Modbus TCP,

EtherNet/IPTM, and PowerLink

− Dynamic control of rotary and linear servo motors

− Safety as standard with integrated safe torque off in accordance to IEC 61800-5-2, SIL3, PL e

Applications

− Metal cutting and forming

− Printing and converting

− Laser/water-jet/textile cutting

− Rubber and plastics

− Wood working

− Textiles

− Packaging

Motor thermal switch:

The motor may be supplied with a sensor/switch that either opens completely or provides a high impedance when the motor

temperature limit is reached. This should be wired directly to the dedicated motor temperature switch input (X10) on a MotiFlex

e180 drive. If using a MicroFlex e190 drive use of this temperature sensor is optional, but if it is used it should be wired using an

isolated 24Vdc supply (this can be the same supply used for a motor brake) and then included into the control scheme via an

intermediate relay, contacts of which can either be used to disable the drive in some way or fed into the MicroFlex e190 as an

input assigned to be the MOTORTEMPERATUREINPUT.

For a drive controlled via a Real-time Ethernet network it is

typical to connect this signal to the motion controller instead. Removal of the STO inputs would be delayed to allow the drive (or

motion controller) time to profile the axis to a controlled stop before finally disabling the motor output via the STO function.

Actual implementation must be determined by the user according to the result of a risk assessment performed on the system –

please refer to application note AN00206, available on the ABB motion support website, for further details

Emergency stop input:

When either or both of the SIL3/PLe STO inputs are activated the drive will turn off the power to the motor immediately. If the

load has any kind of momentum and/or high inertia it may continue to ‘free wheel’ which may not be desirable. For this reason

sometimes it is required for the drive to quickly decelerate the motor, in a controlled manner, before activating the STO function.

If you have a programmable drive (with the Mint memory module option +N8020) it is possible to configure a STOPINPUT on

the drive which can provide a means of quickly decelerating the drive. A contact from the system’s safety circuit that opens

instantly would be wired to the drive’s configured STOPINPUT. For a drive controlled via a Real-time Ethernet network it is

typical to connect this signal to the motion controller instead. Removal of the STO inputs would be delayed to allow the drive (or

motion controller) time to profile the axis to a controlled stop before finally disabling the motor output via the STO function.

Actual implementation must be determined by the user according to the result of a risk assessment performed on the system –

please refer to application note AN00206, available on the ABB motion support website, for further details

Motor brake control output:

If the motor you are using has a brake then the drive has the ability to control a motor brake via any of the available digital

outputs (Note that by default output 0 is pre-configured as a GLOBALERROROUTPUT – i.e. a drive status output – so it is

common to use an alternative output for brake control). The OUTPUTACTIVELEVEL keyword should be used to ensure the

specific output channel selected to control the motor brake is configured to be active low. Motor brake control is configured via

drive parameters dedicated to this function (these keywords all start with the text MOTORBRAKE). It’s important to consider

where the 24Vdc supply for the brake will come from. This should be from a separate isolated power supply from that which is

used to supply logical devices such as the drive control card, and other control equipment.

Drive enable signal:

The drive will need to be enabled to allow it to control the motor. The source of this enable signal can be defined during the

commissioning wizard and can also be set using the Mint keyword ‘DRIVEENABLEMODE’ which defines if the drive is enabled

via a hardware input only or whether some form of software interlock (e.g. a Mint program or a communications control word) is

also included. If DRIVEENABLEMODE will be set to include a hardware input (other than the STO inputs) then the

DRIVEENABLEINPUT keyword should be used to specify which input channel is used for this function during the

commissioning process (described later). Drives running as intelligent single axis systems (i.e. running a Mint program) and

Real-time Ethernet controlled drives (i.e. EtherCAT or Ethernet Powerlink) do not typically use a dedicated drive enable input

and tend to rely only on the STO inputs for the hardware control of the drive’s power stage.

The OUTPUTACTIVELEVEL keyword should be used to ensure the

specific output channel selected to control the motor brake is configured to be active low. Motor brake control is configured via

drive parameters dedicated to this function (these keywords all start with the text MOTORBRAKE). It’s important to consider

where the 24Vdc supply for the brake will come from. This should be from a separate isolated power supply from that which is

used to supply logical devices such as the drive control card, and other control equipment.