Bugatti’s approach is defined by starting with excellence and refining every detail. For its upcoming luxury model, ‘Tourbillon,’ the dashboard will feature a genuine Swiss timepiece instead of a digital display. This hyper sports car incorporates precision mechanics from Concepto’s workshops, known for crafting movements for top watchmakers. FAULHABER stepper motors convert electronic signals from…
Thomson adds encoder option to stepper motor linear actuator online selection tool
Thomson Industries, Inc. has announced a significant upgrade to its stepper motor linear actuator (SMLA) online selector tool, adding the ability to include encoders in the design process. The new option streamlines the design and purchasing process for engineers and machine builders, making it even easier for them to weigh their options for incorporating position […]
Rexroth Motors offers high performance and versatility for modern factory automation
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…
Interview with motor pioneer Ted Lin on his 25th patent
Inventor Ted Lin is a personage of innovation and expertise in the demanding field of dc motor technology. His 25th patent is a testament to his lasting contributions to motion control engineering. A half-century ago, Lin began his journey with a B.S. in Physics from Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and an M.S. in Physics…
High efficiency and power density found in new family of brushless motors
Koford Engineering has introduced a new family of motors with rpm up to 12,728, 91% peak efficiency, and up to 1,239 watts continuous with no heat sinking or fan cooling required. The motor is 3.5-in. diameter x 2.950 long with a .5-in. shaft and weighs 3 lb, 13 oz (89 mm x 75 mm x…
Kollmorgen’s new stepper drive delivers high-end features in a compact package
Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of motion control systems, introduces the new P80630-SDN stepper drive. Customers can now benefit from features such as smoothness, precision, and torque across the full speed range in a significantly more compact package that enables smaller, lighter, more versatile machines. Kollmorgen will also be introducing additional stepper drives and features in the…
Exceptionally high speed and dynamics form Faulhaber
With its speed and torque, the new AM3248 stepper motor from FAULHABER raises the bar in terms of performance and dimensions. Offering up to 10,000 rpm, it can achieve five times the speed of comparable stepper motors. Combined with a gearhead reduction of 100:1, it supplies a torque of 5 Nm. The motor delivers these…
Oriental Motor expands PKP Series with CS Gear and 28mm High Resolution types
Oriental Motor announced the expanded line-up of popular PKP Series of bipolar & unipolar type PKP 2 phase stepper motor products with the following additions: PKP CS Geared 28mm & 60mm PKP 28mm High Resolution (0.9°) type The CS Geared type is a center shaft spur gear that features increased torque and a larger shaft…
AZ Series drivers available with PROFINET Communication
Oriental Motor is pleased to announce the latest addition to the AZ Series family of single axis stored data drivers, which now includes AC and DC input. Both input types are now available with PROFINET communication. The AlphaStep AZ Series stepper motors offers high efficiency, low vibration and incorporates our newly developed Mechanical Absolute Encoder…
Larger stepper motors now available at AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect has added new SureStep motors, now available in NEMA 42 frame sizes. Six new motor sizes are available with single or dual shafts. These twelve models extend the torque range of the SureStep line up to 4532 oz-in. The mating extension cables are available in 6, 10, and 20-ft. lengths and an encoder adapter…
Lin Engineering’s NEMA 42 hybrid stepper motor
The new 11018 series of Hybrid Stepper Motors uses a large NEMA 42 (110mm) frame size making it the largest hybrid stepper motor we currently offer. Thanks to the large frame size, 11018 can generate up to 32 Nm (4530 oz-in) of holding torque! As well, these motors can be wired up as either Unipolar,…
Low-power actuator combines NEMA-17 stepper motor with controller/driver electronics
The new Trinamic-branded PD42-1-1243-IOLINK intelligent actuator by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. enables modern smart factories to quickly and remotely adjust an actuator’s electrical characteristics to minimize factory downtime and maximize throughput. It combines a NEMA-17 stepper motor with controller and driver electronics. The PD42-1-1243-IOLINK uses the flexibility of Maxim Integrated’s MAX22513 IO-Link transceiver to allow…
Part 4: Edge computing and gateways proliferate for industrial machinery
Reconsider the actuators, sensors, and other edge devices covered in Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Such components are fundamental to edge computing. Supported by gateways and controllers with dedicated connectivity functions, these components use their logic resources to process data before sending it onward to controls, the cloud, or […]
Part 3: Trends in Ethernet, PoE, IO-Link, HIPERFACE, and single-cable solutions
As we explored in Part 1 and Part 2 of this six-part series, machine designs are evolving with wireless connectivity, cloud-based operations, and open programming. In this installment, we explore how Ethernet has continued its expansion in industrial connectivity. We also detail increasingly useful cable types for IO-Link and HIPERFACE … as well as cross-network […]
EtherCAT and PC based control for giant telescope automation
EtherCAT and PC-based control have been specified for automation of the Giant Magellan Telescope, including more than 3,000 motion axes and site-wide fieldbus infrastructure. Once installed at Las Campanas Observatory in the Chilean Andes, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will introduce many opportunities for the astrophysics and cosmology research communities. The telescope design will have…
Trinamic cost-effective alternative to current measurement clamps
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG now sells TMCM-0013-xA current sense boards — a lab tool designed to simplify the measurement and visualization of two-phase motor currents, Suited for small electric motors such as stepper motors, BLDC motors, or DC motors, the easy-to-use boards can be connected to typical lab oscilloscopes replacing expensive current…
Linear motion systems: Only as strong as weakest link
Demands placed on linear systems in today’s automation are greater than ever — and continue to increase. Here we review five links in the chain of design elements so critical to precision operation. By Mark Huebner • Mechatronics global product manager | PBC Linear Kevin Bischel • Principal engineer | PBC Linear A linear motion […]
New EC042B IDEA Motor with CANopen from Haydon Kerk Pittman
Haydon Kerk Pittman now sells the latest addition to its popular line of brushless dc motors — the EC042B IDEA Motor Series now with CANopen communication-enhancing motion control capabilities. This new product combines exceptional performance with convenience and value … saving design engineers time, money, and space. Connections between the drive and motor are made […]
New compact, high-resolution two-axis gimbal mount from OES
The new, compact AU100-ER two-axis gimbal mount from OES (Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc.) features a full 360 degree continuous rotation of each axis. This compact two-axis gimbal mount handles loads to 10 kg (22 lb) and has a clearance of 300 x 300 mm, (11.8 x 11.8 in.) about the roll axis of the stage. […]
New harmonic gearing on 1.8° flat PKP series stepper motors from Oriental Motor
Oriental Motor now sells a new PKP Series stepper motor. The offering includes a 51-mm (2.0-in.) frame size harmonic gearhead for the 42-mm (1.65-in.) PKP Series 2-phase Flat Type motor. This new combination compliments the 60 mm (2.36 in.) PKP Series Flat Type which is available with a Harmonic gearhead or round shaft. Both frame […]
New motion server allows control of 128 motion axes
The IMAC Ethernet Motion Server from IntelLiDrives is a new Internet accessible distributed motion control technology for automation applications. It uses TCP/IP over Internet to control with a single IMAC Motion Server up to 128 servo or stepper IDrives axes. This open architecture allows seamless integration with Digital I/O, Vision Systems and additional equipment such […]
High-resolution, high-repeatability XYR alignment stages from OES
Two new economical XYR (Theta) alignment stages from Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES) offer high precision and repeatability for industrial, medical, semiconductor, research, and laboratory applications. The XYR-01-01 and XYR-01-02 Alignment Stages feature ± 7.5 mm of travel in the X and Y axes and ± 180° of rotation (theta). The XYR-01-01 and XYR-01-02 Alignment […]
Miki Pulley introduces BXH “Lock-In-Place” brakes
“Lock-In-Place” Brakes from Miki-Pulley provide long-term positioning for direction control wheels on picking forklifts and similar applications. Designed for both braking and holding, these Power-Off engaged BXH model brakes from Miki-Pulley are opened using an electromagnetic field, and hold in a default closed position with compression springs. They have double the torque of similar brakes […]
Oriental Motor adds Ethernet/IP to AZ Series AC input drivers
Oriental Motor has added the Ethernet/IP communications protocol to its AZ Series AC input line of stored data network drivers. All of the AZ Series drivers feature remain intact in this new communications driver model and is compatible with all AZ Series family of products. With the Ethernet/IP AZ Series driver, the operating data can…
Oriental Motor AZ Series ac input drivers now available with EtherNet/IP
Oriental Motor now offers EtherNet/IP communications on the AZ Series ac input line of stored data network drivers. These AZ Series drivers maintain the features of other AZ Series drivers … and this new communications driver model is compatible with all AZ Series products. AlphaStep AZD (ac input) stepper motor drivers offer superior high-speed performance, […]