Kollmorgen will exhibit its industry-leading motion solutions at PACK EXPO, September 28 to 30, 2015, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. PACK EXPO attendees are invited to register online using Kollmorgen’s complimentary pass code: 79K95. In addition to product demos of the company’s innovative servo motors and stepper motors, Kollmorgen will highlight new enhancements to […]
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Smaller, more flexible stepper motors from Kollmorgen
Kollmorgen introduces its new generation of stepper motors, the PMX series, adding smaller 08, 11, and 14 frame sizes to the traditional 17, 23 and 34 frame size offering. Thanks to a wider range of sizes and options, OEMs now have added flexibility to meet multiple performance and application needs from a single motion source. […]
How to change a servomotor’s inertia ratio to boost efficiency
By Hurley Gill • Senior Systems and Application Engineer | Kollmorgen Servomotor-inertia ratios impact overall machine efficiency, and their use has evolved with servo-drive technology. So now, the newest digital servo-drive and feedback technologies can get higher inertia ratios while maintaining stable control to target velocities and positions. That can boost design efficiency, especially for […]
New trends in electric motors: Efficiency, power density, torque
If there’s one trend that’s prevalent in motors of all kinds, it’s the theme of increasing performance, more specifically a trio of highers: higher efficiency, higher power density and higher torque density. These are incremental improvements in motor performance that are at least partly driven by the Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency requirements, said […]
Centralized or decentralized: Which motion architecture is best?
Decentralizing servo technology can lower costs in packaging and food and beverage applications. But centralized motion control has its advantages too. Sometimes the answer to which is better is neither one … but both. By Dr. Arne Linder | Product Management • Kollmorgen Decentralizing servo technology can bring machine and plant construction savings during installation. […]
Maximize Design Flexibility and Machine Performance with Kollmorgen
Kollmorgen will be exhibiting its family of motion control solutions for packaging machine builders at Interpack 2014, located in Dusseldorf, Germany, from May 8-14, 2014 in the Motion Control and Automation Hall 8a, Stand C 08. Kollmorgen will highlight its new IP69-K rated stainless steel AKMH™ Servomotor, specifically designed to address the Food Safety Modernization […]
Tips for Easy Machine Designs
by Hurley Gill, Senior Systems/Application Engineer, Kollmorgen What you need to know about simplifying your machine design approach for optimal servomotor control. An often-asked question from industrial machine builders or integrators is how can they effectively design or implement the conversion of a machine with servo technology to meet performance expectations. This is a specialized […]
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 […]
The New AKD® Decentralized Servo Drive System Reduces Cabling
Kollmorgen introduces AKD-N – a distributed servo drive solution that significantly reduces cabinet space and cabling hassle, simplifying machine design, set-up and operation. This drive system leverages robust industry IP67-rated drives positioned next to the motor and supplied by a central power module located in the switchgear cabinet. An 11 mm diameter hybrid cable delivers […]
Kollmorgen Introduces Safe Motion Modules that Interface Seamlessly
With KSM™, Kollmorgen has launched a smart and expandable platform for machine builders to quickly and seamlessly integrate Safe Motion as part of Functional Safety-certified solutions. Safe Motion functionality allows machines to run in a safe manner when an operator is in the workspace, without stopping the machine by STO and causing unnecessary downtime, explains […]