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As more and more industry leaders are specifying the SERCOS interface standard for their motion control applications, media coverage has been steadily increasing.

Some of the latest SERCOS-related articles, OEM application notes and case histories are listed below:

Producing snacks in great shape - ReliablePlant.com

Automation, motion control raise production for tea packaging machine - Reliable Plant Magazine, December 2009

Automation Drives Efficiency, Lowers Cost for Case Packer - Packaging Digest, September 21, 2009

Automation Drives Efficiency, Lowers Cost for Case Packer - Packaging Digest, September 1, 2009

Manufacturers Unify Networking Hardware and Reduce Costs - Design News, June 15, 2009

Networking Technologies Enhance Automation Control - Design News, May 29, 2009

Automation Drives Efficiency, Lowers Cost - Packaging Digest, May 1, 2009

Precision Stonecutting -- Integrated Controls, CNC Boost Productivity in Cutting Saw/Waterjet System - Design News, April 13, 2009

Servos Save Energy and Speed Palletizer For Beverage Packaging - DrivesMag, February 24, 2009

18 Servo Modules Power 17 CPM Case/Tray Packer - Packworld.com, September 22, 2008

Designing Efficient, Synchronized and Reliable Motion Networks - Xilinx XCell Journal Web Exclusive, First Quarter 2008

Safety Over Ethernet Options Increasing - Design News, January 4, 2008

Distributed Intelligence is Key -- Industrial Ethernet is becoming more prevalent in business - Design News, December 10, 2007

Servos Help Pick a Pack - Design World, April 12, 2007

How Ethernet Changes Sercos - Design World, March 12, 2007

Pick-and-Place Operations - Motion System Design, November 12, 2006

Packaging without Surprises - Design News, August 14, 2006

Using Ethernet with SERCOS – Motion System Design, January 2006

PCs control Welding of Nuclear Fuel Rod Spacers - Control Engineering, December 1, 2005

OEM Boosts Performance & Flexibility of Horizontal Flow Wrapper, September 1, 2005

PC/Servo Bag-in-Box Solution - Packaging World Magazine, September 2005

Robotics Move Palletizing Into High Gear - Packaging Digest, July 2005

Automation software makes real-time adjustments - Packaging World Magazine, June 2005

Connected Intelligence Closes the Motion Loop - Automation World, June 2005

Packaging Machines Go Flexible - Automation World, May 2005

Car Seat Tester Saves Driver's Butts - Control Design, March 2005

Productive pouching - Packaging World Magazine, September 2004

Smooth performer - Packaging World Magazine, July 2004

SERCOS Moves Toward the Ethernet - Control Design, June 2004

Third Time's the Charm - Machine Design, April 2004

Six-Axis Saw Turns Out Truss Components - Machine Design, March 2004

Motion Control With Ethernet on the Side - Automation World, February 2004

The Road to Gen3 - Automation World, January 2004

Ethernet-Based Motion Networking – Part of "Milestones in Motion Control" Supplement to Design News, October 2003
Note - The supplement is posted as a pdf.
This article starts on page 7.


Nothing is Static About Machine Motion Control - Packaging Digest, August 2003

Hydraulic Solutions Stay Viable - Control Design, March 2002

Case History Articles

Servo-Driven Vertical Cartoner

Chocolate Production Operation

Trunnion Machine

Veneer-Slicing Machine

Continuous-Motion Cartoner

FlexCell Bag-In-Box Cartoner

Cranking Out Wheels

Dual-Lane F/F/S Machine