Sioux Center, IA – Groschopp’s AC motors are inverter duty classified. The inverter duty motor is small and compact, in order to reduce energy consumption. The smallest AC motor offered, the AC65, measures just 2.88 inches square and 5.22 inches in length. This motor series is designed to directly integrate with Groschopp’s standard reducer lines […]
Servo Motors
Jakob’s graphic printing machine improves productivity with Kollmorgen servo motors and precision gearboxes
Jakob Graphic Services GmbH (www.jakob-gmbh.eu) has unveiled a jumbo roll collator for advanced printing operations. The machine can automatically label, collate, glue, fold and cut forms, brochures with or without a finish, mailers with cut inserts, calendars and other similar printed objects. The machine performs with precision during highly dynamic processes while rapidly adapting to […]
Emsflower precision control in greenhouses by Riwo Engineering
Emsflower currently has around 26 hectares of greenhouse and grows more than 500 million plants every year. Its problem on how to minimize costs in automation system for plant handling and watering was solved by automation provider Riwo Engineering, along with the Control Techniques Drive Center. Riwo Engineering’s new automation system had to encompass spraying […]
Victor’s Vturn 36 with direct coupled servo motors eliminates backlash
Subcontractor Qualitek (www.qualitek.com), impressed by the performance of the two Vturn lathes and services provided by Victor Europe (www.victoreurope.com), has purchased a Vturn 36 from Victor once again. The Victor Vturn 36 features a bed length center distance of 50″, a swing over bed of 26.77″, and a maximum cutting diameter of 20.9″, which make […]
National Instruments Releases New High-Performance Servo Drives and Motors
National Instruments announces new AKD Servo Drives and AKM Servo Motors that make it possible for engineers and scientists to easily build scalable, distributed motion control systems. The new products simplify setup and configuration for deploying custom motion applications to any NI real-time controller supporting NI EtherCAT technology including NI CompactRIO, PXI real-time controllers and […]
Beckhoff’s dynamic servo motors for the food industry
Beckhoff (www.beckhoff.com) has expanded its AM3000 Synchronous Servo motor series with a FDA-compliant model designed with a white surface coating – a high-performance servo solution for any applications in the food industry. The motors’ coating, which is ideal for use in any food products, is resistant to aggressive cleaning agents. Aside from the surface coating, […]
Mclennan introduces new motion control range
The partnership between Allied Motion Inc. (www.alliedmotion.com) and Mclennan Servo Supplies (www.mclennan.co.uk) has been extended with the Surrey-based mechatronics specialists improving its product line coverage of the prominent European and US control manufacturer’s brushless servo motors, direct-drive torque motors, high-performance servo drives and encoders. The close relationship between the two companies spans over 30 years […]
Rotalink’s new Red Drive servomotor driver for motion control
The Red Drive servomotor driver & controller from Rotalink (www.rotalink.com) has effectively lessened the cost barrier for brushed DC precision motion control, according to the company. Now, Rotalink is launching the new BLDC10A Brushless Red Drive – a brushless version of Red Drive that provides the same user-friendly flowchart based software and price-performance benefits of […]
“Smart Home” uses motion system
Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus is an 800-sq-ft energy-optimized “smart house” that features an active motion control system to minimize the overall HVAC load. It recently won the first place of the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe. The control system uses servo motors and a series of belt-driven linear actuators (in a custom size) to drive 9-feet-wide panels […]
TAK Enterprises’ Dual Belt Tractor Feed uses stepper or servo motors
TAK Enterprises, Inc. (www.takenterprises.com) has unveiled a product specifically designed to feed thin strip and fine wire materials for integration or as a stand-alone unit within existing process systems. In dealing with fine wire in the 004in – 030in diameter range, pull-through feeding can be sometimes challenging. Common solutions largely involve utilizing a roll feed […]