Servo2Go.com (www.servo2go.com) has added eight new STM23 stepper motor models to its range of Ethernet and EtherNet/IP motion control products. Manufactured by Applied Motion Products (www.applied-motion.com), the new product seamlessly combines a high torque NEMA23 step motor with a high performance motion controller offering 100 Mbit Ethernet communications. The new stepper motor can also be […]
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Free Webinar: Applying Stepper Motors: Application Questions You Must Answer & Things to Watch Out For
This webinar reviews some of the basic parameters necessary to properly select and apply stepper motor technology to motion applications. Topics included in this discussion review basic stepper speed-torque behavior including the stepper over-voltage ratio, a stepper in constant current operation vs. a stepper in voltage drive region, thermal ratings, the impact of winding changes […]
IE4 Super Premium Efficiency PM Motors from Bauer Gear Motor
South Beloit, Ill. – Bauer Gear Motor’s (a member of the Altra Industrial Motion Group)PMSM (permanent magnet synchronous motors) fulfill the requirements of the soon-to-be implemented IE4 (Super Premium Efficiency) classification. The motors have the potential to achieve energy savings of up to 40% compared to an IE2 inverter-driven squirrel cage motor. The PMSM series […]
SPEED 2012 Electro-magnetic Machine Software Design Suite
Los Angeles, Cal. – The new CD-Adapco SPEED 2012 software design suite release features programs for motor design including brushless PM motors, induction motors, DC brush motors, DC and AC wound field motors, and switched reluctance motors. The suite is available with a floating license system using FlexLM and a link that was established to […]
Moog Launches Maximum Dynamic Brushless Servo Motors
Moog Industrial Group launches its comprehensive range of Maximum Dynamic Brushless Servo Motors (MD Series). The MD Series Servo Motor addresses the evolving needs for higher dynamics through increased angular acceleration (ratio of peak torque to inertia) and higher performance in industrial applications. This servo motor series enables machine builders and end-users in industries such […]
28mm Ultra-short Slotless Motor from Koford
Winchester, Oh. – Koford Engineering’s new short length 28mm (1.102 in.) diameter slotless two-pole motor features an axial length of only 23.9mm (0.941 in.). The motor is designed for applications with limited available axial length and features winding from 4,428 rpm up to 14,952 rpm, with custom winds to meet special customer applications also available. […]
DC Servo Motor Sizing Made Easy: A Practical 1/2 Day Course
There’s still time to register for the 1/2 day course on DC Servo Motor Sizing Made Easy. Information on the course is below: Presented by Dr. Urs Kafader, maxon motor, and author of the textbook “The Selection of High-precision Microdrives” Location/Date: Hilton Garden Inn Dorval Aeroport St. Laurent, PQ Tuesday June 12, 2012 Location/Date:Radisson Plaza Mississauga- […]
Pittman Motors Announces New Website
Pittman Motors has launched a new website: www.Pittman-Motors.com. The web site has a new look and feel as well as enhanced features such as tabbed navigation and access to online ordering for immediate availability of a standard selection of parts. The “Pittman Express” feature (accessible directly from the Pittman home page or the URL www.pittmanexpress.com) […]
Allegro’s A4979 programmable stepper-motor driver IC with microstepping capability
Allegro MicroSystems Europe (www.allegromicro.com) has introduced a new programmable stepper motor driver IC that offers improved diagnostics and programmability as well as micro-stepping capability. A microstepping motor driver, the flexible A4979 provides a single-chip solution for operating bipolar stepper motors in sixteenth-, quarter-, half- and full-step modes at currents up to 1.5A and voltages up […]
Midwest’s compact yet powerful Planetary DC Gearmotor
Midwest Motion Products, Inc. (www.midwestmotion.com) (MMP) has announced the release of its latest DC Gear Motor, Model Number: MMP-D33-455D-48V GP81-03.7. Although it is compact and lightweight, the new gearmotor is powerful and is ideal for use in solar trackers, robotics and automation applications. Generating a torque of 18 lb in at 782 rpm, this high […]