Rapid prototyping for plastic parts is one thing, but when components are more complex, designers are forced to select from a limited catalog or wait a long time for a specialized component to be created. That is no longer the case with motor design. The latest innovation by Parvalux is its ability to provide prototype…

The ABB Baldor-Reliance EC Titanium motor has been recognized with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 ENERGY STAR Emerging Technology Award. This annual award recognizes products that meet stringent performance criteria in specific categories. By highlighting innovative solutions with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the award promotes promising technologies that may not…

Oriental Motor has released a new 24 Vdc driver for their 400 W (1/2 HP) BLV Series R Type brushless motors. This unified power supply simplifies the system by powering both the driver and peripheral devices, such as sensors and cameras, with a single 24 Vdc source. This integration provides space and cost savings for…

Rexroth offers a comprehensive range of motors that deliver high performance and a wide variety of types, designs, and capacities. When paired with its servo drive system, these robust motors enable both standard and high-end applications in modern factory automation — intelligent, highly dynamic, precise, and reliable. The portfolio is further enhanced by special explosion-proof…

LogiDrive complete drive solutions from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS reduce planning and commissioning efforts through cost-effective, standardized designs engineered to industry standards and application requirements. These solutions are aligned with the intralogistics and material handling of the Post & Parcel, Airport, and warehouse logistics industries. There are advanced versions for each intralogistics area using IE5+ synchronous motor…

Koford Engineering has introduced a new 2.36 in. (60 mm) diameter x 4.327 in. (110 mm) long, high power density four pole slotless hall sensor brushless motor.  It features a cog-free non-saturating design with linear behavior and sine back EMF suitable for precision motion.  The motor produces a rated continuous output of 927 watts at…

Components from maxon are integral to the spaceMIRA surgical robot, which recently completed its first demo test surgeries in zero gravity on the International Space Station (ISS). The spaceMIRA, developed by Virtual Incision and researchers at the University of Nebraska, is a compact, lightweight surgical robot sent to the ISS on a SpaceX Falcon 9…

Koford Engineering introduces a 42 mm diameter x 65 mm long, high power density two pole slotless hall sensor brushless motor. Itfeatures a cog-free non saturating design with linear behavior and sine back EMF suitable for precision motion. The motor produces an output of 569 watts at 16,278 rpm and weighs only 425 g and…

Koford Engineering LLC has introduced a 36 mm diameter x 43.6 mm long, high power density four pole slotless hall sensor brushlessmotor.  The motor produces an output of 260 watts at 6,753 rpm, weighs 198 g, and has a peak efficiency of 87%. Typical applications include surgical power tools or aerospace applications. The motor can…

In industry and logistics, robots generally handle monotonous tasks that they can repeat almost endlessly with steady precision. A new tool changer now turns the specialist for large series into a flexible all-rounder, with which even small series and individual pieces can be produced economically. The innovative TKX changer series from the IPR specialists features…

Koford Engineering has introduced a new 36-mm diameter x 43.6-mm long, high power density four pole slotless hall sensor brushless motor. The motor produces an output of 301 watts at 13,300 rpm. weighs only 198 g, and has a peak efficiency of 88%. Typical applications include surgical power tools or aerospace applications. The motor can…

Koford Engineering introduces a new line of .400-in. bore hollow shaft motors with up to 21,336 rpm, 92% peak efficiency, and up to 1,066-watt continuous power with heat sinking. The motor is 2.36-in. diameter x 3.07 long with a .500-in. OD shaft and weighs 2.2 lb.  It is available either with hall sensors or sensorless.…

ABB during the 2023 EASA Convention, June 25-27, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, to meet with experts, view innovative solutions, and learn how selecting the right motor is critical to the success of your application or process. The full lineup of ABB solutions at this year’s conference includes:…

The test tube needs to go into the centrifuge, the component at its correction position, and the package onto the conveyor belt: gripping objects and placing them someplace else is a fundamental mechanical action in most work processes. In modern systems, “pick-and-place” is performed by automated grippers. They must be able to operate both powerfully…

AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP), a business unit of AMETEK, introduces the new 57 mm-sized brushless DC motor  in its IDEA Motor series. This EC057B joins the 42 mm EC042B product introduced in 2019 and enhances an already popular line of motors with integrated, programmable drives. The IDEA Motor combines a precision brushless servo motor…

Compact linear motion systems manufacturer, Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division, announces its new Pittman Express online motor calculator. The Express tool allows users to identify and select the right motor for their applications quickly and easily. When a user enters an ideal load point, torque, and speed, the…

Battery-powered motor applications need careful design work to match motor performance and power-consumption profiles to the battery type. Optimal motor and battery pairing relies on the selection of an efficient motor as well as a battery with the appropriate capacity, cost, size, maintainability, and discharge duration and curve. By Scott McMillan • Senior Applications Engineer […]

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its pioneering flight on Mars. This is the first time in the history of powered, uncrewed spaceflight that a device has flown in a controlled manner on another planet. A short flight for “Ingenuity,” but a big success for unmanned space flight. NASA’s Mars helicopter flew over the surface…

The industrial world is facing many technological changes which increased the urgent demand for premium quality products and services that can only be supplied by a high level of productivity for engineering systems, automated manufacturing, and industrial automation. Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI), a leader in providing mechanical and electromechanical based design, engineering, and precision…

maxon has collaborated with drone startup Flybotix to develop performance-optimized brushless DC motors for a new kind of inspection drone. With the know-how gained from this and other projects, maxon is making inroads into the new UAV market, where the reliability and quality of components are becoming more important. Two rotors instead of four was…

Musculoskeletal disorders are a common occupational disease in the EU and North America and are one of the most common causes for long- term absence from work. Work-related upper-limb disorders annually cost 2.1 billion euros across the EU and are responsible for 45% of all occupational diseases. Wearables–clothing enhanced through technology–offer an approach for reducing…

maxon has collaborated with drone startup Flybotix to develop performance-optimized brushless dc motors for a new kind of inspection drone. With the know-how gained from this and other projects, maxon is making inroads into the new UAV market, where the reliability and quality of components are becoming more important.  Two rotors instead of four was…

Traco Power’s new 30 / 65 W TPI line of compact open frame ac/dc power supplies are cost-optimized for price sensitive industrial, automation and IoT applications. The TPI 30 and TPI 65 products feature: -40° C ~ +85° C operation Rated full load to +60C, convection cooled up to 94% efficiency 120-130% peak load (5…

Disposable medical hand tools are seeing increased use due to their cost and hygiene benefits. Engineers who design these tools usually specify brush DC or brushless DC motors. Here we compare these two options. By Clémence Muron • Applications engineer | Portescap An early step of surgical power tool engineering is to determine whether the […]

Bodine Electric Co. has just announced sixty (60) new 33A7-25H2 and 33A7-30H3 hollow-shaft right-angle hypoid PMDC gearmotors. These integral geared motors combine Bodine’s high-performance type 33A7 permanent magnet dc motor with two new hypoid gearheads. They are a suitable drive solution for applications needing compact size, quiet operation, high torque density, and low energy consumption. […]