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 (www.rs-components.com). The […]
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Catholic students use controller and servo motors to build ‘BEST’ robot
Seven students from the Sacred Heart School have received an award for their “Talon One” – a robot built within two months from raw materials. “Talon One” was entered at the 5th annual Connecticut BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Robotics Competition in Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. “It was fun,” Matthew Koniecko, […]
New Micro Motor Product Line from Johnson Electric
Johnson Electric announces its new Compact DC motor product line which delivers the industry’s highest power density. This innovation is based on Johnson Electric’s proprietary Curve Technology. Curve technology is deployed within a DC motor platform with a unique 4-pole magnetic design in a curved package which reduces motor size by 25% and weight by […]
Beckhoff partners with Fertig Motors to develop servo motors
Beckhoff Automation GmbH’s (www.beckhoff.com) managing director Hans Beckhoff has announced the company’s collaboration with Fertig Motors GmbH to develop servo motors for EtherCat and PC-based Control — the networking technology by Beckhoff. The first of the products will be launched at the end of 2011, said Mr. Beckhoff. The Motion division of Beckhoff is being […]
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 Neugart, B&R […]
High-Performance Family of Spindle Motors from Siemens
Chicago, Ill. –Siemens Industry, Inc. has introduced the new 1PH8 family of high-performance induction motor drives and servomotors. Available in a wide power range, from 2.8 kW up to 1340 kW, these new motors provide excellent dynamic response, smoother operation and lower vibration levels. The new line combines induction and high-powered servo technologies to give […]
Dunkermotoren USA Inc Launches New e-Shop
Dunkermotoren USA has launched its new e-Shop, making ordering from its extensive Stock Program of sub-fractional integral brushless and brushed DC motors a snap. More than 400 motion solutions can be delivered in 2 weeks, and soon, Dunkermotoren will make most of those available for same-day shipping. The new e-Shop answers OEMs short time to […]
BEI Kimco Solves High-Speed Motor Application
Vista, Cal. – BEI Kimco Magnetics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), Inc., recently developed a BLDC motor to meet the challenging high-speed requirements for a turbomolecular vacuum pump application. The turbomolecular pump is used in the semiconductor device manufacturing process, which requires highly compressed gases for chemical deposition and implantation. The pump […]
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 […]
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 […]