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]

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]

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]

NAI’s M* module controls up to three motors

North Atlantic Industries (www.naii.com) has announced that its M* Module seamlessly combines customer programmable DSP, FPGA and analog functions with Magellan MC5800. This provides multi-function board platforms with added motor control capability, resulting to an integrated servo motor control embedded card that is ideal for use in feedback, on-the-move,... [Read more]

Arcus DMX-K-SA-11 stepper motor features Renishaw magnetic encoder chip

The new DMX-K-SA-11 stepper motor from Arcus Technology (www.arcus-technology.com) integrates Renishaw’s (www.renishaw.com) magnetic encoder chip for real-time position verification. Its compact size enables the motor to stay within the NEMA 11 standard, which is the 1.1-inch-square form factor. A 16-microstep driver, the DMX-K-SA-11 is capable of... [Read more]

Sharp’s First VFFS Machine Features Kollmorgen stepper motor

Sharp Packaging Systems (www.SharpPackaging.com) has announced the release of its first vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) machine that employs a Kollmorgen (www.kollmorgen.com) stepper motor. Dubbed as the Hawk Evolution, the new machine features the industry’s smallest footprint for the bag size that it will manufacture. Designed to operate for... [Read more]

Kollmorgen’s POWERMAX II® Series Stepper Motors

Kollmorgen’s POWERMAX II® series stepper motors, like most other Kollmorgen stepper motors, are now UL recognized. This enables OEMs who build UL-certified equipment to integrate high-performance stepper technology into existing designs without requiring re-certification. These NEMA 23 (60 mm) step motors are available in half, single and two stack... [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]

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]

Stepper motors

One of the most common motors used in motion control applications is the stepper motor. These motors are used mostly in positioning applications and have the advantage of being able to be very accurately controlled for the most precise positioning applications, down to fractions of a degree without the use of feedback devices such as encoders or resolvers.... [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]

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]

PF25G gearhead stepper motor delivers high torque in compact package

Nippon Pulse (www.nipponpulse.com) has unveiled its latest PFG25G gearhead stepper motor.Coming from the company’s well-established portfolio of tin-can stepper products, PFG25G gearhead stepper motor is suitable for medical device industry’s projects that demand for high torque motor but have limited space. The gearhead stepper motor is offered... [Read more]

Borries integrates high-speed drives in its markers

Borries Marking Systems (www.borries.com) has announced the release of the latest high-speed motor drives integrated in its programmable dot peen and scribe marking machines. These drives replace the more complex and expensive servo drive systems, which are current alternative for marking situations.Borries latest markers feature an upgraded, high-speed... [Read more]

Rohm introduces high-performance stepper motor drivers

Rohm Semiconductor (www.rohm.com) is proud to announce the release of its new high-reliability, high-performance stepper motor drivers that offer selectable excitation modes, full-step to 16th-step with 1 A or 2.0 A output current and full-step to 8th-step with 2.5 A output current. The stepper motor drivers are now available in RS Components stocks... [Read more]

B&R Expands Line of Synchronous and Stepper Motors

B&R Industrial Automation announces the addition of precision planetary gears to its line of synchronous and stepper motors. The result is a high performance and economical drive program for all industrial fields that can be optimized to meet customers’ needs and is provided from a single supplier. Together with the renowned German manufacturer... [Read more]

Micromech introduces TMCM-078 stepper motor drive module

Micromech (www.micromech.co.uk) is pleased to launch its TMCM-078 stepper motor drive module with coil currents up to 7A and 75V.The TMCM-078 stepper motor drive is made for bipolar two-phase stepper motors, operating with motor coil currents of 0.7A to 7A (rms) (9.8A peak) and voltages of 15V to a maximum of 75V. Depending upon the application, a... [Read more]

TI introduces new DRV8412 evaluation kit

Texas Instruments Incorporated (www.ti.com) is pleased to introduce its all-new DRV8412 evaluation kit (DRV8412-C2-KIT) – a new line of scalable evaluation platforms intended for spinning motors. The kit includes all of the software and hardware needed to spin a single stepper motor or two brushed DC motors out of the box. It also speeds up development... [Read more]

JVL launches world’s shortest stepper motor

Danish motor specialist JVL (www.jvl.dk) is proud to launch an integrated stepper motor – which it says is the world’s shortest stepper motor with a built-in controller. The 3-Nm version of the motor is only 95 mm long, but incorporates all the stepper control electronics, such as a programmable motion controller and IP67-protected CANopen and RS-485... [Read more]

Prior Scientific introduces LF210 system: stepper motor focus control

Prior Scientific (www.prior.com) is proud to announce the release of its all-new LF210 Laser Auto Focus system that is intended for use with a wide variety of reflective samples including hard disc drive platens and semi-conductor wafers. Developed from the Industry Standard LF100, this new LF210 integrates a number of refinements resulting in a more... [Read more]

Encoder Options for All Angles of Stepping Motors

Oriental Motor announces that encoder options are now available for their 0.36° and 0.72° stepping motors. With the addition of the encoder option to 0.36º and 0.72º stepping motors, Oriental Motor’s entire range of stepping motors (including 0.9 º and 1.8º stepping motors) now has the option for an encoder. Additionally, the stepping... [Read more]

ON Semiconductor unveils two new products for industrial sector

ON Semiconductor (www.onsemi.com) is proud to announce the launch of its two important latest products specifically designed for the industrial market sector at this year’s Electronica.Designed to enable current and next generation office and home automation applications, the manufacturer’s wide range of industrial devices provides market-leading... [Read more]

Toshiba Electronics introduces motor driver ICs for arcade games, card readers

Toshiba Electronics Europe (www.toshiba-components.com) is proud to announce the release of its two high-voltage, high current motor driver ICs, which are designed to simplify stepper motor-based designs in various industrial and office automation applications.The TB62215FNG and TB62213FNG, based on a PWM constant current drive scheme, are single-chip... [Read more]

Servo2Go.com Expands Line of Integrated Step Motors

Greenville, DE- Servo2Go.com has expanded it’s line of Integrated Step Motors to include many new NEMA 17 frame models.Manufactured by Applied Motion Products, the STM is a Drive + Motor + Control unit, fusing step motor and drive technologies into a single device, offering savings on space, wiring and cost over conventional motor and drive... [Read more]

Arduino Pro Mini controls Gimme to track a person’s movement

Chris Eckert, a San Jose artist, has been working up on “Gimme” – a prototype for a pan-handling sculpture. It is controlled by Arduino Pro Mini, a microcontroller board based on the ATmega168 that utilizes sensors to track the movement of a person, and once they are found, the sculpture automatically solicits money.Gimme’s stepper... [Read more]

Techno announces new multi-axis stepper controller

Techno, Inc. Linear Motion Systems (www.techno-isel.com) is proud to announce the release of the all-new iMC-P1 multi-axis stepper controller – a single- to four-axis controller complete with power supply, drives, I/O, software and enclosure. The new stepper controller can be used in a wide range of applications including dispensing, pick-and-place,... [Read more]

Stepper motors power Open Date’s thermal transfer printer

UK-based Open Date Equipment (www.opendate.co.uk) is proud to announce the release of its Thermocode iQ thermal transfer printer.“The iQ has advantages in both print accuracy and reduced operating costs compared with other machines, while maintaining the speed and precision associated with more expensive models. It is designed to operate with... [Read more]

New Egg-Bot Kit uses motion control

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (www.evilmadscientist.com), in collaboration with Bruce Shapiro, Brian Schmalz and Ben Trombley, revealed the latest Egg-Bot – a machine that can draw on spherical or egg-shaped surfaces with incredible precision.The kit is comprised of a chassis, pen-lifting servo motors, two stepping motors, USB cable, a power supply,... [Read more]

High Torque Hybrid Stepper Motors from Applied Motion Products

Greenville, Del. – Servo2Go announces a new NEMA 24 frame series of high torque hybrid stepper motors. Manufactured by Applied Motion Products (AMP), the HT24 motors are a new frame size stepper motor offering up to 30% more torque than the previous HT23 series in a similar package size. The only significant difference in size between an HT23 and... [Read more]

B&R Automation’s new stepper motors

B&R Automation (www.br-automation.com) is proud to introduce the new 80MPF series stepper motors with 60mm flanges described as cost-effective and powerful. The 80MPF series stepper motors, with 30% less power loss and 25% more torque, are ideal for applications with high clock rates such as filling systems or packaging machines.The 60mm 80MPF,... [Read more]

ROHM’s Microstep Motor Drivers offer reliability, high performance

ROHM Semiconductor USA LLC (www.rohmelectronics.com) is proud to introduce its new high-reliability, high-performance stepper motor drivers that offer selectable excitation modes-full-step to 16th-step with 1.0A or 2.0A output current and full-step to 8th-step with 2.5A output current. The microstep drivers allow designers to optimize motor torque,... [Read more]

TAK Enterprises’ Dual Belt Tractor Feed uses stepper or servo motors

TAK Enterprises, Inc. (www.takenterprises.com) has unveiled a product specifically designed to feed thin strip and fine wire materials for integration or as a stand-alone unit within existing process systems. In dealing with fine wire in the 004in – 030in diameter range, pull-through feeding can be sometimes challenging. Common solutions largely involve... [Read more]

Super Torque 5818 Stepper Motor Series from Lin Engineering

Lin Engineering announces the release of the new Super Torque 5818 stepper motor series. Although these motors measure in at a mere 2.40”, they boast up to 305 oz-in of holding torque.The 5818 stepper motor series is a slightly larger version of Lin Engineering’s popular 5718 step motor line. Although they share the same mounting as the... [Read more]

AMETEK introduces new MAE HN Series hybrid stepper motors with fine positioning capability for microstep operation

AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products (www.ametektechnicalproducts.com), a unit of AMETEK, Inc. (www.ametek.com) and a global leader in manufacturing electromechanical devices and electronic instruments, is proud to announce the release of the new MAE brand ”HN Series“ hybrid stepper motors that offer low detent torque to hold torque ratios... [Read more]

Cito Systems introduces Web Server with embedded multi-axis motion controller

Cito Systems (www.citosystems.com) unveiled its latest advanced server made to control brushless and brush DC servo motors as well as microstepping and stepper motors actuating any mechanism, AMCS [pronounced as “a-maks”] (“Advanced Motion Control Server”). This advance server has much more compared with typical stand-alone motion controller... [Read more]

Allegro introduces new DMOS Microstepping Motor Drivers offering overcurrent protection

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (www.allegromicro.com) unveiled the expanded microstepping motor driver line, including four new devices which utilize a simple Direction and STEP interface and require fewer external components. The company’s A4988/A4985/A4984 and A4982 devices are complete microstepping motor drivers with an embedded translator for overcurrent... [Read more]

The Many Faces of Stepper Motor Drives

Drives for stepper motors continue to advance beyond the basic L/R type drives. A typical linear motion control system has several basic components, including motors, actuators, controllers and drives. The drive type plays an important role in the overall system. Here’s a look at the most basic drive configurations, including the latest advancements... [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]

Lin Engineering’s 8718 NEMA 34 Step Motor Series Now UL Certified

Santa Clara, CA — Lin Engineering is pleased to announce that the 8718 NEMA 34 step motor series has been recognized with a certification of compliance to Underwriters Laboratories Inc.’s (UL) standards.The 8718 product line is a series of high torque, 2 phase stepper motors. The motors are available in three body lengths: 2.6”, 3.8”, and... [Read more]

High-speed MODBUS with Integrated Servo Motors from JVL

JVL Industri Elektronik A/S now offers yet another feature: The latest firmware for the integrated servo motors MAC400 and MAC800 now supports the MODBUS RTU protocol.The implementation supports the Read Holding Registers and Write Multiple Registers commands, which will give R/W access to all motor registers at speeds up to 1 Mbit/s, though... [Read more]

VersaDrive™ Leadscrew Step Motors from USAutomation

LAGUNA HILLS, CA — USAutomation has announced the introduction of the VersaDrive™ Series of fully integrated leadscrew step motors. VersaDrive motors combine a 1.8° hybrid step motor and drive nut system with an integrated leadscrew such that the screw moves axially in the motor as the motor is driven.The VersaDrive is available in both... [Read more]

High-Performance Hybrid Stepper Motors from AMETEK

Kent, Oh. – AMETEK Technical and Industrial Products’ new MAE® brand Size 34 (Model HS 200) hybrid stepper motors exhibit superior torque characteristics to power a wide range of industrial equipment applications. Their low detent torque to holding torque ratios deliver smooth and quiet operation and the fine positioning capability required for... [Read more]

Saia® UAL series Linear Stepper Motors from Johnson Electric

VANDALIA, OH – Johnson Electric introduces Saia® UAL series Linear Stepper Motors. These motors deliver constant positioning force up to 30 N over the full travel distance of up to 15 mm, at speeds up to 4.16 mm/s at 200 Hz. They feature a unique removable bayonet-style flange for easy mounting, a flexible design that easily accommodates various... [Read more]

High Performance Stepper Gearmotors

Greenville, DE — Servo2Go.com has just added new additions to it’s broad range of high performance cost effective stepper motor product family.The SP Series from Applied Motion Products of Watsonville, CA are NEMA standard 2 phase 1.8 degree hybrid stepper gearmotors which provide high torque in a compact lightweight housing. These offset light... [Read more]

JVL Integrated Motors

JVL offers compact and versatile integrated motors. They offering connection to a wide range of bus systems such as CANopen, Devicenet and Profibus as well as Wireless Bluetooth, WLAN and Zigbee systems. JVL also offers complete motion control solutions. This includes a wide range of gears that fit directly on the motors for any application:Low Cost... [Read more]

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Portescap Guide to High Performance Miniature Motion Solutions

WEST CHESTER, PA – Portescap has available a new full product catalog featuring its complete family of high performance miniature motion solutions. This 290+ page resource details Portescap brushless and brush DC motors, TurboDisc, CanStack, CanStack vector and hybrid stepper motors, gearheads and encoders, as well as drives and electronics.In... [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]

Linear Stepper Motors from H2W Technologies

Santa Clarita, CA — Choose an easily integrated, low cost, high performance, 2-phase or 4-phase, linear stepper motor from H2W Technologies to improve the performance of an existing motion control system or create a new high speed, high accuracy system. These, compact, industry standard, 12 lb. Linear Steppers (53 N continuous Force, 16 lbs, 71 N... [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]