Non-magnetic Encoders for High Magnetic Field Environments from NUMERIK JENA

Jena, Germany – NUMERIK JENA, sister company of HEIDENHAIN, now offers a line of linear and rotary encoders that are non-magnetic and that have been tested in environments up to 6 Tesla and have no influence on the machine environment. The encoders also can withstand this high magnetic environment without loss of accuracy or resolution and are mechanically... [Read more]

2011: The Year in Motion

True to its name, the motion control industry didn’t stand still in 2011. There was quite a bit of activity on a wide variety of fronts. Here is a very brief, necessarily incomplete, and of course highly subjective take on a few of the top motion control technology trends we saw in 2011. 1. Networks Perhaps the most significant and ongoing trend is... [Read more]

Bosch Rexroth’s New Ball Rail System for Humid to Wet Production Environments

Charlotte, NC – Bosch Rexroth’s new NFRG ball rail system is well-suited for use in humid to wet production environments. The profiled rail and the ball runner block are both made entirely of corrosion resistant steel according to DIN EN 10088 and of certified plastics according to EU Directive 2002/72/EC and US Regulation FDA21CFR. The NFRG ball... [Read more]

Macro Sensors Right Angle LVDT Linear Position Sensors

Pennsauken, NJ – For industrial applications when a conventional LVDT linear position sensor proves too long or environmental contaminants can limit sensor performance, LVDT manufacturer Macro Sensors offers right angle configurations of its spring-loaded and through bore LVDT linear position sensors that not only offer a shortened unit length, but... [Read more]

Right Angle Gear Drives with Class 10 Spiral Bevel Gears from Zero-Max

Plymouth, Minn. – Crown right-angle gear drives from Zero-Max Inc. feature heat-treated AGMA Class 10 spiral bevel gears and non-magnetic stainless steel shafts providing long-term, maintenance-free operation.  Zero-Max Crown gear drives feature long-life, precision hardened and ground ball bearings handling speeds up to 2,000 rpm in most operating... [Read more]

Wing Motor Split Motor Design from Wittenstein

Bartlett, Ill. – Wittenstein’s swing servo motor, also known as the wing motor because of it’s appearance, is the newest innovative mounting concept in motor mounting, originally created as a customized solution.  The hollow-shaft direct drive wing motor has two swinging stator halves that feature a mounting concept for unique integration... [Read more]

Custom Direct Drive Motor Systems from Applimotion

Loomis, Cal. – Applimotion Inc. introduces custom direct drive motor systems with precision encoders and bearings in unique packages. For years, OEMs have routinely designed Applimotion ULT, UTH, UTS, and UTO frameless motor kits into direct drive systems. Applimotion is now offering design engineering services to incorporate its frameless motor kits... [Read more]

HM Series Hybrid Stepper Motors from Portescap

Portescap’s new HM series hybrid stepper motors are available in 42mm and 57mm frame sizes with short stack, one stack and two stack design in each frame size. Windings can be customized to satisfy specific application requirements at no extra cost. HM series motors include optional encoder mounting features, and their ability to adapt to closed-loop... [Read more]

New Family of 16mm Metal Gear Motors

Torrance, Cal. – Nidec Copal (U.S.A.) Corporation of has expanded their 0.630-in. (16 mm) OD brush and brushless DC gear motor product lines with the next generation MG16B (brush) and LB16MG (brushless) metal planetary gear motor series. The new metal planetary gear train allows for higher torque providing greater durability and reliability with improved... [Read more]

Single-Axis Controller with 800W Sine Drive from Galil

Rocklin, Cal. – Galil Motion Control introduces the DMC-300xx Pocket Motion Controller Series, a single-axis Ethernet motion controller. It combines a high performance motion controller and a 800W sine drive in a low cost, compact 3.9-in. x 5.0-in. x 1.5-in. package. The DMC-300xx is also available as a controller-only model that can be connected... [Read more]

Servo2Go Adds New DMC-1417 Econo PCI BUS Motion Controller from Galil

Greenville, Del. – Servo2Go.com has added Galil Motion Control’s new PCI BUS Econo Motion Controller, the DMC-1417, to its broad range of PCI-based motion controllers.  The DMC-1417 can handle the most demanding applications with features such as an extra encoder input for electronic gearing, program memory with multitasking, uncommitted I/O and... [Read more]

New Price Reduction on V Series AC Motors from Oriental Motor

Torrance, Cal. – Oriental Motor announces a new, lower price on its high-strength V-Series AC motors. These high-strength motors use a special tooth-surface machining technology combined with an optimized quiet-running design that maintains the motor’s strength. High-accuracy assembly technology ensures precision at micro levels.  Maximum permissible... [Read more]

Long Range UHF-based Industrial RFID from Balluff

Florence, Ky. – Balluff’s BIS U series UHF or Ultra High Frequency RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) provides one of the most reliable and flexible tools to get visibility into your supply chain and manufacturing process. Because BIS U technology is passive, no expensive battery-based tags are required to achieve long detection ranges. The BIS... [Read more]

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Announces Support Connect, Remote Asset Management Hosted Service

Vernon Hills, Ill. – Mitsubishi Electric Automation announces the general availability of “Support Connect”, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) remote connectivity subscription service that enables Mitsubishi Electric Automation customers to better serve their end-users through simple and secure remote-based services. Designed to meet the needs of... [Read more]

New Simotion D Motion Controllers from Siemens

Atlanta, Ga. – Siemens Industry, Inc. has announced an extension of the upper performance range of its popular Simotion D motion controllers. The new generation of Simotion D445-2 multi-axis controllers has new features such as onboard Profinet interfaces, high-speed I/O, and with three times the performance, a single controller can support up to... [Read more]

Linear Inductive Position Sensors for Clamping Technology from Balluff

Florence, Ky. – Balluff’s new BIP linear inductive position sensor has an absolute measuring principle for position monitoring in applications such as drive spindles and clamping devices for tools and workpieces. The sensor can also be used for many other linear motion applications such as punch depth, grab positions, rolling positions, and valve... [Read more]

Ultra Flexible Silicone Cable for Severe Environments from Cicoil

Valencia, Cal. – Cicoil’s High Flex Unshielded Silicone Cables are designed for applications that require absolute reliability in severe environments. Cicoil’s unique silicone extruded cable is unaffected when exposed to extreme temperatures (-65°C to +260°C), vibration, flames, water, UV light, ozone, radiation and most chemicals. This combination... [Read more]

Emerson Bearing Launches Video Tutorials

Boston, Mass. – Emerson Bearing has recently launched a series of online video tutorials. A total of 10 video tutorials can now be viewed online at Emerson Bearing’s website.  Whether you’re looking for split bearing solutions, trying to determine why a bearing failed or trying to learn more about bearing types and the numbering system, Emerson... [Read more]

70 Watt Brushless DC Motor from Maxon

Fall River, Mass. – maxon motor’s newly designed 70W flat brushless motor delivers a maximum continuous torque of 130 mNm at an efficiency of up to 85%. The new motor in its 45 mm diameter is available with Hall sensors and comes in four windings (24, 30, 36, and 48V). It can be combined with more than 54 different planetary and spur gearheads.... [Read more]

STOBER Introduces KL Version of Helical Bevel Gear Unit

Maysville, Ky. – STOBER™ Drives, Inc. has developed a new KL helical bevel gear unit, a compact right-angle drive that meets the packaging manufacturing industry’s latest machine requirements. The space-saving gear reducer comes in sizes 1 and 2, and is perfect for packaging, filling, conveying, general automation and wash-down.  When compared... [Read more]

Intelligent Motors from Dunkermotor Handle Solar Applications

Elgin, Ill. –Dunkermotor’s new line of brushless dc Solar Tracker Motors (STM) with integral fieldbus-enabled motion controllers are optimized to reduce development time, lower installation costs and provide lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in a variety of solar tracking applications. Electric energy production can be increased by up to 35%... [Read more]

Magnetic Tape Encoders for Speed and Position Monitoring

Southington, Conn. – Baumer’s HDMag line of high-precision, bearing-less and contact-free magnetic tape encoders is suited for speed and position monitoring on large diameter shafts. Replacing expensive and complicated specialized solutions that require belts, gears, couplings and linkages, the HDMag series of encoders is easy to install and will... [Read more]

4mm Linear Servomotors from Nippon Pulse America

Radford, Va. – Nippon Pulse America introduces their smallest linear servomotor, the 4mm Linear Shaft Motor. The 4mm shaft diameter, a small forcer size (10mm x 10mm), a total weight of 9 grams, and strokes as long as 40mm make the 4mm Linear Shaft Motor a suitable replacement in piezo type applications.  The 4mm Linear Shaft Motor is quiet due to... [Read more]

Multicore CompactRIO With Intel® Core™ i7 Processor from National Instruments

Austin, Tex. – National Instruments announces an expansion to its growing NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) platform with the addition of the highest performance and first multicore NI CompactRIO systems and smallest NI Single-Board RIO devices.  The new NI cRIO-908x systems feature an Intel® Core™ i7 dual-core processor for increased processing power,... [Read more]

Stepper Motors from Nippon Pulse for High Torque Applications

Radford, Va. – For high torque applications in a variety of industries, Nippon Pulse offers the PF55 stepper motor, a two-phase tin-can style brushless motor available with both unipolar and bipolar windings.  With a unipolar winding, the PF55 stepper offers a holding torque of 120N, while a bipolar winding provides 150N of holding torque. In a full-step... [Read more]

Large Hypoid Gears for Demanding Applications

Bartlett, Ill. – WITTENSTEIN has enhanced the range of hypoid planetary gearboxes with the addition of new SUMO sizes to ensure maximum productivity of your application. The latest addition to the SUMO line of gearheads is for the alpha series of SPK+ and TPK+. Both product series are designed for maximum performance through the combination of modern... [Read more]

New CANopen Brushless DC Motor Control from Dunkermotoren USA

Elgin, Ill. – A new, compact 4-quadrant positioning motion controller with integral output stage is now available from Dunkermotoren USA to control brushless and brushed DC motors as a slave in widely used CANopen networks or in stand-alone operation with digital or analog IO.  Two versions of the new control are available in the same compact, power-dense... [Read more]

WITTENSTEIN Introduces New Line of Servo Motors

Bartlett, Ill. – WITTENSTEIN’s cyber motor technology unit has developed a new range of servo motors. This new high-performing technology was designed around a modular concept; to allow users to select frame sizes, lengths and options for the optimal motor to match their application.  The High Performance Servo Motors have all the necessary characteristics... [Read more]

Spring Applied Brakes for Servo & Stepper Motors

Greenville, Del. — Servo2Go.com announces the release of the FSBR series of Reverse Mounted Spring Applied Brakes from Inertia Dynamics of New Hartford, CT, designed to handle the most demanding of brake applications.  The FSBR brakes are designed for applications requiring minimum space (short axial length) or on motors with short shaft extensions.... [Read more]

New Brushless DC motors from Maxon

Fall River, Mass. – Maxon’s EC16 brushless DC servo gearmotor has had a number of modifications and improvements. The most obvious changes are the 60° winding pattern, the NdFeB high performance magnet and the higher power output. Plus, the shortened motor type’s sterilizable version.  The new EC 16 is available with up to five winding types... [Read more]

Linear Shaft Motor Stage Offers Nanoprecision

Radford, Va. – Nippon Pulse America’s new SCR100 stage is an ultra high precision, compact single axis stage that integrates a slide guide, encoder, and Linear Shaft Motor. It offers a wide range of advantages for ultra high performance and accuracy applications. The Linear Shaft Motor is a coreless direct drive linear motor which has zero cogging,... [Read more]

New Catalog from Quicksilver Controls Highlights Servo Motion

Covina, Cal. – Quicksilver Controls’ new 48-page catalog provides a review of the full range of QuickSilver’s motors, drives and controls that feature their high pole count, 2-phase permanent magnet motors when operated in a vector control mode as a full 4 quadrant servo motor system. QuickSilver’s electronic drives and controls use size 17,... [Read more]

Miniature Linear Vibration Actuator from Nidec Copal

Torrance, Cal. – Nidec Copal’s new LD14 miniature linear vibration actuator uses a new voice coil technology to develop an acceleration output of 1G at 150Hz operated by square wave output. The actuator is a compact 0.552” (14mm) long by 0.433” (11mm) wide by 0.10” (2.5mm) high, with only 2V and 77mA needed to excite the LD14 actuator.  The... [Read more]

Integrated Brushless ServoNOW™ Servo System from Bison Gear

St. Charles, Ill. - Bison’s integrated brushless ServoNOW™ servo system for single axis applications was designed to meet basic motion needs by limiting programmability and using simple positioning and speed control applications. This state-of-the-art design reduces the amount of time and money spent on overall set-up and installation.  All... [Read more]

RoHS Compliant Stepper Driver from Lin Engineering

Morgan Hill, Cal. – A new RoHS compliant version of Lin Engineering’s R325 stepper motor driver is now available. Combining compact size with high performance, the R325 can be used with stepper motors of many shapes and sizes.  The R325 microstepping driver is capable of output currents ranging from 0.3 to 3.0A peak while handling +15 to 48VDC... [Read more]

Digital Autocollimator from Equipment Solutions Measures Angular Displacement

Sunnyvale, Cal. – The AC201 2-axis high-performance angular displacement Digital Autocollimator System from Equipment Solutions, Inc. is a compact high-precision instrument designed to measure small angular displacements with high sensitivity over distances to 2.0 in. (5.06 cm).  The AC201 Digital Autocollimator is ideal for instrumentation, tooling,... [Read more]

Ethernet Drive and Serial Communications Modules from AutomationDirect

Cumming, Ga. – AutomationDirect’s new GS-EDRV100 Ethernet drive module provides a high-performance Ethernet link between a control system and any GS or DURApulse AC drive.  The module processes signals to and from the drive, mounts on 35mm DIN rail, and connects the drive to an Ethernet hub or PC. It formats drive signals to conform with the Ethernet... [Read more]

Lever-Operated PCB Terminal Strips from WAGO

Germantown, Wis. – WAGO’s new 2706 Series PCB Terminal Strips bring lever-operated terminations to compact electrical applications. 2706 Series’ inherently clear, tool-free operation eliminates specialty tools and torque specs required by traditional screw terminations. A UL/CSA 30A/300V rating and accommodation of conductors AWG 24-10 make... [Read more]

Custom Direct-Drive Motor Systems from Applimotion

Loomis, Cal. – Applimotion announces the availability of custom direct-drive motor systems with precision encoders and bearings in unique packages. For years OEM’s have routinely designed Applimotion ULT, UTH, UTS, and UTO frameless motor kits into direct drive systems unique to an application. Applimotion is now offering custom design engineering... [Read more]

New ACS GEN6 Motor Controllers from Kollmorgen

Radford, Va. – Kollmorgen’ ACS GEN6 Motor Controllers are the new generation of the company’s highly successful ACS product family. ACS motor controllers are available in a variety of voltages (24, 36, 48, and 80V) and power levels (5-50kVA, 2min) to suit various types and sizes of electric vehicles. Using the latest MOSFET technology in combination... [Read more]

Extreme Motors from WITTENSTEIN

Bartlett, Ill. – WITTENSTEIN provides unique servo motors for all environments, including motion systems operating in the most extreme conditions.  Extreme temperature motors are used in the most demanding of environments – from space to the ocean floor. These servo motors are small but designed to handle conditions where extreme temperature... [Read more]

New XP100 Explosion-proof Motors from Siemens

Atlanta, Ga. – Siemens Industry, Inc. introduces its line of XP100 (1 to 300 hp) motors, designed specifically for hazardous operating environments such as the petrochemical and chemical processing, mining, and grain handling industries.  The Siemens line of XP100 motors are UL® and CSA listed for gas and dust ignition-proof environments and are... [Read more]

Balluff RFID Embraces the Cloud

Florence, Ky. – One of the biggest advantages of using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in industry and logistics is the visibility it can provide into the process. With the use of cloud computing, that visibility can be achieved with greater flexibility and lower cost.  RFID with cloud computing leverages shared IT infrastructure and standard... [Read more]

High Speed Reversing Drive from Force Control Industries

Fairfield, OH – A new high-speed reversing drive from Force Control Industries uses dual clutches to provide rapid reversing without undo strain on the motor or drive system. Unlike traditional reversing applications where the motor must accelerate in the forward direction, stop, then accelerate in the opposite direction and then stop again, the dual... [Read more]

Linear Motion Technology Selection Guide from Rexroth

Hoffman Estates, Ill. – Bosch Rexroth’s new Linear Motion Technology selection guide offers a comprehensive overview of the benefits and applications of Rexroth’s linear motion products for machine designers. The guide is also a resource to help engineers determine which linear motion products meet their application requirements, as well as technical... [Read more]

35mm Linear Stepper Motor from Nippon Pulse

Radford, Va. – Nippon Pulse’s PFL35T LINEARSTEP® tin-can type linear actuator gives engineers the ability to design a linear motion system simply and at a low cost. Nippon Pulse’s LINEARSTEP series offers direct linear motion without the need for any mechanical transformers, allowing users the ability to design a simple system at a low cost.  The... [Read more]

Delta Tau Introduces Next Generation Motion Controller

Delta Tau Data Systems has taken the leap into a more innovative and useful general-purpose control format for OEMs and end users alike. Their Power PMAC Motion and Machine Controller features a full-featured real-time operating system. Due to the latest embedded hardware available, the unit is said to provide the highest level of peripheral integration... [Read more]

Linear Drive Offers Option for Automatic Shaft Cleaning and Lubricating

Aston, Penn. – For automatic cleaning and lubrication of the drive shaft, Uhing linear drives are now available with a combination shaft scraper/grease fitting option. The addition removes excessive grease, dust and dirt from the shaft while the drive is running and simultaneously assures adequate shaft lubrication.  As debris accumulates at either... [Read more]

New Line of Geared Brushless DC Motors from Crouzet

Vista, Cal., – Crouzet North America, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies, announces a new line of high performance, geared BLDC motors available with a complete tool kit of selectable gear boxes, controllers, brakes and smart drives. The innovative concept allows different configurations to be quickly assembled for fast prototyping and... [Read more]

New RP+ Linear System from WITTENSTEIN

Bartlett, Ill. – The new RP+ Linear System from WITTENSTEIN meets the demand for a modular, standardized rack and pinion system capable of transferring higher maximum feeding forces.The combination of gearbox, pinion and rack represents intelligent integration of specifically developed drive components. The rack assembly of the RP+ is the alpha... [Read more]