Lenze Americas highlighted two new inverter drives at ProMat 2011. The compact Lenze 8400 Motec and 8400 Protec are decentralized inverter drives equipped for all drive functions and scaled for the needs of the material handling industry. “For decentralized applications, the 8400 Motec and Protec frequency inverters are a great fit. Steering the whole drive…

The SL2 safety coupling is compact, flexible and torsionally rigid with integral torque overload release. For aggressive servo driven applications, it is backlash free, relying on preloads and frictional connections, along with a hydroformed stainless steel bellows to relieve bearing loads resulting from misalignment. In the event of a machine crash, power surge, or any…

Yaskawa America Inc. recently named Mike Knapek as president and chief operating officer. The company also promoted Mark Bernicky to vice president of drives. The company is headquartered in Waukegan, Ill., with manufacturing facilities in Oak Creek, Wis., Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Plain City, Ohio. The moves are designed to place long-time Yaskawa leaders in…

Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc.’s Bench Top XYZ series dispensing robots are now available as part of a complete turn-key robotic dispensing system for 1-part and 2-part materials. The XYZ gantry robot system applies adhesives, sealants and lubricants with precision placement directly onto the customer’s part quickly with repeatable accuracy. The Bench Top XYZ Robot…

Servo2Go.com has just added Galil Motion Control’s Econo Series Motion Controller with Ethernet & Onboard Servo Drive, the CDS-3310, to its broad range of high performance cost effective Ethernet based Motion controllers. Galil Motion Control recently released the CDS-3310 single-axis controller and drive system designed to provide high performance and precise control of a single…

ORMEC premieres a comprehensive library of motion control videos at www.ormec.com/videos.aspx . The videos feature the XD-Indexer, a single axis integrated controller and servo drive and its easy-to-use table based software, MotionSetTM. Follow the step-by-step instructions and learn how to use MotionSet software to reduce project set-up and commissioning time. Pre-defined ‘load and go’ application…

B&R is the first manufacturer to obtain certification for a fully digital servo drive safety system, including everything from sensors to actuators. With the servo drives from the ACOPOSmulti product family that were certified in February 2010 by TÜV Rheinland, error response times are reduced by a factor of 10 and the maximum impact energy…

ORMEC’s ServoWire Motion & Logic Controllers (SMLC) typically coordinate a network of ServoWire (FireWire) drives for applications where highly coordinated, high performance multi-axis motion is needed. In cases where axes are required that do not need as tightly coordinated motion, the more cost-effective XD-Indexer drive can be integrated into the SMLC system via Modbus TCP…

Small components mean you have incredibly tiny tolerances and litter room for error. Particularly in the case of small and micro components with sensitive bearings, absolute concentricity over the lifecycle of the device is a critical factor. The higher the speed and non-symmetrical weight, the greater the forces involved. Along with vibrations, this leads to…

In addition to controlling stepper motors, a variation of4also offers support for servomotors. This drive lets you integrate different drive types. The flexible drive architecture enables easy changeover from a stepper motor to a servo version and vice versa. Despite the small dimensions, the drive supports up to two axes with performance levels of 500…

By Dan Throne, Industry Sector Manager, Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill. The concept of human protective reflexes applied to a packaging machine’s drive in the form of diagnostics and predictive maintenance helps detect and avert costly mechanical breakdowns. Predictive maintenance capabilities are built directly into the electronics of these intellegent servo drives. In recent…

Kollmorgen’s new AKD family of servodrives is flexible and innovative. It features a broad power and current range, and is compatible with a wide assortment of feedback options. Best of all, the Performance Servo Tuner (PST) auto-tuning algorithm simplifies servo auto-tuning while bringing more to the table than typical inertia-based auto-tuners. Josh Inman, product manager…

  Introduction to Servo Motion Webinar was on November 4, 2010 This presentation will explore servo basics, servo design, motor housing types, motor technology, control loops, feedback types, where are they used, how do they work and what are the benefits of servo control in industry. Brought to by The Motion Control Association (MCA) &…

Greenville, DE — Servo2Go.com announces the release of the ‘AZX’ series of embedded, extended environment servo drives, from Advanced Motion Controls. OEM’s have typically been challenged when attempting to implement motion control electronics exposed to extreme or harsh conditions. Available now are servo drives specifically made to handle outdoor, mobile and otherwise rugged environment applications.…

Manual welding can be slow, cumbersome, and risky. Typically, welders must precisely position an object on the welding table, lower the cylinders that weld the object together, and move the completed product to the next stage of the manufacturing process. The welded piece is often heavy and the repetitive lifting motions pose many ergonomic and…

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…

With the new 120 kW module for ACOPOSmulti servo drives B&R Industrial Automation provides it’s customers not only with inverters but also power supply modules with maximum rated current values up to 165 A available to them. The modules are offered for cold plate and feed-through mounting and also have two open slots that allow…

WOOD DALE, IL – Lumenhaus – Virginia Tech University’s entry to the 2009 US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon and recent first place winner of the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe – is an 800 square foot energy-optimized “smart” home that leverages an active system of motion controls from Thomson and Kollmorgen to minimize the overall…

Rochester, NY – ORMEC Systems Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a major contract from The Boeing Company for hardware and software retrofits and upgrades of two Wing Join tools and one Major Join tool used in the manufacture of the Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft. This latest contract award, incorporating ORMEC’s SMLC…

With long service life and high power density, the alpha LPBK+ right-angle gearboxes provide advantages as a mechanical add-on to servo drive trains. Offering flexible design and available as standard in a food-grade version, the alpha LPBK+ is the low cost alternative which still guarantees maximum return. By taking the LPK+ right-angle gearbox and adding…

At least 75% of all products in a supermarket were conveyed with flat top chains and modular belts in the course of their production and packaging. Plastic flat top chains and modular belts can be used for most conveying tasks that require a flat transport surface, such as conveying of glass and plastic bottles, cans,…

St. Charles, IL – Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. introduces its new line of 34 frame integrated intelligence brushless servo motors with rated torques up to 195 in oz (1.38 N-m). The new ServoNOW™ integrated servo system incorporates a closed loop brushless servo motor with built-in driver, controller, feedback device and 110/220VAC universal power supply…

Waukegan, IL – Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. is pleased to announce that Ronald D. Zoromski has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance. He brings over 25 years of world class finance and business experience via Price Waterhouse, Motorola and Siemens Building Technologies. Ron is a CPA, and…

UXBRIDGE, MA –  Lenze SE, headquartered in Hameln, Germany announces the appointment of Chuck Edwards as President of Lenze Americas which includes Lenze-AC Tech. In taking responsibility for Lenze Americas, Edwards will also become a member of the global Lenze SE Executive Committee. “We appreciate winning an experienced and successful senior executive like Mr. Edwards…

Greenville, DE — Servo2Go.com has added new PCB mount additions to it’s broad range of highly responsive and feature rich digital servo drives from Advanced Motion Controls. The ‘DZ’ drives are µ-sized servo drives requiring less space than a standard business card and weigh about the same as two golf balls. Designed to be completely…