R50C Motor Driven Roller Controller

Hi, everyone. My name is Sean Foley.

I'm a Global Product Manager at Banner Engineering, and today I'm going to be introducing the new R50C Motor Driven Roller Controller from Banner.

So a little bit about this Motor Driven Roller Controller. Banner's R50C Series Motor Driven Roller Controller connects to a PLC directly via Modbus RTU, or through common Ethernet protocols through Banner’s DXM gateways.

This allows for easy integration into most PLCs, allowing you to keep control of your conveyors and all of their equipment in one system.

So a little bit about the MDR controller.

So the MDR controller offers two discrete channels that are programmed as inputs or outputs for controlling start stop direction or error conditions, while the analog output with a range of 0 to 18V precisely controls the speed.

So installing multiple R50Cs on a conveyor is simplified really through using M12 connectors and allowing motor power connections to be daisy chained from one to the next.

The nice thing about the R50C is that all connections to the R50C are made using compact sealed industry standard M12 connectors.

So it's going to be IP67, IP68.

Another very interesting thing about the MDR controller that's interesting and new to Banner, is that the R50C Motor Driven Roller Controller uses two pass-through L code connections, for aux power, allowing up to 16 amps to be passed through and shared among all controllers in the series.

By separating out the motor power from the device controls, you're able to connect aux power to your safety controller and disconnect it in certain stop conditions, for example, while maintaining power and communication to the R50C.

It's also suitable in many different environments. Again, this is a sealed device, so it's going to be very capable.

It's also compatible with many different motor driven rollers controllers on the market.

In this case we're connected to an Itoh Denki motor driven roller.

So let's take a look at this. The first thing we want to cover is how everything is connected.

So in this case, we have a double-ended L code M12 cord set connected to the R50C.

You could also do the same on the other connector for passing power through to other R50Cs on your network.

We also have connected an M12 to M8 B code. M8 B code is very common for connection for motor driven rollers, such as the Itoh Denki that you see here.

And this is the connection that actually passes through that discrete and analog data to the motor driven roller itself.

Lastly, we just have a standard M12 double-ended cord set for connecting it to our DXM controller, and then Ethernet connectivity for sending that data to your PLC via Ethernet IP, Modbus TCP and PROFINET.

So let's do a quick demo of this.

So in this case I'm connected to my DXM through the DXM configuration software.

So if we go into Tools within the DXM configuration software, we’ll be able to read the Modbus register data from the Motor Driven Roller Controller itself.

So you're able to see via these registers if we're getting the necessary aux power; this will be indicated by a one or a zero.

We're also being able to see the speed that's currently set for the motor driven roller, and also if it's enabled or not in these registers.

Now if we go over to the right side, our right registers will actually be able to activate the controller and control the speed.

Let's do this by setting enable DO - or discrete output - to 1 and increasing the speed to 5 volts.

So in this case I'm going to write the registers.

And as you could see I am going at a certain speed; it's enabled, and it's going at a certain speed for controlling your conveyor systems.

This is very important in conveyor systems to run optimally. You need to control the speed.

You also need to stop the conveyor, and you also need to change the direction.

So let's change the direction here by going to the Direction control, and enabling that to 1, and hitting write.

This will change the direction of the motor driven roller that you see right here.

Let's say we want to increase the speed. I'm going to bring this up to nine volts by typing in 9000 in the Speed Analog Output.

It offers you very precise and rapid control of your motor driven rollers.

So it's an extremely compact device that you could add to your network, have daisy chained on your conveyor systems for precisely controlling conveyor systems in your material handling applications, or other applications out there.

So if you want to learn more about this device, feel free to reach out to Banner Engineering anytime.

Thank you very much.