Allegro’s A4979 programmable stepper-motor driver IC with microstepping capability

Allegro MicroSystems Europe (www.allegromicro.com) has introduced a new programmable stepper motor driver IC that offers improved diagnostics and programmability as well as micro-stepping capability. A microstepping motor driver, the flexible A4979 provides a single-chip solution for operating bipolar stepper motors in sixteenth-, quarter-, half- and... [Read more]

Nanotec expands AS5918 series stepper motors

Nanotec Electronic, U.S. Inc. (en.nanotec.com) has expanded its AS5918 series with the addition of two new IP-rated stepper motors that feature integrated, magnetic 24V encoder and an optional brake, the AS5918-EMN24 and AS5918-EMN24B. The company’s entire AS motor range features a compact design while delivering a high positioning reliability even... [Read more]

Ingenia Releases New LabVIEW Motion Control Library

Ingenia Motion Control announces the release of a new library for National Instruments LabVIEW graphical programming environment. This library allows for single-axis movement using Ingenia CANopen Digital Servo Drives. This will significantly improve the development time for any application using DC, stepper or brushless motors with LabVIEW and will... [Read more]

DZRALTE digital servo drives ideal for embedded applications

Servo2Go.com (www.servo2go.com) has introduced Advanced Motion Controls’ (www.a-m-c.com) DZRALTE Series of High Performance Digital Servo Drives, which are compact digital servo drives specifically designed to control brushed and brushless servomotors, making them suitable for use by embedded applications. Compared to traditional PWM drives, the fully... [Read more]

Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis servo drive

The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis servo drives from Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com) are designed to cater motion scalability. The servo drives are capable of connecting and operating in tandem with the new range of CompactLogix controllers, and as a result, provides support to integrated motion on EtherNet/IP. CIP Sync and... [Read more]

Ingenia Updates ‘Servo drives a la carte’ Online Tool

Ingenia Motion Control has updated their online tool for servo control customization, ‘Servo drives a la carte’. The web tool is aimed to help customers to define their motion control solution in a simple and user friendly environment, with no limits on size, geometry, or power among others. Ingenia uses a modular design approach based on pre-tested... [Read more]

Texas Instruments expands DRV8x motor driver series

Texas Instruments Inc. (www.ti.com) has added three new low-voltage devices to its DRV8x motor driver portfolio. Ideally suited for stepper and brushed DC motors, the DRV8834, DRV8835 and DRV8836 motor drivers offer a wide, low-voltage operating range, ultra-low sleep currents and low RDS(ON), effectively reducing power consumption by as much as 80... [Read more]

Minarik Drives and American Control Electronics Gain ISO Certification

Hegel Holdings, parent company for both the Minarik Drives & American Control Electronics brands, announced that they have earned ISO9001:2008 Certification for the design and manufacture of electronics control solutions for industrial and commercial applications. ISO 9001:2008 certification is granted to organizations that adhere to international... [Read more]

Single-Axis Motion Controller with Microstepping Drive from Galil

Rocklin, Cal. – Galil Motion Control has introduces a stepper motor drive option for the DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller Series. The new DMC-30017 combines a single-axis motion controller with a 6A microstepping drive. Like other products in the DMC-30000 Series, the DMC-30017 offers higher performance, better power efficiency, smaller size, and... [Read more]

Allegro MicroSystems introduces new PWM Microstepping Driver IC

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (www.allegromicro.com) has unveiled the all-new A4975, a motor driver IC that can drive a single winding of a bipolar stepper motor in microstepping mode. Its output has been rated for operating voltages of up to 50 V and for continuous output current of up to ±1.5 A. Allegro’s A4975 seamlessly combines an internal three-bit... [Read more]

EtherCAT Servo Drives employs demultiplexed motion technology

Advanced Motion Controls (www.a-m-c.com) has unveiled its powerful DZE and DZS series of servo drives, which is part of its Z-Drives platform of plug-in servo drives. Ideal for EtherCAT enabled control networks that come in a compact package, these products not only reduce cost but also deliver precise motion when utilized in a multiple networked axes... [Read more]

Rotary Logic Systems use servo drives from Control Techniques

Rotary Logic Systems (www.rotarylogicsystems.com) is known for its bespoke high-performance machinery, which commonly features servo-drives, drives and servo-motors from Control Techniques (www.controltechniques.co.za). Based neat Shouthampton, Rotary Logic Systems supplies both stand-alone modules and machines to be integrated into various applications... [Read more]

High Performance EtherNet/IP-Enabled Servo Drive From Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation’s (www.rockwellautomation.com) Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis EtherNet/IP servo drive offers high-performance motion control for the EtherNet/IP industrial Ethernet network. The servo drive promises to minimize the cost of deploying integrated motion on low-axis machines used in applications like process skids, indexing... [Read more]

Ingenia Offers Ultra-high Power Density Servo Drive Called Venus

Ingenia Motion Control (www.ingeniamc.com) is the maker of Venus digital Servo drive, an ultra-high power density Servo Drive and stand-alone motion controller that comes in a convenient stand-alone package. The Venus is capable of driving best-in- market motor topologies of up to 2 kW, and does not require any additional heat-sink for the entire operating... [Read more]

iPOS360x VX Intelligent Servo Drives offers EtherCAT Starter Kit

Technosoft (www.technosoftmotion.com) has announced that its open frame iPOS servo drives now comes with various plug-in extensions such as the feedback extension module used in absolute position sensors or the EtherCAT communication module. The all-new EtherCAT Starter Kit offers a ready-to-run solution for testing an iPOS3604 VX or iPOS3602 VX drive... [Read more]

New EtherNet/IP-Enabled Servo Drive From Rockwell Automation

Milwaukee, Wis. – The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis EtherNet/IP servo drive from Rockwell Automation delivers high-performance motion control on EtherNet/IP. The drive can lower the cost to deploy integrated motion on low-axis machines found in applications such as indexing tables, process skids, case packers, erectors and packaging.  When... [Read more]

AMCI integrated Stepper Indexer/Drive offers network communication

Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (AMCI) (www.amci.com), has announced that its much awaited stepper motor indexer/drive package comes with network communication. Simplifying installation, the company’s new ANG1(E) seamlessly integrates drive as well as motion technology in a single package. The new drive/controller communicates with its host PLC over... [Read more]

Venus Digital Servo Drive with Stand-alone Motion Controller from Ingenia

Ingenia Motion Control announces the release of VENUS digital servo drive, an integrated motion controller and digital servo drive in a convenient stand-alone package, capable to drive most of motor topologies in today’s market of up to 2 kW and without the need of any additional heat-sink on its whole operating temperature range. The Venus Servo... [Read more]

Siemens unveils new Sinamics DC Master

Siemens has unveiled its latest Sinamics DC Master (DCM) base drive, which features drives rated between 15A and 850A continuous current. Unlike the past two generations of base drives, the new product delivers more power per panel in exactly the same footprint. In addition, connecting the DC converters in parallel increases the rated direct current. The... [Read more]

ABB Ethernet servo drive ideal for OEM machine builders

ABB (www.abb.com) has released its latest range of servomotor drive that features a universal encoder interfacing capability, integrated functional safety capability and local motion control programming. Compatible with various Ethernet protocols, the MicroFlex e150 Ethernet servo drive series comes with single phase options providing up to 9A output... [Read more]

Hyundai WIA’s VMC Series Specifically Designed for Moldmaking

Hyundai WIA (www.hyundai-wiamachine.com) has introduced a new Hi-Mold Series vertical machine centers which are specifically designed for machining precision molds. The Hi-Mold Series boasts a bridge design that delivers low-heat and high rigidity characteristics for a high-precision moldmaking. The axis’ main head moves left to right and up and down... [Read more]

iPOS3602 MX allows for faster assembly and installation

Technosoft (www.technosoftmotion.com) has expanded its iPOS portfolio with the addition of the iPOS3602 MX, which is a µ-sized pluggable servo drive. Specifically designed for use in motion control applications where space is a premium, the iPOS3602 MX features a horizontal plug-in design, allowing it to be easily integrated into the user’s PCB machine... [Read more]

Minarik Drives Announces Agreement with Kaman Industrial Technologies

Minarik Drives is very pleased to announce that it has signed and implemented a National Distribution Agreement with Kaman Industrial Technologies.  This agreement will further enhance a partnership that will provide Minarik Drives with 200 new locations and will provide Kaman Industrial Technologies a premier DC drive and drive systems product line. “We... [Read more]

Kollmorgen’s Servo Drive with Auto-Tuner boasts multiple motion buses

Kollmorgen’s (www.kollmorgen.com) AKD(TM) servo drive functionally provides support to the CANopen® drive, EtherCAT® drive, base analog drive and indexing drive with just a single drive SKU. This delivers more efficient prototyping and bench testing to packaging, converting, medical, printing and other machine builders as well as enable smooth transition... [Read more]

Portescap’s Low-Voltage Servo Drive features high power-density package

Portescap (www.portescap.com) has unveiled a high-performance low-voltage servo drive specifically designed to support large and small Brushless orBrushedDC motors. Powered from a 12 VDC to 48 VDC supply voltage, LVD features a high power-density package, and offers seven Amps RMS continuous as well as 12 Amps RMS peak current including a CANopen communication... [Read more]

Tolomatic ACS Stepper Drive/Controller with Ethernet offers better flexibility

Equipped with Ethernet connectivity, Tolomatic’s (www.tolomatic.com) ACS Stepper Drive/Controller delivers better economy and flexibility to electric actuator applications. With the Ethernet, the ACS supports both Modbus TCP and Ethernet/IP, offering easy connectivity to Allen Bradley (www.ab.com) PLCs among other HMIs and PLCs. All of Tolomatic’s... [Read more]

FMC32 control board registers up to 32 operation profiles

Nippon Pulse (www.nipponpulse.com) has proudly announced that release of its latest motion control product that has the capability to control two-phase bipolar stepper motors. With an integrated driver, the FMC32 control board is a compact controller that is fitted with LSI PCD2112 chip, making it suitable for controlling a serial bus. With a built-in... [Read more]

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions unveils PCM7539X IDEA Drive Stepper Motor Controller

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions (www.HaydonKerk.com) has unveiled the Haydon RoHS compliant PCM7539X IDEA programmable stepper motor drive that can support up to 75VDC input voltage and a maximum output current of 3.85A RMS. Specifically developed to control larger-sized stepper linear actuators offered by the company, the new stepper motor drive features... [Read more]

Sprint Electric’s high power field controller optimizes DC drive capabilities

Sprint Electric (www.sprint-electric.com) has expanded its range of DC drives for control of DC motor’s high current excitation fields, with the addition of QLX, a three phase field controller that feature fieldbus options such as DeviceNet, Profibus, ModBus TCP/IP, CanOpen and Ethernet. The QLX controller works with the armature controller to deliver... [Read more]

NI unveils new motion and vision hardware with NI RIO technology

National Instruments (www.ni.com) has expanded its portfolio of NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) technology with the addition of a motion module for CompactRIO and a reconfigurable Camera Link frame grabber. A PC-based embedded vision board, the NI PCIe-1473R frame grabber seamlessly combines Camera link interface with field-programmable gate array (FPGA)... [Read more]

Allied Motion unveils EnduraMax 75i integrated brushless servomotor-drive

Allied Motion’s (www.alliedmotion.com) has launched its EnduraMax 75i integrated brushless servomotor-drive, which combines an integrated all-digital drive, a 4096 count magnetic encoder and a high power density 75 mm brushless DC motor. This feature-rich integrated motor-drive comes with both +/-10VDC or four to 20 mA command inputs. It can also... [Read more]

What is a Motor Drive?

Defining a drive can be a bit tricky. Some drives are wholly incorporated into the controller, so that the profile generation takes place in the controller as well as the torque command for the motor. On the other hand, a drive can also refer to the specific power electronic circuitry needed to drive the motor. Electric motors that drive industrial... [Read more]

Variable frequency drives

Variable-frequency drives, or VFDs, are a means of controlling the speed of an ac motor, typically an ac induction motor. It does so by varying the frequency of the power source. VFDs operate by switching their output devices, which can be transistors, IGBTs, or thyristors, on and off. VFDs can be either constant voltage or constant current. Constant... [Read more]

Magnetek’s adjustable frequency drives suitable for crane/hoist applications

Magnetek, Inc. (www.magnetek.com) has introduced its latest IMPULSE® Series 4 Adjustable Frequency Drives, which continues the company’s tradition of providing the most cost-effective and reliable adjustable frequency crane control in the market, said Dan Beilfuss, Director of Sales at Magnetek. The IMPULSEoG+ Series 4 can be utilized as a V/F crane... [Read more]

TI’s highly integrated pre-driver reduces board space

Texas Instruments Incorporated (www.ti.com) has unveiled the first in a new range of integrated three-phase brushless motor pre-drivers, the DRV8301. This highly integrated pre-driver offer reduced board space by as much as 60 percent than the closest integrated solution. Its ability to drive sub-10-A to 60-A external FETs enables it to provide greater... [Read more]

Pneumatic Servo Dispense System combines efficiency with controlling accuracy

Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. (www.sealantequipment.com) has unveiled a positive rod displacement metering system that seamlessly combines the pneumatic drive motor’s cost efficiency with the servo drive motor’s controlling accuracy, the new Pneumatic Servo Dispensing (PSD) system. Integrating a pneumatic drive motor and servo package,... [Read more]

SEYI’s new direct drive servo presses comes in 88-440 tons

SEYI (www.seyiamerica.com) has introduced its latest range of single point and double point servo presses that were offered from 88 tons to 440 tons. Specifically designed for servo stamping applications, the new servo presses were fitted with state-of-the-art control technology and direct drive servo motor, which provides three times more torque than... [Read more]

Endoline to unveil the “spider” in UK

Endoline Machinery (www.endoline.co.uk) has announced the launch of the “Spider” palletizing robot at the upcoming PPMA (Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) show. A servo driven gantry robot, this new machine is designed with three or four axes. It offers a compact footprint and can palletize crates, boxes, bags, buckets and other packed... [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]

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]

New STAC5 Stepper Motor Driver features HT23 motor

Applied Motion Products (www.applied-motion.com) has introduced its latest step motor driver that features advanced anti-resonance algorithm for fast settling times and maximum torque utilization — the STAC5 step motor driver. Fitted in a compact package, the new step motor driver, with integrated HT23 motor offers up to five amps per phase and is... [Read more]

Technosoft iPOS3602 compact and intelligent drive solution

Technosoft (www.technosoftmotion.com) has introduced a new range of intelligent servo drives anchored on a revolutionary design concept that provides compact solutions higher-power density — the iPos line. Modularly engineered to cover both low-volume and high-volume applications, iPOS3602 (36 V, 2 A, 75 W) — which is the first member of this family... [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]

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]

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]

ACS Stepper Drive/Controller offers affordable Electric Actuator Solutions

Tolomatic (www.tolomatic.com) has unveiled its latest ACS Stepper Drive/Controller. Specifically designed for use with electric actuators, the company’s latest actuator control solution (ACS) is a low-cost, easy-to-use stepper drive and controller.Integrated with configurations for the ERD, Tolomatic’s rod-style electric actuator linear motion... [Read more]

Valve Driver from Enfield Manages Proportional Valves

Trumbull, Conn. – The D1 PWM Valve Driver from Enfield Technologies is designed to drive and manage the company’s proportional valves, as well as those of several other brands. Compact and easy to implement, the D1 converts proportional command voltage into a -1.1 to +1.1A current signal to drive the valve’s linear force motor. The low-cost D1... [Read more]

Motion over Ethernet provides new level of performance

Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com) proudly offers a fully integrated motion solution that operates on similar high-level communications protocol such as those running on other parent automation systems.With the enhancements on its programmable automation controllers (PACs) portfolio, the company now offers Integrated Motion over EtherNet/IP... [Read more]

Servo Drives with Sinusoidal Commutation from Galil

Rocklin, Cal. – Galil Motion Control, announces two multi-axis servo drives that perform sinusoidal commutation; the AMP-43540 with four 600W servo drives, and the AMP-43640 with four 20W servo drives. Both models are sinusoidally commutated which minimizes torque ripple compared to drives using trapezoidal commutation. This is especially important... [Read more]

ABB drives deliver precise textile control

Tatham (www.tatham-uk.com), a textile machinery company, has entered into a joint venture with ABB (www.abb.com) to develop a technology that will offer increased production speeds with optimized product weight distribution for cross-lapper control.The cross-lapper uses a light weight fiber web, which it accepted from the carding machine, to build... [Read more]