- The maximum speed on the ISA/ISPA model electric actuators with strokes of 1000-1200mm will be raised by 20%.

- ISA/ISPA actuators with strokes of 1300mm will see a 15% increase in maximum speed. All other strokes (1400mm-2500mm will stay the same).

(*This excludes WXM (750W) Type and WXMX (750W) Type. Applicable controllers are XSEL®-J/K/P/Q, SSEL and SCON)

[Revision Details]
1) There are no physical changes to either the actuator or the controller. The changes will lie within the parameter setting. (The RPM setting has been changed from 3,000 RPM max to 3,600 RPM max for a speed increase of 20%)

Example: Lead 20 (Initial Setting) 1000mm/s -> (After Parameter Change) 1200mm/s

2) Strokes from 1000mm-1200mm will see a speed increase of 20% and 1300mm a 15% increase.This revision will take effect on ISA/ISPA actuators and controllers shipping after June 22, 2009.

Corrections have been made on the following PDF pages of the ROBO Cylinder General Catalog:

Page 47 (RCP2-SS7R): The actuator specification table should show ‘Mc’ for the last moment spec.

Page 129 / 315 (RCP2-RA10C/RCP2W-RA10C): Note 2 below the Actuator Specification Table, should read ‘(Note 2) See P493 for the graph of pushing force.’ Please also make sure to read the ‘Caution’ section on page 493 when choosing this actuator.

Please download the updated version at your earliest convenience.

ROBO Cylinder General Catalog Slider Type PDF (Right-click “Save as” 20.5 MB)
ROBO Cylinder General Catalog Rod Type PDF (Right-click “Save as” 17.6 MB)
ROBO Cylinder General Catalog Dustproof/Splashproof Type PDF (Right-click “Save as” 3.7 MB)

A few errors were corrected on the Controller section of the ROBO Cylinder® General catalog.

Corrections:

Please download the latest Controller PDF at your earliest convenience. ROBO Cylinder General Catalog Controller Section Update

Re: IAI’s view on the filed Patent Infringement lawsuit against IAI Corporation, Japan by Yamaha-Motor, Japan.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (“Yamaha-Motor”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against IAI Corporation (“IAI”) on June 3, in the Osaka District Court, Osaka, Japan.

IAI has not infringed upon Yamaha’s patents.

IAI’s robot controller and linear-motor single-axis robot was developed and based on IAI technology. The robot controllers and linear-motor single-axis robots have been produced and sold by IAI publicly in advance of patent filing by Yamaha-Motor. Above all, IAI products do not infringe upon Yamaha-Motor’s patent.

IAI has made effort to explain the details of above facts to Yamaha-Motor, so that Yamaha-Motor would understand our view and position in this matter. Regrettably, due to the filling of the lawsuit by Yamaha-Motor, IAI has no choice but to make IAI’s position clear in court.

As with Yamaha-Motor, the Intellectual property right is IAI’s core management resource and IAI will take a proper and necessary action with resolute stance, according to the law to defend IAI’s rights and position in this matter.