Groschopp, Inc. introduces a family of brushless DC motor controls for their entire product line of BLDC motors and gearmotors. Designed to provide commutated power and variable speed control, these closed loop controls provide excellent speed regulation over a wide range of loads. Features Closed loop speed regulation Line and low voltage options Chassis mount […]
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Watson-Marlow to Showcase Fully Integrated Drive for OEM Pumps
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is showcasing itsDriveSure™, a new panel-mount OEM brushless DC gear motor with fully integrated speed controller, in booth 375, at MD&M East, from June 10th – 12th, 2014 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, in New York, NY. The highly adaptable drive is an ideal solution for biopharmaceutical, medical device, and […]
Oriental Motor BMU Series Brushless DC Motor & Driver package
Oriental Motor USA is proud to introduce our newest generation brushless DC motor and driver package, the BMU Series. The BMU Series continues our brushless motors advantages by offering a wide and stable speed range, easy wiring and easy set up, all in a long life, maintenance-free compact package. The new BMU Series features an […]
Athlonix™ 22NT Brush DC Motors
Portescap introduces the 22NT Athlonix Brush DC Miniature motor. The new 22NT motors offer excellent power-to-weight ratio, ensuring high battery life while providing high power up to 12.7W. This enables OEMs to build smaller, lighter, and higher performing machines and devices. This robust motor eliminates the need to choose between compact size and weight or […]
Kollmorgen drives the lightweight helpers of Universal Robots
Ian Young, Key Account Manager, Kollmorgen, Ratingen Universal Robots (www.universal-robots.com) developed the UR5 and UR10 models for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular. The handling units lift a payload of five and ten kilograms, but only weigh 18 and 25 kilograms themselves respectively. This low weight makes it possible to move the units easily without […]
Building vs. Buying Stepper Motor Controllers
By Joe Kimbrell, Product Manager for Motors and Drives, AutomationDirect When deciding whether to build or buy, OEMs need to consider a myriad of factors including required design efforts, up-front costs and ongoing support. Stepper motors are popular due to their low cost, especially in low power motor applications. Used in a range of industrial […]
Baldor offers Expanded Portfolio of Super-E® motors
Baldor Electric Company announces the addition of 28 new ratings to its portfolio of BaldorReliance Super-E motors with internal AEGIS Bearing Protection Ring. These new ratings consist of 1 to 40 HP Open Drip Proof motors, 200 volt and 575 volt, as well as 5 to 15 HP Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled designs for 200 […]
Motion Control Simplifies Modular Printing Machinery
Edited by: Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor An economic multi-axis motion controller and software is helping Rollem – a leading specialist print machinery manufacturer rapidly evolve its modular finishing system. The motion architecture made it easy to add another peripheral to the company’s print finishing equipment range, a stacking unit that collects and groups products such […]
Bodine Introduces New DC Motor Speed Control with Dynamic Braking
Bodine Electric Co. expanded its extensive family of DC motor speed controls to include a new enclosed model with forward-brake-reverse switch and dynamic braking. The new control is ideal for use in bi-directional applications such as conveyors, packaging machines, screen-printing equipment, food processing applications, medical devices, lab instrumentation and labeling equipment. Housed in a NEMA […]
Electric Vehicle Motors go Head to Head
By: Jay Schultz, Industry Market Manager and Steve Huard, PhD, Principal Engineer, Parker Hannifin Corporation The case for either the permanent magnet or the induction motor design is unclear, so how do hybrid vehicle OEMs decide which is best? Over the last several years, higher fuel prices, consumer demands for better fuel economy, and government […]