8000HP Variable Frequency Drive from WEG Electric

Atlanta, Ga. – WEG Electric announces the release of the 8000HP MVW-01 medium voltage variable frequency drive. The 8,000 horsepower VFD is the largest ever manufactured by WEG Electric and doubles the horsepower available from the MVW01 drive. The MVW-01 features 99% efficiency and a 22-year mean time between failure (MTBF), the highest available... [Read more]

Fully Integrated Stepper Motor/Driver from Johnson Electric

Vandalia, Oh. – Johnson Electric introduces the Saia Compact Driver, a fully integrated step driver/motor solution that reduces design and integration time, and improves device performance compared with traditional stepper solutions by virtue of reduced parts count and greater immunity to electromagnetic interference.   Where space and power is... [Read more]

Digital Servo Drives Feature PCB Mount Design

Greenville, Del. – Servo2Go.com has added new PCB mount additions to it’s broad range of digital servo drives from Advanced Motion Controls. The DZ drives are micro-sized servo drives requiring less space than a standard business card and weigh about 100g or less. Providing 10-80Vdc operation while delivering 12A continuous/20A peak current, DZ... [Read more]

Schneider Electric’s Latest Lexium 32 Servo Drive with Servo Motors

Schneider Electric (www.schneider-electric.us) unveiled its latest servo drive — the Lexium 32 servo drives — which improves machine performance, simplify interoperability, and with an outstanding power and unprecedented level of sophistication in a motion control solution. With three available models to choose from, use and selection throughout... [Read more]

ISD860 Exploits the Power of TML

Technosoft unveiled its latest cost-effective, flexible servo drive, ISD860 that is based on the MotionChip™ DSP technology. The drive is developed specially for motion applications that need embedded high servo performance control, networking possibilities, intelligence and cost-optimized design. It is able to drive 31 A peak and 12 A continuous... [Read more]

The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 300 The new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 300 EtherNet/IP indexing servo drive for easier start-upEtherNet/IP indexing servo drive for easier start-up

Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com) unveiled its latest servo drive — the Allen-Bradley Kinetix 300 EtherNet/IP indexing which provides end users and machine builders with the standardize capability on one communication network for easier startup, configuration and commissioning. With the new servo drive, all control solution (I/O... [Read more]

AMCI Stepper Drives UL Listed

AMCI has expanded their selection of UL Listed stepper drives in response to increased safety and performance requirements for machine builders and OEMs. The SD17040, SD31045, and SD17060 series stepper drives are now certified by Underwriters Laboratories® (UL) as UL Listed products. The UL Listing mark on AMCI stepper drives indicates that... [Read more]

Next-generation ABB Industrial Drive Module Expands to 600 HP

New Berlin, Wis. – ABB’s new drive module ACS850 is now available and UL listed up to 600 HP. The ACS850 features on-board safe-torque-off, a removable memory block, intelligent user interface with a series of assistant wizards, a built-in energy saving calculator, and modular hardware and software. It also includes an advanced adaptation of ABB’s... [Read more]

Motion Control Association Elects its First Board of Directors

Ann Arbor, MI – The Motion Control Association (MCA), the leading industry trade group for motion control companies, has elected its first permanent board of directors. Founded in 2006, the association was governed for its first three years by an interim board. The new board was elected by a vote of MCA’s 55 member companies. Bill Allai of... [Read more]

Yaskawa $avings Predictor Now Available on iTunes

Waukegan, IL - The $avings Predictor application is now available on Apple iTunes for iPhone (OS 3.1.2 or later) and iPod touch. This mobile application estimates energy savings when using a Variable Frequency Drive instead of conventional volume control methods.Variable frequency drives are reliable electronic devices that control three-phase... [Read more]

XD-Series Indexer Servo Drives from ORMEC

Rochester, NY – ORMEC announces its new XD-Series, a family of Indexer Servo Drives, providing high-reliability motion control capabilities for even the most challenging applications. The XD-Series allows programming of 32 individual motion profiles, which can be mapped to I/O points, 1 or 2 functions per point, initiated via Modbus/TCP, and chained... [Read more]

Yaskawa Electric Brasil Achieves ISO 9001 Certification

Waukegan, IL – Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. is pleased to announce that its operation in Brazil, Yaskawa Elétrico do Brasil, received ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18001 certifications from Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s leading certification bodies. From its headquarters in Sao Paulo, Yaskawa Elétrico do Brasil and its distributors... [Read more]

Applied Motion Products Expands Stepper Drive Lineup

WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products announces the addition of a new product in the ST Stepper Drive lineup. The ST-Plus is similar in specification to the ST-S base model but adds the full functionality of Applied Motions “Q” programming language.The ST-Plus is available in two models, the ST5-Plus and the ST10-Plus delivering 5A and 10A... [Read more]

New Trio Motion Product Catalog

Trio announces the release of a new product catalog for 2010 with more comprehensive hardware and software information. A new product selection guide makes it easy to compare and choose controllers.The catalog encompasses Trio’s full line of Motion Coordinators including the new MC464, and ancillary components such as the new IO modules. Highlights... [Read more]

STR Step Motor Drives from Applied Motion Products

WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products introduces the STR, a new drive engineered to deliver the features expected by today’s machine builders, at a price they need. The STR step motor drives, available in 4 amp and 8 amp versions, are DC input drives requiring a step and direction control signal. They feature Anti-resonance, Microstep Emulation... [Read more]

Round Mercury Digital Servo Drive Controller from INGENIA-CAT

Round Mercury is a high performance closed-loop digital servo drive controller from INGENIA-CAT, suitable for DC brushed and brushless motors, capable of driving motors up to 200W RMS.Its design includes multiple communication ports (RS232 or CAN with hardware Node-ID), giving designers a wide choice of interfacing methods. Its voltage operation range... [Read more]

Mentor MP Variable Speed DC Drives from Control Techniques

Minneapolis, MN – Control Techniques™, an Emerson® Industrial Automation company, announces the release of its Mentor MP variable speed digital DC motor drive designed for energy efficient operation, optimal motor performance and enhanced versatility in its system interfacing capabilities and onboard processing power.Designed for use in a... [Read more]

Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 753 AC Drive from Rockwell Automation

MILWAUKEE, WI — The new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 753 AC drive from Rockwell Automation provides machine builders and manufacturers with the versatile motor control they need for general-purpose applications. Designed to meet global user needs, the drive supports multiple languages and complies with global standards and certifications. The second release... [Read more]

BD series of BLDC Drives from Northland Motors

Northland Motor Technologies offers a line of Drives for brushless DC (Electronically Commutated) motors. The compact size and wide range of input voltages covered by the 3 new models makes the NMT BD Series of drives ideal for use on equipment requiring variable speed, remote controllability and reversing operation.The series consists of three standard... [Read more]

What “High-performance” Motion Control Really Means

by Jason Goerges, Account Manager & Applications Engineer Cameron Sheikoholeslami, Controls & Applications Engineer ACS Motion Control, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn.Anyone familiar with the motion-control industry has heard the ambiguous term “high performance” describe many systems, but what does it mean to you? High performance by itself... [Read more]

Lenze-AC Tech Announces EtherNet/IP for SMVector

UXBRIDGE, MA – Lenze-AC Tech announces the release of EtherNet/IP as an optional communication protocol for the SMVector Drive. According to Mike Bailey, Product Sales Manager at Lenze-AC Tech, the SMVector AC Drive can seamlessly operate on an EtherNet/IP network with the addition of a simple plug-in communication module. “Other network protocols... [Read more]

CANopen Option for the Applied Motion’s STAC6 Step Motor Drive

WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products announces the CANopen option for the STAC6 Step Motor Drive, building on its increasing range of fieldbus compatible drives. The STAC6 Step Motor Drive has proven itself in demanding applications, such as packaging and labeling machines, delivering up to up to 1400 oz-in with AMPs compatible range of low-loss,... [Read more]

Microstepping Step Motor Driver from Lin Engineering

Santa Clara, CA - Lin Engineering announces the release of their new R525 microstepping step motor driver. The R525 is designed to help reduce overall design time and system cost for a wide array of step motor applications needing high torque, power, and smooth motion.The R525 measures just over 3.3″ in length and 1.3″ in height making... [Read more]

Compact VLT® Micro Drives from Danfoss with More Power

Loves Park, IL – Danfoss Drives has added an M5 frame size to its VLT® Micro Drive family designed for rugged and reliable, out-of-the-box, plug-and-play control of AC motors up to 30 HP. The M5 frame size is 11.5in.(H) x 6.5in.(W) x 9.8in.(D), and covers the three-phase 380–480 VAC, 25–30 HP range.The drive offers true side-by-side mounting... [Read more]

Eaton’s New M-Max™ Machinery Drives

PITTSBURGH, PA – Eaton Corporation announces the availability of the M-Max series of sensorless vector adjustable frequency drives, the first offering from the new Max series of adjustable frequency drives. With a compact design, impressive torque response, and simple handling, Eaton’s new M-Max series offers customers increased system efficiency... [Read more]

Microstepper Drive Starter Kit from Servo2Go

Greenville, DE — The Si2035 is a programmable stepper drive/indexer packaged in a rugged steel case painted black with white epoxy silkscreen. Integral heat sink, mounting brackets, switch covers and connectors are included with each Si2035. The drive/indexer has been matched with nine recommended NEMA 11, 14, 17 and 23 motors and comes with all operating... [Read more]

New Z Series µ-sized Plug-in Servo Drive Modules

Greenville, DE – Servo2Go.com has added new additions to it’s broad range of highly responsive analog and digital servo drives from Advanced Motion Controls.  The ‘Z’ drives are µ-sized servo drives requiring less space than a standard business card and weigh about the same as two golf balls.The ‘Z’ drives are capable... [Read more]

Compact Stepper Drive from AMCI

Terryville, CT – Advanced Micro Controls, Inc. (AMCI) introduces a space saving, powerful, 170V bus, 4.0 Amp microstepping driver. The SD17040C requires no additional power supply and can drive 4, 6, or 8 lead step motors, NEMA sizes 23 to 42. Standard features include switch selectable microstep resolutions, automatic idle current reduction, anti-resonance,... [Read more]

Lin Engineering’s R525 Microstepping Step Motor Driver

Santa Clara, CA— Lin Engineering announces the release of their new R525 microstepping step motor driver. The R525 is designed to help reduce overall design time and system cost for a wide array of step motor applications needing high torque, power, and smooth motion.The R525 measures just over 3.3” in length and 1.3” in height making it very... [Read more]

Integrated Step Motor Drive Series from USAutomation

Laguna Hills, CA – USAutomation has announced the introduction of the Accuriss™ Series of fully integrated and packaged intelligent step motors. Accuriss motors combine a 1.8° hybrid step motor with a microstep drive and an intelligent controller in one easy-to-mount package.Measuring only 1.1 inches across, the Accuriss 28 is capable of microstepping... [Read more]

Applied Motion Products adds CANopen option to SV Servo Motor Drives

WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products announces an increase in the range of CANopen products by the addition of CANopen communications to the SV series Step Motor Drives.Adding a CANopen option to the SV series Servo Drives adds a third drive to Applied Motions list of CANopen compatible products, with more to come. The SV drive develops 7A... [Read more]

Servo2Go.com Offers New Integrated Motor Shipped From Stock

Greenville, DE – The STM is a stepper drive and motor unit fused into a single device that offers significant savings on space, wiring and cost when compared with conventional motor and drive solutions. Powerful features such as advanced current control, anti-resonance technology, torque ripple smoothing and microstep emulation allow the STM to deliver... [Read more]

Miles On Motion No. 2

In this episode Miles looks at the basics of motion controllers and motion profiles. Read More →

Sterilizable Drives from maxon motor

maxon motor launches two sterilizable drives for use with or without planetary gearheads in high speed medical applications of up to 90,000 rpm. The drives are characterized by their high nominal speed, extremely low-noise and low-vibration operation, marginal thermal emission and small size.The drives are identical and possess equal performance data... [Read more]

Servo Drives Operate with EtherCAT

The Accelnet servo drive now connects to EtherCAT. The drives use FPGAs to implement an EtherCAT interface. The FPGAs also expand motor feedback and input/output options. Encoder interfaces include EnDat, Hiperface and BiSS.Available in six current ratings, the compact drives come in a range of brushless and brush motors. Several dc supply options... [Read more]

SureStep Motion Control Line Expands

AutomationDirect has expanded their line of SureStep motion control products. Stepping motors in standard NEMA sizes (17, 23, & 34) now include bi-polar models with output torques ranging from 61 oz-in. to 1291 oz-in. The motors feature a pigtail cable with locking connector for easy hook-up and 200 steps per revolution. The stepping motors are... [Read more]

VLT® Micro Variable Frequency Drives

LOVES PARK, IL – Danfoss Drives’ VLT® Micro Drive is now available in an M4 frame size covering the three-phase 380 – 480 VAC, 15 – 20 HP range. The M4 is just 250mm tall (292mm with flange) x 125mm wide x 241mm deep. They feature conformal coated PCBs per IEC 60721-3-3, class 3C3, and provide serial communication via RS 485 Modbus RTU... [Read more]

Metals Industry White Paper Published by Altra Industrial Motion

BRAINTREE, MA – Altra Industrial Motion has published a white paper entitled “Making the Grade in Metals” which outlines the firm’s technology solutions in worldwide metal producing, forming and fabricating operations.“The multiple companies of Altra operate as the premier manufacturers of gear drives, clutches, brakes, couplings... [Read more]

Marked Increase in Sales at Bosch Rexroth for 2008

Hoffman Estates, IL — Bosch Rexroth AG, parent company of Bosch Rexroth Corporation in North America, announces $8.3 billion (5.9 billion Euros) in sales for 2008 – up 9.8 percent from the previous year. Sales in the Americas were up nearly eight percent in U.S. dollars. The company, a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, anticipates a significantly... [Read more]

Servos Control Multiple Axes for “Surgical” Precision

Cim-Tech Corp. was commissioned to build a machine that automatically assembles four components of a surgical instrument. The axes of the XYZTheta had to orient one assembly consisting of a cylindrical surgical knife pressed into the end of a staple pusher, and place it inside another assembly consisting of a rod insert in an exterior shell. One challenge... [Read more]

ORMEC Goes International

ORMEC Systems Corp., traditionally a North American supplier of motion controllers, drives and motors for automating the most sophisticated converting, assembly and packaging machinery has branched out across the world. Over the past two years ORMEC has established authorized distributors covering the European countries of France, United Kingdom, Ireland,... [Read more]

Closed-Loop Drives for DC Motors

The Dart Controls digital MD plus Series of closed-loop drives for DC motors up to 2 HP features an isolated 4-20mA input/output signal capability.Customers get the DC motor drive, 4-20mA input/output, digital display, and relay outputs for pump running and fault alarms all in one economical package. Custom faceplate artwork is available also. www.dartcontrols.com  Read More →

Haydonkerk Motion Solutions Offers The Motodrive™ Pde Integrated Linear Actuator/Drive System

HaydonKerk Motion Solutions™, a premier manufacturer of linear motion products, introduces the MotoDrive™PDE Actuator, available in size 17 single or double stack.The MotoDrive PDE Actuator is an integrated linear actuator and electronic drive designed to operate with optically isolated inputs of pulse, direction and enable signals. The MotoDrive... [Read more]

AllMotion Questions and Answers

Q. Can I daisy chain the intelligent motor control systems and run three stepper motors using one serial connection? A. Yes, you can daisy chain up to 16 devices on the same serial bus. Each has an address switch to easily set the address of the unit. You can also use firmware settable address for up to 64 devices on the same bus. Q. Do I need the... [Read more]

Mechatronic Stepper Motor Drives with CANopen

Hamburg, Germany – TRINAMIC announces new members of the PANdrive™ family. The latest members of the family are the types PD-140-42-SE and PD-116-60-SE. Both feature TRINAMIC’s integrated absolute sensOstep™ encoder which detects and corrects missed stepper-motor turns by examining the absolute posi-tion. This insures correct shaft motion... [Read more]

Rockwell Launches the New Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 AC Drive

MILWAUKEE, WI — Representing the first drive from the new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 750 series, the PowerFlex 755 AC drive meets global user needs for versatile motor control, integration ease and high performance to help increase productivity. Available in power ranges from 7.5 to 250 kW or 10 to 350 hp at 400/480V AC and 540/650V DC input, the PowerFlex... [Read more]

High Power Linear Drive from Trust Automation

San Luis Obispo, CA – The TA333 High Power Linear Drive is the newest addition to the Trust Automation line of high performance drives. The TA333 drive features a true Class-AB linear amplifier with pure analog throughput at currents up to 25A. Highly configurable, the drive can be used with a brushless motor using external sinusoidal commutation,... [Read more]

Applied Motion Adds CANopen Option to ST Step Motor Drives

WATSONVILLE, CA – Applied Motion Products announces the addition of CANopen communications to the ST series Step Motor Drives.The addition of a CANopen option card to the range of communication options allows the drives to be controlled by a CANopen master utilizing the DS301 and DSP402 communications protocols and the CAN 2.0b Passive physical... [Read more]

Sinamics S120 Series Booksize Compact Multi-axis Drive

Sinamics S120 Series Booksize Compact multi-axis drive delivers high overload capability in tight machine control spaces.Only 9 in. deep, the unit reduces the need for external control cabinets and fits into on-machine enclosures as small as 10 in. deep. Although small in size, the drive delivers the high, 3X overload capability required in packaging... [Read more]

Reciprocating Linear Motion Drive

Aston, PA — The Amacoil/Uhing model RG linear drive features mechanical control over travel direction and linear speed eliminating the need for an electronic control system. Reversal of travel direction is automatic regardless of the speed or rotational direction of the shaft. Length of travel is increased or decreased using manually set end stops.... [Read more]