STOBER Inc. recently released STOBER FITS, an online motion-design configuration tool that lets engineers quickly and easily specify and select STOBER power-transmission and control products. The focus of the tool is to improve overall customer experience — expediting selection, sizing and specification processes for engineers through a unified and convenient online process. Determining what STOBER product is needed and ordering it […]
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HS Motion Group now sells integrated stepper motors
To meet the market’s growing demand for greater machine efficiency and cost reduction, HS Motion Group recently introduced a series of closed-loop integrated stepper motors as an off-the-shelf product. With a superior closed loop control and a cost-effective design, stepIM provides an efficient and affordable solution for applications that require the performance of a servo […]
FAQ: What is closed-loop control with load-position control?
Load-position control is a form of closed-loop stepper-motor control. It’s true that stepper motors can run open loop—as they don’t need sensor-feedback-based controller corrections. So, stepper-motor circuits are simpler and the motors are easy to implement … but if anything goes wrong in the application, the open-loop stepper won’t respond to the new condition. In […]
New High Torque Density Brushless DC Motors from PITTMAN
PITTMAN Motors, a business unit of AMETEK Precision Motion Control, has introduced the EC042B brushless DC motor series, its latest offering in a broad range of DC brush and brushless motors. The high torque density motor is designed as an economical, yet higher performance, general purpose servomotor. Its NEMA 17 mounting configuration is adaptable to […]
Interview: Rich Mintz on boosting motion design efficiencies
Originally published May 19, 2015. | July 7, 2015 update: Hear the followup podcast of Rich Mintz on how to right-size a drive system — as well as the new developments in material-handling applications that are driving the need for efficiency — here. Recently, I got the chance to talk with Rich Mintz, senior market-development manager […]
QuickSilver’s Mosolver line now in NEMA 17 frame
QuickSilver Controls, Inc., has extended their patented Mosolver (Motor + Resolver) technology into the compact NEMA 17 frame format. The Mosolver sensor provides 32,000 counts of position information using a compact polyamide sensor coil placed within the stator opposite the rotor. The sensor is protected by the motor structure and does not need a separate […]
Industrial robotics see more consideration of kinematics
by Lisa Eitel, Senior Editor, @DW_LisaEitel— In today’s advanced manufacturing environment, it would be hard to find a production facility that hasn’t implemented robotics in some process or other. That’s according to Skye Gorter, automation specialist at Cowper Inc. “Robotics have had tremendous impact on manufacturers’ ability to get higher repeatability, precision, and throughput, as […]
QuickSilver extends Mosolver line to NEMA 17 frame
QuickSilver Controls, Inc. has extended their patented Mosolver (motor + resolver) technology into the compact NEMA 17 frame format. The Mosolver sensor provides 32,000 counts of position information using a compact polyamide sensor coil placed within the stator opposite the rotor. The sensor is protected by the motor structure and does not need a separate […]
AutomationDirect adds small NEMA motor stepper gearboxes
AutomationDirect’s new SureGear™ PGCN series of stepper gearboxes is an excellent choice for stepper and other motion control applications requiring a NEMA-size input/output interface. Available in NEMA 17, 23, and 34 sizes and gear ratios of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100:1, SureGear stepper gearboxes are designed with a nominal speed of 3,500 RPM and […]
AutomationDirect adds small NEMA motor stepper gearboxes
AutomationDirect’s new SureGear™ PGCN series of stepper gearboxes is an excellent choice for stepper and other motion control applications requiring a NEMA-size input/output interface. Available in NEMA 17, 23, and 34 sizes and gear ratios of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100:1, SureGear stepper gearboxes are designed with a nominal speed of 3,500 RPM and […]
