"....Finally during the fall of August 2004, Yaskawa brought the last branding partner, Omron IDM, into the fold as well. Yaskawa did so by purchasing the rights to Omron IDM Controls’ HVAC and Industrial channels"
The relationships get really screwy (they do with most big Japanese companies), because Omron safety is a different company. Doesn't really matter, other than knowing they are very closely related and the products are "the same". (there were rebranded siemens Yaskawa drives for a while too, though they weren't machine tool class)
Back to delta... a few more good points:
- You can buy them at digikey with next day shipping. So if one blows out, and your in the middle of a paying job, you can get replacements easy.
- The "B3" is out now. 24 bit encoder, much shorter motor, 350% overload, 6000rpm, smaller drives. Price seems to be slightly more than the B2, but not as much as the A series.
fast2buy has some in stock - I'm gonna try a 400w model for my spindle, should be entertaining