Trio Motion Technology

Name: Trio Motion Technology
Address: Tewkesbury, GL208ND, GB
Telephone: +441684292333

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Trio Motion Technology provides motion-first machine solutions to global OEMs.

Designing and manufacturing motion controllers, I/O systems, servo drives & servo motors, Trio also develops applications for the most demanding motion requirements.

28/10/2026

Is motion programming as difficult and time-consuming as you might think? Not with TrioBASIC.

Trio’s high-level programming language uses easy to understand, English-language commands to make motion programming fast and accessible.

For example, if you want to set a speed, use 'SPEED', or if you need to move an axis to a specific position, use 'MOVEABS', and combine with traditional condition statements such as ‘IF’ or ’THEN’.

Using IEC languages such as structured text typically requires typing several lines of code for each command, including declarations of multiple parameters, plus the logic to prevent continually looping and repeating the code.

Instead, with TrioBASIC, many motion commands can be expressed in a single, concise line of code, making them much quicker to input.

This approach is also far easier to read, making errors simpler to spot and changes much faster to make.

TrioBASIC includes common commands as well as moves and motion profiles suitable for the most complex multi-axis applications.

Discover more about Trio’s motion programming environment available for free on the Trio Motion Technology website.

If you’re already an IEC language user and you’re happy with that approach, you can also programme Trio controllers with IEC languages too.

23/10/2026

Undergraduate Engineering Placements: Applications now open for 2027/28. Apply now!

Are you an undergraduate looking to kick-start your engineering career? We’re now accepting applications for our 2027 Summer and 2027/28 Annual placements.

We want to hear from the brightest minds in:

• Robotics
• Mechatronics
• Electronics
• Embedded Software
• Mathematics

If you’re passionate about industrial automation, cutting-edge robotics, and advanced motion-control technologies, this is your opportunity to work with a team shaping real-world innovation.

What you’ll do: Join experienced engineers on impactful projects, contribute to real product development, and gain hands-on experience across the full embedded systems lifecycle.

You’ll learn from experts, solve meaningful technical challenges, and get paid while you build your future.

Why join us? At Trio, you won’t just observe, you’ll create, build, and assist in innovation alongside a team of thinkers and doers driving next-generation engineering.

The roles will be based at Trio’s global HQ in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK.

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Applications close in mid-November.

Ready to take the next step? Learn more and apply at the Trio website.

15/10/2026

A great day meeting our future engineering placement students at the University of Bath Careers Fair!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of attending the University of Bath’s Autumn Careers and Placements Fair where we met a fantastic range of talented and enthusiastic students, introducing them to Trio Motion Technology and our industrial placement opportunities.

Our Halloween-themed stand attracted plenty of attention with our synchronised SCARA robot 3D visualisation, fast-moving application videos, an impressive range of motion controllers, and our Halloween cupcakes!

We were particularly pleased to show students interested in electronics some of our uncased controllers, offering a closer look at the compact PCB layouts behind our advanced motion control technology.

Throughout the event, Bengisu, pictured left, our current industrial placement engineer and a University of Bath student, and Alex, pictured right, who graduated from the University in 2025 to join Trio, spoke with a fantastic range of talented and enthusiastic students from across a wide range of the faculties.

It was encouraging to hear about the success of the University’s relatively new robotics course, alongside the established computer science, electronic engineering, and integrated mechanical and electrical engineering programmes.

We enjoyed discussing the exciting opportunities available through our Summer Engineering Placement 2027 and Annual Engineering Placement 2027/28 programmes.

Students were particularly interested in the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with industrial robotics, advanced motion control systems, embedded software and algorithm development, and real-world automation applications provided by our placement programmes.

At Trio, our placement students become valued members of our engineering teams, contributing to real projects, putting their academic knowledge into practice, developing new technical skills and gaining meaningful experience working on our industrial automation products.

A big thank you to the University of Bath Careers Team for organising another excellent event, and to everyone who visited our stand. The quality of the conversations and the enthusiasm of the students made it a thoroughly rewarding day. We look forward to receiving applications from many of the talented people we met!

If you didn't get the opportunity to speak with us at the fair, you can find details of our current student placement opportunities on the Trio careers page at our website.

09/10/2026

High-performance, multi-axis motion coordination can be reached with pulse-and-direction or analogue drives.

For machine builders, achieving the performance you need doesn’t have to mean changing the architecture or devices you already trust.

If your machine requires high-performance motion control with pulse-and-direction or analogue servo drives, discover more about the Trio MC508 Motion Coordinator.

The MC508 can coordinate up to sixteen pulse and direction output axes or eight closed loop servo axes.

The Motion Coordinator is powered by an ARM Cortex A9 800 Mhz Processor, giving IEEE 457 Double Maths precision and 64-bit position register position for high-performance motion control.

Programming is achieved through a choice of common IEC 61131-3 languages or the easy to use, high-level TrioBASIC language.

Motion moves including linear, circular, helical and spherical interpolation can be achieved, as well as flexible CAM shapes and linked motion.

The controller’s built-in Ethernet port enables direct programming and connection of common HMI and PLC protocols, including Modbus TCP and Ethernet-IP – and the MC508 is ODVA compliant.

Discover more about the capabilities of the Trio MC508 https://triomotion.com/public/products/p849.php

02/10/2026

To quickly develop motion and machine control applications with minimum complexity, an easy-to-use, integrated development environment is vital.

A single environment for motion and logic programming, as well as the configuration and setup of drives, controllers and HMI, makes development significantly faster and easier.

But this environment must also be intuitive and simple to use.

Trio’s Motion Perfect is the integrated development environment to design, develop, test, deploy and secure your machine applications.

💻 Simple programming

Programming can be achieved with Trio’s high-level TrioBASIC language. Simple to learn and based on native language commands, TrioBASIC enables faster programming, more accurate coding, and easy coding review.

Motion Perfect includes a library of pre-set motion moves, plus guided instructions for vertical form fill and seal machines, and it also supports IEC language programming and PLCopen.

You can also program, set up, and visualise your robotics applications with access to Trio’s Robot Programming System.

⚙️ Servo drive support

To quickly set up your servo drives, Motion Perfect supports stand-alone or EtherCAT-based drive commissioning, with quick access to commonly used parameters, plus tuning tools and a dedicated scope screen.

For fast and simple machine management, EtherCAT diagnostics include a graphical network view plus a clear display of network status registers.

🎛️ Machine control

Through Motion Perfect, you can quickly and easily manage I/O module connectivity, including firmware updates to selected modules via EtherCAT.

The environment also manages Trio’s HMI system, including support for recipes and user-defined alarms.

Learn more about Motion Perfect – you can also try it: it’s free to download and use. https://triomotion.com/public/software/motionPerfectv5.php

25/09/2026

If your machines require motion AND logic control, you can simplify development with Motion-PLC.

Integrating a motion controller with a PLC takes time, and this approach can also introduce reliability challenges for end users.

A separate motion controller might also require a dedicated programming language, adding complexity in development.

Trio’s Motion-PLC is the solution to this challenge.

Motion-PLC is a new class of machine controller that provides advanced motion control performance with the functionality and simplicity of a PLC, combining multi-axis motion control, logic, and extensive I/O expansion, all within a single device.

The result is the machine performance you need, with reduced complexity in design and commissioning, and an easier to use machine.

Motion-PLC includes:

⚙️ IEC language motion programming plus a PLCopen motion library, providing a familiar development environment

⚙️ EtherCAT motion control for up to 8 axes based on Trio’s Motion-iX motion engine, including a broad library of pre-programmed motion functions

⚙️ Up to 16 I/O slices, plus EtherCAT and Ethernet ports, giving wide flexibility over device integration

Learn more about how Motion-PLC can simplify your machine development. Visit https://triomotion.com/public/products/motionplc/motionPLC.php

18/09/2026

What's better: a robot or a machine?

In our latest blog post, Tom Alexander, Trio's President, says that how robots are being used in different locations around the world could be impacting their growth.

The introduction of robots is often a reference for manufacturing sophistication, but their use doesn’t automatically mean higher-performing machines.

Ultimately, adopting a motion-centric approach to automation will help guide whether the right decision is a dedicated servo-driven machine, a robot, or an integrated combination of both technologies.

Read the article here: https://blog.triomotion.com/whats-better-a-robot-or-a-machine/

11/09/2026

Trio’s new P359 Flexslice 8-In Analogue Current Input I/O Module adds high-density analogue sensor integration with precise signal measurement.

The I/O slice features eight 4-20mA input terminals within a compact slice footprint measuring just 15mm wide.

The module is designed to integrate analogue ranged sensors and is ideal to measure variables such as distance or temperature.

The new P359 Flexslice 8-In Analogue Current Input I/O Module provides:

➡️ 12-bit resolution input terminals, offering precise, granular measurement of 4,096 discrete steps across the 4-20mA range
➡️ High measurement accuracy with 100µA input accuracy and high-speed input frequency of 100kHz
➡️ Robust signal handling with a 4-20mA input less prone to noise than voltage signals
➡️ Reliability with ±25 V voltage protection and 3.75 kV isolation
➡️ Easy installation with a ‘click-to-lock' mechanism and tool-free, push-in wiring terminals

The new I/O module is compatible with Trio’s Flex-6X Nano and Flex-7 Flexslice controllers as well as Trio’s EtherCAT Flexslice System I/O.

To find out more about the new P359 Flexslice 8-In Analogue Current Input Module, visit https://www.triomotion.com/public/products/flexsliceExpansion.php?tabno=13

04/09/2026

Motion-PLC combines motion control with PLC functionality for machines up to 8 servo axes, achieving high performance with fast development.

Your existing PLC might not provide the motion control capabilities you need to achieve the right machine performance.

However, integrating a dedicated motion controller can increase complexity in design and build – as well as adding cost and footprint.

Instead, Trio’s Motion-PLC provides EtherCAT servo motion performance from a familiar PLC environment, accessed with IEC language programming.

The result is high-performance motion control, combined with the machine logic and I/O capabilities you need, achieved with fast and simple development.

And, because Motion-PLC is a single device that’s easy to use, it’s a simple solution for machine end users too.

Learn more about Motion-PLC here: https://triomotion.com/public/products/motionplc/motionPLC.php

28/08/2026

The trend of integrating PLC functions and motion coordination into a single controller is simplifying machine design.

For builders of discrete machines with a focus on performance, using a PLC as well as a separate motion controller has often been required.

However, it takes significant time to ensure that the two controllers can reliably communicate.

Meanwhile, for machine users, maintenance issues when the machine has been commissioned are more difficult to resolve.

Instead, the familiarity of PLCs means that some machine builders might still rely on them for motion control as well as logic - even if that means a compromise in motion performance.

In response, an emerging trend is to take a motion controller platform and add the functionality of a PLC.

Trio's President, Tom Alexander, discusses the subject in this article for Trio's Motion Insight's blog: https://blog.triomotion.com/combining-motion-performance-with-plc-functionality/

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