DAANET (www.daanet.com.au) has expanded its B&R’s 8LV servo motor series portfolio to include a new range of motor-mounted gearboxes. The high-performance servo motors offer high power density in a small installation space and integrate all electrical and mechanical elements into a very compact unit. Designed with a very small absolute encoder system offering a resolution […]
Servo Motors
Animatics Introduces the Class 5 SmartMotor™
Animatics introduces the world’s most powerful integrated servo: the Class 5 SmartMotor featuring patent-pending Combitronic technology. In 1994, Animatics introduced the first fully integrated SmartMotor servos featuring an internal brushless motor, encoder, controller and amplifier, and have been improving and perfecting the technology ever since. Building upon nearly 15 years of innovation and advancement, the […]
Kollmorgen introduces new AKM8 Servomotors
Kollmorgen introduces AKM™ 8 Servomotors – the latest addition to the company’s global, field-proven AKM motor series. With an unrivaled feature-set to satisfy global requirements right from the base hardware, AKM8 motors deliver higher torque density to cover the broadest torque/speed range in a housing that is 30% shorter than any standard motor in its […]
Brushless DC Servo Motors with Integrated EtherCAT Interface from Dunkermotoren
Elgin, Ill. – Dunkermotoren’s BG family of servo motors, with an output power range of 40 to 500 watts, now come equipped with an EtherCAT interface. The CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) function allows the servo motors to act as slaves in an EtherCAT network. CANopen over EtherCAT uses the same objects as CANopen. These compact […]
Baum launches new generation of high torque servo motors
Customers today are looking for direct drive solutions rather than conventional motor-gearbox combinations. Thus, Baum (www.baumcycles.com) came up with a new line of DST torque motors, introduced at the Hanover Messe 2010. The synchronous motors offer a wider range of available speeds and torques, as well as a higher power density. Machines today require better […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
GN Thermoforming releases new GN 760 plug-assist machine
GN Thermoforming Equipment (www.GNcanada.com) is pleased to announce the release of its GN 760 plug-assist thermoformer to meet greater demand for deep-draw parts. The machine has a 30”x21” (762mmx533mm) forming area, and incorporates many of the components found in the company’s traditional machines. “We combined proven technology from our GN 3021 DX unit with several […]
FAULHABER introduces world’s most compact drive with integrated motion controller
FAULHABER (www.faulhaber.de) has once again extended its BX4 range of 4-pole brushless DC servo motors as it unveils the series 2232/2250…BX4 CSD/CCD, the most compact drive in the world with integrated motion controller. The new series offers all the advantages of the BX4 4-pole brushless technology with one axis motion controller. With its high torque, […]