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Motion Control – ADVANCED Motion Controls takes Servo Drives to New Heights (and Depths) with FlexPro® Extended Environment Product Line

September 18, 2023 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Servo Drive for Harsh Environments!

SERVO DRIVES THAT WITHSTAND THE ELEMENTS AND PUSH BOUNDARIES

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – Advanced Motion Controls (AMC), a leading provider of servo amplifier solutions, is proud to announce the addition of six new CANopen servo drives with Extended Environment capabilities to their FlexPro® line. These new drives join AMC’s existing EtherCAT Extended Environment FlexPro drives, making the FlexPro® line the go-to solution for motion control applications in harsh environments.

Many motion control applications take place in conditions that are less than ideal, such as extreme temperatures, high and low pressures, shocks and vibrations, and contamination. Electronics, including servo drives, can malfunction or sustain permanent damage in these conditions. That’s why AMC offers off-the-shelf extended environment servo drives within the FlexPro™, DigiFlex® Performance™, and AxCent™ drive families, as well as custom-made modified servo drives to handle extreme conditions.

Motion Control – AMC’s µZ Plug-In Servo Drives available from Electromate!

April 11, 2023 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control -Micro Sized Servo Drives

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – µZ’s are the smallest off-the-shelf servo drives from ADVANCED Motion Controls. Pronounced ‘Micro-Z’ these plug-in drives are designed for embedded applications in a wide range of industries including: Robotics, Lab Automation, Homeland Security/Military, Electric Mobility, Medical and Packaging.

Motion Control- Application – Underwater inspection on twelve wheels.

January 13, 2023 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Application – Underwater Inspection

Motion Control – Application – Inspecting flooded pipes of power plants requires skilled, high-precision handling. And the robotic vehicles have to be optimized accordingly, for example to dive 20 m deep. The new seawater manipulator is capable of maneuvering underwater in pipes, where it can be used to perform inspections. RE motors by maxon are responsible for the dynamic drive of the robot.

Taunton, MA — Motion Control Application – In robotics, manipulators are those devices that enable physical interaction with their surroundings. For this interaction, the robotic vehicles are equipped with appropriate tools, gripper systems or measuring devices. In the case of the seawater manipulator, this equipment largely consists of high-performance cameras used for pipe inspection. Ibass, from Augsburg in Germany, develops, manufactures and distributes manipulators for various in-pipe applications: inspection, grinding, welding, retrieval or suction.

Motion Control – Latest Generation Single Axis Motion Controller from Galil

January 02, 2023 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – New Single Axis Motion Controller!

This 1-axis motion controller features Ethernet/RS232 communication and an optional 800W Servo Drive

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control -The DMC-3x01x Motion Controller Series is Galil’s latest generation single-axis motion controller. It uses a 32-bit RISC processor to provide higher speed than older models. Like all Galil controllers, programming the DMC-3x01x is simplified with two-letter, intuitive commands and a full set of software tools for servo tuning and analysis. The DMC-3x01x Motion Controller Series feature:

Available as a compact card-level or box-level unit
Connects to a stepper or servo motor amplifier of any power range
Can be purchased with an internal 800-Watt brushless sine drive or microstepping drive which minimizes space, cost, and wiring
Operates stand-alone or can be networked to a PC via Ethernet
Modes of motion include point-to-point positioning, position tracking, jogging, contouring, electronic gearing and ecam.

Features include:

Two daisy-chainable Ethernet 100 Base-T ports. One 115kbaud RS232 port
Ethernet supports multiple masters and slaves. TCP/IP, UDP and Modbus TCP master protocol for communication with I/O devices
Encoder feedback up to 15 MHz. Quadrature standard. SSI and BiSS encoder option(SER). Sinusoidal Encoder option (DMC-31xxx). Main and auxiliary encoder inputs
Non-volatile memory for programs, variables, and arrays.
Concurrent execution of four programs.
Optically isolated forward and reverse limit inputs and homing inputs
8 uncommitted, isolated inputs and 4 isolated outputs
High speed position latch and output compare
2 uncommitted 12bit 0-5V analog inputs (16bit ±10V inputs on DMC-31xxx) and 1 uncommitted analog output
Standard power input is +/-12V and 5V. Controller available with optional DC-DC converter with 9-48VDC single supply input. (Option for 20-80 VDC).

For more information, visit Galil Ethernet/RS232 Single Axis Motion Controller.

About Electromate:

Electromate’s Core Purpose is to help Manufacturers build better machines using differentiated automation technology. They specialize in Robotic and Mechatronic Solutions for the Industrial Automation marketplace. Respected by customers as a premiere source for High Performance Automation and Motion Control Components & Systems, Electromate® specializes in AC & DC Servo and Stepper Motors & Drives, Motion & Automation Controllers, Positioning Systems & Actuators, Feedback Devices, Gearing Products and HMI’s & Operator Displays, all supported via extensive product selection, just-in-timedelivery, dedicated customer service and technical engineering support.

Motion Control – Maxon’s Driven Magazine – See the article “Speed or Torque – or Both?”

November 21, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Maxon’s Driven Magazine

Motion Control article “Speed or Torque – or Both” in Maxon’s Driven magazine helps in selecting the right motor for an application. An application that could be on Mars, under water, or even implanted in the human body!

Fall River, MA — Motion Control – The Maxon catalog contains a large number of brushless motor types that are called EC Motors. The artice in this issue of DRIVEN briefly describes their properties and possible areas of application.

Motion Control – Application – maxon drives are used in the rover and in the first Mars helicopter

October 22, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Application – Maxon Goes to Mars!

The Helicopter is Still Flying …

… 28 Trips and Counting!

Taunton, MA — Motion Control – Application – DC motors from maxon have been used in virtually all successful robot missions on Mars. More than 100 of these drives from Switzerland are already on the Red Planet and the number will go up again when the Perseverance rover starts its work. Its mission is to collect soil samples on Mars that will be analyzed on Earth later. The rover also carried the Ingenuity helicopter drone, which will be performing the first flights on the Red Planet. maxon’s precision motors and gearheads are used in numerous mission-critical tasks.

Motion Control – Application – Finding The dark energy of the universe.

October 09, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Application – Searching for “Dark Energy”!

Motion control – Application- The HETDEX project is the first major attempt to find “dark energy” in the universe. With special spectrographs, the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies are recorded. In the summer of 2012, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope started scanning the universe – aided by maxon motors every step of the way.

motion control application- hetdex project

Taunton, MA — Motion Control – Application – The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is located at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. Its spherical primary mirror consists of 91 identical hexagonal segments, each one meter in size. Together, these individual mirror segments form a mirror with a diameter of almost 11 m, which makes it the largest in the world. The effective aperture of the primary mirror currently amounts to 9.2 m at an opening angle of four arc minutes*.

Motion Control Innovation – Maxon Flat Motors used in Solar Powered Drone

July 29, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control Innovation – Solar Powered Drone

Motion Control Innovation – XSun designs and manufactures a drone that is both energy-independent and can make its own decisions, for fully-automated missions. The company needed reliable, high-performance sub-assemblies to design it’s SolarXOne. This is why the start-up approached maxon for the propulsion system.

Fall River, MA — Motion Control Innovation -Benjamin David, benefiting from a decade of experience at Airbus Defense & Space, created the company XSun based on a rather simple idea: Adapting space technologies for use at lower altitude. This approach produced SolarXOne: A solar-powered, electrical, self-contained drone with a tandem wing design. SolarXOne, with its dragonfly-like design, has excellent aerodynamic performance and a large surface area of solar panels, to collect as much solar energy as possible. This is all within a very high-performance, fully-electric environment.

To see YouTube video click HERE

Motion Control – Frameless BLDC motor with matching encoder for a wide range of robotics applications!

June 18, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Frameless BLDC Motor

Taunton, MA — Motion Control Products – maxon presents a new frameless BLDC motor with matching encoder that really comes into its own in dynamic applications. This heralds the arrival on the market of several solutions for design engineers grappling with tight spaces.

Innovative motor concepts are the answer to growing market requirements for dynamic response, compactness, and power density. With the EC frameless DT, maxon presents a solution that really packs a punch. The DT50 is the precursor of a new product family developed specifically for dynamic movements. The brushless motor with its frameless concept can be easily integrated into a wide range of applications by design engineers.

Motion Control Components – New EtherCAT Drive from Galil Motion Control!

April 09, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – EtherCAT Slave Drive

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — The EDD-3701x EtherCAT slave drive joins Galil’s EtherCAT Family. This family has grown to include two EtherCAT masters and an I/O slave with both digital and analog I/O points. The EDD-3701x is a motor amplifier that operates in an EtherCAT distributed system where there are up to 32 slave drives and one master. It has a daisy chain topology using standard CAT5 Ethernet cables. The EDD-3701x can interface with Galil masters (DMC-500×0 and DMC-52xx0) for sophisticated applications or with TwinCAT® for very simple applications.

Motion Control – Maxon Is Providing Its e-bike Platform and Joining the Thömus Cross-country Team!

February 15, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Maxon Application!

Motion control – In 2022, Olympic silver medalist Mathias Flückiger rides for the Thömus-maxon cross-country racing team.

Taunton, MA — Motion Control – Swiss bicycle manufacturer Thömus and drive specialist maxon are entering into a partnership in cross-country cycling. As part of this cooperation, maxon is providing its e-bike platform to Thömus as the basis for an electric mountain bike for World Cup training. They also plan to make this bike available to the retail trade in the future.

Motion Control – ServoStep Integrated Stepper Motor in size NEMA 17, torque up to 0.8 Nm!

February 12, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control Integrated Step Motors

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — JVL Industri Elektronik A/S, one of the world leaders in the field of integrated servo – and stepper motors introduces a new compact and slim stepper motor. The new ServoStep integrated stepper motor series MIS171 to MIS176 have a NEMA 17 42×42 mm flange and include controller with 6 different industrial Ethernet protocols, absolute multiturn encoder, closed loop and M12 connectors. This new motor family is based on the latest microprocessor and cooling technology and an advancement compared to previous designs.

All the necessary electronics in a stepper system are integrated in the motor itself and are similar to the concept used by other JVL motors, making it very easy to use in all kind of motion control stepper or servomotor applications.

Motion Control – Robotic Cycloidal Gearbox from GAM is available from Electromate!

January 11, 2022 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Robotic Cycloidal Gearbox!

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — GAM announces the release of the new GCL cycloidal gearboxes. The new gearboxes provide high precision and rigidity for horizontal and vertical robotic and motion control applications.

The GCL is designed to withstand the frequent start-stop impact loads of industrial robots and other motion control applications with impact resistance five times nominal torque. The GCL series is available in a wide range of sizes with ratios from 36:1 to 192:1.

Motion Control – Electromate extends its product portfolio to include Robots from Mecademic!

December 23, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Electromate adds Robots from Mecademic!

Electromate’s new partnership with Mecademic will expand its reach to end users and manufacturers needing ultra compact and precise industrial robots across Canada.

TORONTO, Ontario — Electromate Inc., a leading Canadian Distributor of Precision Robotic & Mechatronic Solutions, today announced a partnership with Mecademic, a Montreal based premier manufacturer of the world’s smallest, most compact, and precise industrial robots.

Motion Control – Maxon is expanding their positioning controllers in the micro segment!

December 06, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Micro Positioning Controllers!
Maxon has introduced the EPOS4 Compact 24/5 EtherCAT 3-axes Controller as they continue expanding teir range of miniature controllers.

Taunton, MA — Motion Control Products – The EtherCAT version of the EPOS 4 Micro 24/5 positioning controller is another brand-new product. The controller’s functionality, operation, software, and accessories are derived almost directly from the existing products in the EPOS4 range. It is suitable for use with both brushed DC and brushless EC motors with a continuous power of up to 120 W and has comprehensive feedback options such as Hall sensors, as well as digital incremental and SSI absolute encoders.

Motion Control – High Precision, XAB Triple-Axis (2 Goniometers and X-Axis) Stage Available from OES!

December 02, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Triple-Axis Stage!

Van Nuys, CA – — Motion Control – Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES) offers a very low cost solution for the precise measurement of compound angles or the rotation of an object to precise angular positions.

The XAB-050-XX-01 integrates a two-axis Alpha-Beta goniometer on top of a single-axis linear actuator. The Beta-axis has a travel range of +/- 15 degrees with a rotation height of 50 +/- 0.2 mm.

Motion Control – maxon launches light and invisible e-bike system!

November 28, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Light and Lnvisible e-bike system!

First, maxon’s drives flew on Mars in the NASA helicopter – now they’re letting bike riders lift off.

Taunton, MA — Motion Control Products – After several years of development, the company presents the BIKEDRIVE Air – a light and invisible e-bike system consisting of a mid-mounted motor, integrated battery, and control element. It can be used to build extremely lightweight racing, gravel, urban, and mountain bikes. The first bicycles made by maxon customers will be introduced to the market this year.

Motion Control – Introducing the World’s Most Compact 1500 Watt Integrated Servo Motor!

November 05, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – 1500 Watt Integrated Servo Motor!

JVL presents a new AC Servo Motor with built-in controller, Nano-PLC and direct AC mains supply with same capacity and length as traditional servo motors.

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Products — JVL, the European leader in the development of integrated servo and stepper motor technology, has now again developed a new and unique product in the field of integrated motor control.

Motion Control – New IDX Compact Servo Motor with Integrated Positioning Controller from Maxon is available from Electromate!

October 09, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Integrated Servo Motor

This compact brushless EC-i motor combined with an EPOS4 positioning controller delivers a highly dynamic, powerful drive package with field-oriented control (FOC), high efficiency, and maintenance-free components in a high-quality industrial housing.

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — Maxon’s new IDX compact integrated servo gearmotor + drive combines a powerful, brushless EC-i motor and an EPOS4 positioning controller, which can be complemented with a maxon planetary gearhead when required. This integrated motor stands out for its high torque density, high efficiency, maintenance-free components, and a high-quality industrial housing providing IP65 protection.

Motion Control – Low Cost 1, 2, 3, and 4 ADAGIO Axis Stepper Motor Motion Control Systems Available from Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES)!

September 18, 2021 Editor-Publisher

Motion Control – Stepper Motor Motion Control Systems

Van Nuys, CA – — Motion Control – To complement the Optimal Engineering Systems’ (OES) expanding line of single and multi-axis motion control stages, OES has added the ADAGIO-X-STPR Series of Motion Control Systems.

Category Archives: Drive – Brush

Motion Control – Servo Drive for Harsh Environments!

Motion Control -Micro Sized Servo Drives

Motion Control – Application – Underwater Inspection

Motion Control – New Single Axis Motion Controller!

This 1-axis motion controller features Ethernet/RS232 communication and an optional 800W Servo Drive

Motion Control – Maxon’s Driven Magazine

Motion Control – Application – Maxon Goes to Mars!

The Helicopter is Still Flying …

… 28 Trips and Counting!

Motion Control – Application – Searching for “Dark Energy”!

Motion Control Innovation – Solar Powered Drone

To see YouTube video click HERE

Motion Control – Frameless BLDC Motor

Motion Control – EtherCAT Slave Drive

Motion Control Integrated Step Motors

Motion Control – Robotic Cycloidal Gearbox!

Motion Control – Electromate adds Robots from Mecademic!

Motion Control – Micro Positioning Controllers! Maxon has introduced the EPOS4 Compact 24/5 EtherCAT 3-axes Controller as they continue expanding teir range of miniature controllers.

Motion Control – Triple-Axis Stage!

Motion Control – 1500 Watt Integrated Servo Motor!

Motion Control – Integrated Servo Motor

This compact brushless EC-i motor combined with an EPOS4 positioning controller delivers a highly dynamic, powerful drive package with field-oriented control (FOC), high efficiency, and maintenance-free components in a high-quality industrial housing.

Motion Control – Stepper Motor Motion Control Systems

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Motion Control – Micro Positioning Controllers!
Maxon has introduced the EPOS4 Compact 24/5 EtherCAT 3-axes Controller as they continue expanding teir range of miniature controllers.