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What are double- and triple-stack hybrid stepper motors ?

April 13, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Of the three primary stepper motor designs — permanent magnet, variable reluctance, and hybrid — hybrid stepper motors are arguably the most popular in industrial applications, combining the best performance characteristics of permanent magnet and variable reluctance types. Hybrid stepper motors are constructed with a rotor made of two sections, or cups, with a permanent […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Industry News, Stepper Motors

What are different ways to express a gear ratio?

April 9, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

gear ratio

In motion control systems, gears are used to change the torque and speed delivered by a motor to a driven component. Depending on how the gears are arranged, they can either increase the delivered torque and decrease the output speed (the most common arrangement in motion control applications) or decrease the delivered torque and increase […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Gears + Gearing

New distributed drive system designed for conveyor applications

April 8, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

drive system

The Sinamics G115D from Siemens is a new compact and powerful drive system specifically designed for horizontal conveyor applications. The drive system comprises the motor, drive and gearbox in one unit and is offered in two versions — wall-mounted and motor-mounted. The Sinamics G115D drive system features a robust design with a high IP protection […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Featured, Industrial Automation, Industry News, Integrated Motion Systems Tagged With: Siemens

Magnetic ring encoder features functional safety for machine tool applications

April 6, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

encoders

HEIDENHAIN’s new absolute modular magnetic angle encoder is for applications needing contamination-resistant encoders with functional safety (FS) for machine feedback. This new ECM 2400 encoder supplements HEIDENHAIN’s portfolio of absolute angle encoders and is designed for machine tool applications that require a sturdy encoder with medium accuracy. The ECM 2400 is suitable for applications with […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: HEIDENHAIN

Absolute encoder interfaces: Differences between SSI, BiSS, Hiperface, and EnDat

April 2, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

absolute encoder interfaces

Absolute encoders can communicate with controllers through parallel or serial wiring, over a fieldbus, or via an Ethernet-based protocol such as EtherCAT. Of these options, serial communication is a simpler solution than parallel wiring (which requires a twisted pair of wires for each bit of output) and is well-suited for applications that aren’t complex enough […]

Filed Under: Absolute Encoders, Encoders, FAQs + basics, Featured

IoT connectivity enhances controller performance

March 30, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

controller

The controllers available today to design engineers have more built-in functions, are more powerful, and are being used in a wide array of diverse applications. We asked some of the top controls manufacturers what trends they’re seeing in the industry. Here’s what they told us. Do you see automation controllers in any new uses? Where […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: Mitsubishi Electric, Omron

New spring-loaded pivot arm for wheel-encoder assemblies

March 30, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

encoder

POSITAL has introduced a new spring-loaded pivot arm mounting system for wheel-encoder assemblies. Like earlier spring-loaded mounting brackets, this device is designed to minimize slippage by maintaining a steady contact pressure between the wheel and the moving surface. However, the pivot arm can accommodate larger lateral movements of the moving surface. Spring tension can be […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: posital

What are multi-stage gearboxes and when are they used?

March 29, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

multi-stage gearboxes

Gearboxes are commonly used in motion control applications to change the output speed and torque from a motor to a driven component. By using a smaller gear with fewer teeth (commonly referred to as a pinion) to drive a larger gear with a higher number of teeth, the torque delivered to the load is increased while […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Gears + Gearing

Programmability is a key encoder design trend

March 26, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

encoder

Encoders are central to motion control applications, providing feedback in order to increase system accuracy and reliability. As other components in motion systems evolve, encoder manufacturers are making sure that their offerings keep pace with these broader technological changes. For instance, the rise in high-performance networks for motion control is in part driven by the […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: posital, Renishaw

Trends: Sensors on the front lines of changing industrial world

March 23, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

sensors

Sensors play a key role in many types of automation systems and machines, helping ensure they perform at their optimal level. Sensors are also at the core of the trend for increased condition monitoring and the larger program of predictive maintenance, which aims to reduce or eliminate sudden and catastrophic machine failure by actively monitoring […]

Filed Under: Featured, Networking + IoT, Sensors + Vision

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