Johnson Electric announced the industry’s highest power DC motor for cordless impact wrenches. TheCompact P™ – XC8 motor is custom designed for the highest power and efficiency in battery operated tools. The high performance of the XC8 motor provides professional users with high instant torque and long continuous run time to handle the toughest jobs. […]
New Hazardous Area Encoder from Pepperl+Fuchs
The new 78E Series Ex Encoder from Pepperl+Fuchs is especially designed for applications in hazardous areas. The 78E Series with its “flameproof enclosure” has ATEX and IEC Ex international approval in addition to third-party approval by TÜV. It is designed for the oil/gas, refineries, mining and material handling (agriculture, chemicals) industries. The new 78E Series […]
Understanding dc motor curves and temperature: Part 2
by Dan Montone, PITTMAN Motors/AMETEK Precision Motion Control, Harleysville, PA Motor performance changes with temperature. Understanding the effects of heat and temperature changes will help in selecting the right motor for an application. How much can motor performance change under a given set of conditions? Here we look at a specific example of changes in […]
Vacon enters the medium-voltage AC drives market
The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon will take its product offering to new heights with medium-voltage AC drives. In contrast to Vacon’s current low-voltage products, medium-voltage AC drives typically operate on voltages of several kilovolts and at power levels of several megawatts. Vacon is a full-scope AC drives company which focuses 100% on AC drives, […]
RKII Series Stepper Motor and Driver Packages from Oriental Motor
Oriental Motor is pleased to announce the introduction of our new RKII Series Stepper Motor and Driver Packages with Built-in Controller (Stored Data) Type and Pulse Input Type. The New RKII Series is an ideal and affordable solution for demanding requirements and is available with a built-in controller (stored data) type driver or pulse input […]
All-in-One Brushless Servo System from Teknic
ClearPath, from Teknic Inc., is an easy to use brushless servo motor, encoder, servo drive, and controller all rolled into one compact package. The state-of-the-art, closed-loop, AC vector servo provides smooth, quiet and repeatable motion and control of position, speed & torque in any direction. ClearPath can be used in place of steppers, AC induction […]
Three-week Lead Time on Generation II Simotics® 1FK7 Servomotors
Field-replaceable 24-bit encoders in 10 styles and reduced lead times highlight complete line of servomotors; three inertia versions, seven shaft heights on highly-configurable line; now shipped in three weeks or less. In response to increased market needs and always seeking to exceed customer expectations, Siemens Industry, Inc. announces a further reduction in lead times for […]
New Programmable Servo Drives from Moog
Moog’s family of programmable single- and multi-axis modular servo drives has been extended to include optional safety functions compliant with the EN 61800-5-2 safety standard. The new programmable servo drive also features Safety PLC capability that allows a complete safety solution to be implemented using the drive. This eliminates the need for external safety PLCs […]
XSlide® Stages for Scanning and Indexing
Constructed with hard coat anodized, aluminum dovetail ways and PTFE bearings, XSlides are suitable for either incrementing or scanning applications, XSlides have a load capacity of 35 lbs.(15.9 kg.) horizontally and 10 lbs. (4.5 kg.) vertically. Straight-line accuracy is 0.001″/10” (0.076 mm/25 cm). Repeatability is 0.0001 inch (0.00025 mm). With a cross-sectional profile of 1.88″(48 […]
High-power servo motors up to 140 kW from B&R
B&R has expanded their product line to include servo motors with high torque and an extended range of speeds. The highly efficient motors in the 8KS series provide up to 140 kW of power and stall torque up to 555 Nm. Available in two sizes with speeds up to 3,000 rpm, 8KS motors open up […]