Delta Tau has introduced a low cost
CNC and general purpose controller
that is said to enable simple,
inexpensive operation of all sorts of
machines – from metal cutting tools
to lasers, flatbed cutters and
Cartesian robots. The control
provides motion control, operator
interface, PLCs, standard interfaces
and software in a single unit.

Called the Advantage 500, the
system can handle four or eight axes
and has at its heart Delta Tau’s
powerful Turbo PMAC Clipper which
gives motion controllers stability,
flexibility, accuracy and speed.

These features, coupled with use
of the Turbo PMAC CPU embedded
computer, deliver a controller that
has many high level features within
what the company says is otherwise a
simple system. Advantage 500 is said
to solve all the wiring headaches of
getting cabling in and out of the
motion controller.

Micromech is an authorised
systems integrator for Delta Tau
multi-axis products.