Everybody has been talking about intelligent drive technology for several years. The requirements of Industry 4.0 have initiated developments in drive technology that have now arrived in many production buildings. Completely new machine concepts are possible, maintenance and servicing are organized completely differently and processes become more flexible and faster.
Topics such as modularity, dynamics, precision and simplicity play an ever increasing role. In drive technology, the change has particularly affected the converters. They had to develop from pure speed controllers into intelligent servo-drives, which carry out diverse tasks in the system.