A drive, at its most basic level, is a device that controls the speed of a motor. And there are as many drives as there are motor types and then some: drives for ac motors, dc motors and variable frequency drives among others. Over the years, a lot of advances in motion control systems have […]
Servo Drives
Elmo now offers super-compact servo drive for 480-Vac
Updated June 30, 2015. Elmo Motion Control introduced at the SIAF exhibition (held in Guangzhou, China, March 9-11, 2015) the “smallest on earth” servo drive that operates directly from 480 Vac. Delivering 10-A continuous at up to 480 Vac with size of only 72 x 140 x 110 mm, the G-OBO10/480 is the smallest servo drive to […]
Elmo Motion Control introduces NANO Gold Twitter
Elmo Motion Control will exhibit a variety of powerful servo drives with advanced networking and intelligence especially suited for automated packaging machines at MC4 2015, Palazzo dei Congressi, Bologna, Italy, on March 10, 2015. Elmo’s newest edition to the Gold Line is the revolutionary NANO Gold Twitter, the highest-powered servo drive on the market. Weighing […]
Centralized or decentralized: Which motion architecture is best?
Decentralizing servo technology can lower costs in packaging and food and beverage applications. But centralized motion control has its advantages too. Sometimes the answer to which is better is neither one … but both. By Dr. Arne Linder | Product Management • Kollmorgen Decentralizing servo technology can bring machine and plant construction savings during installation. […]
Elmo Features its Nano Ultra High Power Servo Drive
Elmo Motion Control, a provider of advanced and cost-effective motion control solutions, will exhibit its flagship Gold Twitter, the smallest, high-power servo drive on the market at Industrial Automation North America (IANA) at IMTS in Chicago, Booth E-4971, September 8-13, 2014. Weighing at just 18 grams (less than 1 ounce), and less than 13 cm3 […]
Elmo Showcases its Extreme Motion Control Servo Drives
Elmo, a provider of motion control solutions that meets rugged requirements for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and other applications operating in extreme environmental conditions, will showcase Gold ExtrIQ intelligent servo drives at UAV 2014 Show (Booth 91), taking place in Bordeaux-Merignac Aeroparc, France, September 9-11, 2014. Elmo’s field proven Gold ExtrIQ Line is a standard […]
Elmo Previews its Nano Ultra High Power Servo Drive
Elmo Motion Control, a provider of advanced and cost-effective motion control solutions will preview the Gold Twitter, the smallest, high-power servo drive soon to be released at Sindex 2014 in Bern Switzerland, September 2-4, 2014. Weighing at just 18 grams and less than 13 cm3 in volume, Gold Twitter delivers up to 4000W of qualitative […]
Shanghai Moons’ Electric Acquires Applied Motion Products
Shanghai Moons’ Electric Co., Ltd., announced that it has acquired Applied Motion Products, Inc. of Watsonville, CA. Applied Motion Products was founded in 1978 and specializes in providing advanced stepper, and servo motor drives to a broad range of industrial and OEM customers. “Our acquisition of Applied Motion Products complements our overall product offering of […]
High power DC Servo Drive for electric subsea thrusters
The i146-SCE is a modular, high-performance DC servo drive, developed to meet requirements of Marine & Subsea market. It’s a fully custom design that fits within the customer motor housing, who needed a high power servo drive in a small package. It has been specially designed for BLDC servo motor control on thrusters on board […]
Gold Twitter – the Smallest EtherCAT Servo Drive
Elmo Motion Control, a provider of advanced and cost-effective motion control solutions, announced a major record-setting advance with the release of its flagship Gold Twitter product, the smallest, high-power servo drive available on the market today. At just 18 grams (less than 1 ounce) in weight, and less than 13 cm3, the Gold Twitter delivers […]