In this video, Brandon Herrick for Infranor USA and Guangzhou Haozhi explains how automation components on display at the manufacturer’s 2026 MD&M West booth — including servomotors, servo drives, gearboxes, strain-wave reducers as well as niche products such as spindle motors, linear stages, and robotic joints. In addition, the supplier does a lot of customization […]
Motors
Part 2: Layers of performance and specifications in motion control
Here, the focus is on motors as key elements of motion control systems, and the way in which they help achieve true precision in motion control applications. Corey Foster · Director of Automation Sales & Application Engineering | Valin Corporation The central focus of this series of articles is how achieving true precision requires a […]
The motors and gearing of different robotics
Industrial six-axis robotics often integrate frameless motors at their axes. Over the last decade, permanent-magnet brushless servomotors have come to dominate. Increasingly common in six-axis robotic assemblies are frameless and direct-drive variations. A high motor pole count (with strain-wave gearing) yields high torque output and low cogging. Often completing such assemblies are an absolute encoder […]
Motor torque to tiny tech at MD&M West 2026
It’s hard to believe I’ve attended various iterations of MD&M West for more than two decades with just a few years missed. In fact, I was just reminiscing about the first-ever tradeshow of any type I attended in our industry — the 2002 National Manufacturing Week at Chicago’s McCormick Place. I was so young that I’d […]
What does Safe Torque Off (STO) functionality do for servo applications?
Today’s motor drives and controls feature a bevy of safety functions. These include protecting the motor from overloads of power or current, short circuits and ground faults, and monitoring for over current conditions and over and under voltage conditions as well, and even over temperature protection to protect from excessive heat that a servo motor […]
MMP D22-376D-24V GP52-408 delivers 10-rpm DC motion
Midwest Motion Products has introduced the MMP D22-376D-24V GP52-408, a brushed 24V DC gearmotor designed for high-torque, low-speed applications. The gearmotor delivers up to 443 in-lb continuous torque at an output speed of 10 rpm. The model expands the company’s motion control product line and can be used in applications that require compact, geared DC […]
MMP D33-455F-36V GP81-068 brushed DC gearmotor introduced
Midwest Motion Products has introduced the MMP D33-455F-36V GP81-068, a brushed 36V DC gearmotor designed for high-torque applications. The gearmotor delivers up to 245 in-lb continuous torque and 1,079 in-lb peak torque at an output speed of 47 rpm. The model expands the company’s motion control product line and can be used in applications that […]
What’s really the difference between a dc servo and an ac servo system?
This article provides a history and general guidance on the capabilities of different ac and dc servo technologies. By Hurley Gill • Senior applications and systems engineer | Kollmorgen Many of today’s industrial and commercial applications — whether controlling a specific operation or just some specific motion — require electric motors. These ac and dc […]
Midwest Motion Products introduces 36V brushless DC gearmotor
Midwest Motion Products has introduced the MMP BL86-425E-36V GP81-1140, a brushless 36V DC gearmotor for high-torque, low-speed applications. The gearmotor provides up to 2,124 in-lbs of continuous and peak torque with an output speed of 4.7 RPM. The model adds to the company’s motion control product line and is suitable for applications that require reliable […]
Midwest Motion Products introduces compact 24V DC gearmotor
Midwest Motion Products has introduced the MMP D22-376D-24V GP52-068, a brushed 24V DC gearmotor for high-torque, low-speed applications. The unit provides 104 in-lbs of continuous torque, 280 in-lbs at peak and an output speed of 55 RPM. Description: Features IP54 protection, measures under 2.5 inches in diameter and 8.0 inches in length, and weighs 4.3 […]
