219 press releases : Motors, Geared Motors, Motion Control

What you expect from a positioning control unit. And a whole lot more. EPOS2 lives up to its name. In its second generation, maxon motor’s EPOS (Easy to use Positioning System) is again pushing forward. Thus, EPOS2 24/5 perfectly integrates into the existing series and impresses with its further extended range of functionalities. It is designed to control brushless DC motors with encoder or brus...

Crevoisier SA of Les Genevez, Switzerland are a leading manufacturer of production machines for the high class watch making industry. They have recently launched The Universal C-5001 Lapping and Polishing Machine and at its heart is a Control Techniques 1.5 kW Commander SK running a 1.5 kW motor all controlled by a colour touch screen HMI panel. Watch makers are increasing their standard of fin...

Woodworking machines from Swiss company Krüsi GmbH meet the most stringent of safety requirements – and give improved precision cutting – thanks to a control system featuring drives from Control Techniques and designed and built by panel-builders Fichter and Zimmerli GmbH. The company manufactures machines used in the cutting of timber in the manufacture of log cabins. Last year, tighter requir...

The EA 15 cutting units series are completed with gear ratio, flange, counterflange and locknut, making it ideal for cutting stone, marble and granite. STATOR: windings featuring double encapsulation HOUSING: high resistance extruded aluminium. BEARING HOUSING: rear and front bearing housing in cast iron. SPEED: 1.400 rpm.÷ 2.800 rpm. POWER: 4,8-9,4 Cv. /3,5-6,9 kW. ALLOW MINIMUM CUTTINGS:...

Portescap, A Danaher Motion Company, has available a new 24 hour rapid prototyping program for its high speed brushless DC slotted motor family. Machine builders can now order prototypes of size 5, size 6, size 9 and size 11 BLDC motors, with gearhead options of 5:1 and 25:1 gear ratios, with 24 hour turnaround. Standard brushless DC motor prototypes are also available with an autoclave option. ...

Working easily with height adjustable cupboards Disabled people often experience situations in everyday life, which they can hardly cope with without help or which they cannot cope with at all. Even simple activities like setting the table can become an almost insurmountable problem. Plates located in a kitchen wall cupboard are simply not reachable for a person in a wheel chair. Height adjus...

Complete series of brushless drives During the SPS, IPC, Drives in Nuremberg last year, KAG Kählig Antriebstechnik GmbH already introduced the ECM 42 and ECM 63 (ECM = Electronic Commutated Motor) brushless drives with diameters of 42 and 63 mm. At the Hanover Fair, the specialist on special drive solutions from Hanover will be presenting further ECM sizes and thus a complete series of brush...

ec4more is the name for the BLDC product line of motors – a completely new development – that Bühler Motor presented for the first time to an audience of interested technical professionals at electronica, ComPaMED and SPS/IPC/DRIVES. ec4more stands for more power in the smallest of spaces and for quick and uncomplicated adaptation to special customer requirements. Its design highlight: segmented st...

No cogging or preferred rotor position No iron losses Extremely low current consumption Extremely light and compact Smooth and accurate speed, position, and torque control Electronic commutation for extremely long operational lifetime High precision gearboxes available in all sizes Control electronics available for all motor series Available as linear actuator Custom syst...

The application opposite was created to move aerials. The group, compact and small, is made up of a DC motor from our EC range and a small worm gearbox size 26. Transtecno’s modular system offers various solutions for this project. Depending on the application and space available, other gearboxes can be used in order to obtain higher ratios. This feature makes the application ideal for the movement...

The new Unimotor fm servo motor controlled by a LEROY-SOMER DIGITAX ST servo drive or a LEROY-SOMER UNIDRIVE SP universal drive, provides the user a guarantee of performance. This is the optimum solution for applications requiring a high dynamic response. Combined with the LEROY-SOMER Dynabloc servo gear unit range, the Unimotor fm servo motor covers a large torque range at the same time as meeting...

Compact speed controller for brushless DC motors with Hall Sensors. The DEC Module 24/2, a digital 1-quadrant amplifier with speed controller for brushless EC motors with Hall Sensors up to 48 Watt. The well-priced, miniaturized, powerful plug-in module can be seamlessly integrated into most complex applications with little effort. Now, the customer can fully focus on developing their own dev...

Jenaer Antriebstechnik GmbH now provides an EtherCAT interface for its ECOVARIO servo amplifier series. The EtherCAT interface supports the CoE (CANopen over EtherCAT) protocols. The servo amplifier series ECOVARIO covers a peak power range between 1.4 kW and 7.0 kW. Latest member of the family is the ECOVARIO 114 which covers the lower power range up to 1.4 kW. ECOVARIO is suitable for the oper...

The German expert for precision positioning, Physik Instrumente (PI), offers a new digital multifunctional interface for the proven modular E-500 piezo controller system: the E-517. Compared to its successful predecessor E-516, the E-517 is equipped with two additional fast digital interfaces: USB and TCP/IP. More than an interface only, the E-517 provides enhanced functionality for system operat...

maxon motor launches new CANopen positioning module. As an addition to the digital positioning controllers of the EPOS family, maxon motor now presents an OEM version. The miniaturized EPOS2 Module 36/2 is designed to control brush DC motors as well as brushless EC motors. The well-priced plug-in module offers full motion control functionalities and suits single-axis and multiple-axis applicatio...

Additional types extend the PK stepping motor series from Oriental Motor Within the PK-Series various numbers of different 2-phase stepping motors are com-bined. Seven frame sizes from 28 to 85 mm, types with high torque or high resolu-tion, geared types or types with higher protection classes cover a wide range of ap-plications. This wide variety has now been further extended. Well protected...

DaimlerChrysler opts for Control Techniques Drives. More than 800 AC drives, supplied by the Control Techniques Drive Centre in Chemnitz have been installed in the new "Sprinter" production facility in DaimlerChrysler's Ludwigsfelde plant, near Berlin. All drives above 1.1 kW used in the vast, new factory – which was built specifically for a new model of the Mercedes "Sprinter" – are supplied...

A Control Techniques AC drive is at the heart of each of the world’s most advanced hydraulic elevator systems, designed and manufactured by Bucher Hydraulics of Neuheim in Switzerland. The MRL-System BERIPAC™ offers a unique combination of high quality ride, high efficiency, low electrical energy costs with a usage of up to 180 rides per hour without the need for an oil-cooler – a performance un...

14Nm holding torque package, high power and dynamic. This drive package is an ideal combination for all applications demanding high dynamic performance, high peak torque or high holding torque at stand still. Typical application fields are machine format adjustments , indexing tables, cable cutting and confectioning machines, labeling machines etc. The motor has a high torque/volume ratio. This can...

The Technosoft IS23x-MA Intelligent Step Motors are specially adapted to distributed motion control applications with integrated intelligence. These ready-to-run motors have a cost optimized design embedding stepper motor, power electronics, controller and interface into a single compact unit (61/96 x 57 x 57 mm), together with basic local digital and analog I/O signals and PLC functionalities....