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Brushless flat motor with MILE encoder
The slim design of the EC 90 flat motor is now equipped with a MILE encoder. According to the manufacturer, MILE (Maxon’s Inductive Little Encoder) is the world’s smallest inductive rotary encoder. Its operating principle is based on the detection of high-frequency inductivity, which generates eddy current in an electrically conducting target. The advantage of…
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 on…
Get Your Motor Running
Reprint Info >> Motor manufacturers continue to innovate, keeping up with new challenges in motion control. Motors have been around for a long time. The ones most people are used to seeing are probably the typical fat cylindrical AC synchronous motors that do a lot of industry’s heavy lifting. But as anybody who designs motion…
NovaTorque’s Gen2.0 PremiumPlus+™ Brushless PM Motors
NovaTorque, Inc. introduces its next generation design of 3hp and 5hp PremiumPlus+™ motors. NovaTorque’s Gen2.0 PremiumPlus+™ brushless permanent magnet motors, driven by variable frequency drives, boast motor-only rated point efficiencies of 93.0 percent and 92.0 percent for 3hp and 5hp versions respectively, far exceeding the levels achieved with induction motors. By comparison, 3hp and 5hp…
Groschopp Launches New Website
When a company with a 70-year reputation for quality-honed workmanship and experience with OEMs decides that, to better serve their customers, they need a better website they don’t just give it a spit shine and a new banner–at least not if they’re Groschopp Inc. Priding themselves on their full-service engineering department and the ability to…
Advantages of Soft Start Motor Control
Soft starters for AC motors offer many benefits, with the most significant being a reduction of mechanical stresses on the motor and shaft as well as other components in a system, thereby extending equipment life. They also contribute to smarter use of power and less inrush current, which can minimize penalties from utility companies. An…
AutomationDirect Adds Basic Line of Soft Motor Starters
The Stellar™ SR33 Series basic soft starters are designed for general purpose applications where traditional across-the-line starting or wye-delta starting would typically be appropriate. The SR33 semi-conductor soft starters, available in 22A to 482A sizes, are suitable to control three-phase AC induction motors with a wide variety of motor loads. This series is an ideal…
Oriental Motor Lowers Price on High-strength V-Series AC Motors
Introducing a new, lower price on Oriental Motor’s high-strength V-Series AC motors. These high-strength motors use a special tooth-surface machining technology combined with an optimized quiet-running design that maintains the motor’s strength. Precision is ensured at micro levels due to high-accuracy assembly technology. Maximum permissible torque is increased by up to two times the level…
Lenze SMVector NEMA 1 Inverter Drives Ramp-up to 60 Horsepower
Lenze Americas (PACK EXPO Booth #S-5360) recently rolled out three new SMVector NEMA 1 models. The 40, 50 and 60 HP SMVector drives deliver superior performance and design flexibility in a broad range of AC motor applications. SMVector drives provide robust features for demanding applications, including four modes of operation – V/Hz, Enhanced V/Hz,…
Real-time Ethernet for Machine Control
View this webinar to learn how to apply industrial networks for real-time machine control. The webinar will highlight: • A comparative look at industrial automation networks, assessing speed, performance and precision for machine control applications • Real-world applications and the benefits that result from using a real-time Ethernet-based solution • An in-depth examination of how…
Three-Phase MF Motor from Lenze Americas
Lenze Americas has recently launched the new L-Force Three-Phase MF Motor design for operation with a frequency inverter. The cost-effective and innovative MF Motor can be up to two sizes smaller than conventional asynchronous motors with the same rated power. “The MF Motor features a wide speed setting range of 1:24, about twice as fast…
Premium Efficiency Motors from AutomationDirect®
AutomationDirect’s IronHorse™ general purpose AC motor line now includes cast iron three-phase premium efficiency motors available in horsepower ranges from 1 to 200 hp. Motors are available in speeds of 1200, 1800, and 3600 RPM and are electrically reversible. The three-phase industrial duty T-frame and TC-frame TEFC motors feature ribbed cast iron frames to ensure…
New Standard Products Catalog from Bodine Electric Company
Bodine Electric Company, a leading North American manufacturer of small (fractional horsepower) AC, DC, and brushless DC (ECM) gearmotors, motors, and controls, has just published its latest standard product catalog. Complimentary copies can be ordered at www.bodine-electric.com or from the company’s global network of distributors. A downloadable version is also available online. New ProductsNew additions…
Blowers have explosion proof ac motors
ROTRON® “EN” and “CP” regenerative blowers include explosion-proof ac motors that are UL and CSA approved for Class 1 Group D explosive gas atmospheres. Typical applications include spot sourcing, vent header off-gassing, landfill gas recovery, and scrubbing, among many others. The explosion-proof motors can accommodate international voltage and frequency requirements and can deliver the necessary…
Pneumatic or Electric? How to Decide Which Actuator to Use
This on-demand webinar explores the differences between pneumatic and electric actuators and outline the decision process for successful, efficient, and cost effective deployment. Pneumatics’ performance characteristics, costs and best case application scenarios will be compared to those of electrics. Case studies where pneumatics are preferred to electrics and where electrics are preferred to pneumatics will…
The VersaDyne Small Engine Test System
SAKOR Technologies, Inc. announces the VersaDyne™, a completely integrated, turn-key system for testing small 2-cycle and 4-cycle engines. The VersaDyne is ideal for testing engines found in equipment such as small outboard motors, motorcycles, ORV’s, tractors, lawn care tools, and generators. Available in sizes ranging from 5 to 30 kW, the VersaDyne features the versatility…
Minarik Acquires Automation Technology Inc.
Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (Kaman) announced that it’s subsidiary, Minarik Corporation (Minarik) has acquired the assets of Automation Technology, Inc. with locations in Salt Lake City, Utah and Boise, Idaho. Automation Technology, considered to be a strong motion control distributor in the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest trading areas, increases Minarik’s leading position in those markets…
ACS Motion Controls Universal Single & Dual Axis Drive Modules
ACS Motion Control has developed an EtherCAT slave Universal Drive Module that directly drives one or two axes. Designated the SPiiPlus UDMnt, the Universal Drive Module operates as an EtherCAT slave device to any SPiiPlus EtherCAT master controller. The SPiiPlus UDMnt supports AC servo, DC brushless, DC brush, closed and open loop 2- and 5-phase…
AutomationDirect adds Full-featured Soft Starters
AutomationDirect’s line of Stellar soft starters now includes the SR44 series of solid-state soft starters to control three-phase AC induction motors. The fully digital SR44 soft starters use thyristors in all three motor phases to provide controlled reduced voltage motor control for smooth acceleration/deceleration and reduced mechanical shock and starting stress. The SR44 series…
Dunkermotoren USA Inc Launches New e-Shop
Elgin, IL – Dunkermotoren USA has launched its new e-Shop, making ordering from its extensive Stock Program of sub-fractional integral brushless and brushed DC motors a snap. More than 400 motion solutions can be delivered in 2 weeks, and soon, Dunkermotoren will make most of those available for same-day shipping. The new e-Shop answers OEMs…
ABB to acquire Baldor Electric Company
ABB (NYSE: ABB), a leading power and automation technology group, and Baldor Electric Company (NYSE: BEZ), a North American leader in industrial motors, have agreed that ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt. The transaction closes a gap in ABB’s automation portfolio in…
Energy Savings Calculator App Released from WEG
ATLANTA, GA—WEG Electric Corp. has released an energy savings calculator application for BlackBerry® smartphone devices. In just a few quick steps, the app calculates savings gained from utilizing WEG variable frequency drives (VFDs) and/or electric motors. The WEG Energy Savings Calculator can calculate potential energy savings, return on investment, reduction of CO2 emissions, and create…
Unique Inverter Duty AC Motors from Groschopp
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…
WEG Electric Opens New US Headquarters
ATLANTA, GA – WEG Electric Corp. held its open house and ribbon cutting celebration on April 16, 2010 for its new USA headquarters at 6655 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097. Over four hundred guests, including city officials, customers and vendors, attended the WEG Electric Corp. open house event at the new USA headquarters. The day…