For applications where torque needs to be limited, an external mechanical torque limiter is typically required in addition to the motor system. When the torque exceeds the limit, the torque limiter will either decouple the load or limit the torque by slipping. An electric motor system's built-in torque limit function can simplify machine designs by eliminating this extra component.
Topics: Gear motor, Brushless motors, Torque Limit, Closed-Loop Feedback Control, Speed Control, VIDEOS, BLE2 Series, Capping
A driver is a must-have for any stepper motor. In a stepper motor system, a driver controls how the motor operates based on signals received from the controller. It is responsible for sending current through various phases in a stepper motor and also regulates the motor current (torque) and step resolution. With recent trends of minimizing machine footprint, finding space to install drivers could be challenging.
Standard Stepper Motor System Configuration
Topics: Higher Efficiency, Position Control, Reducing Vibration, Stepper Motor Drivers, CVD Series, 2-Phase, 5-Phase, Microstepping, Smooth Drive, VIDEOS, Installation
Robotic grippers are typically used to grip parts for transport. The driving force behind a gripper can be pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric. Which type is best for gripping?
Topics: Brushless motors, Digital Data Setting, Torque Limit, Closed-Loop Feedback Control, Robotics, VIDEOS, BLE2 Series, Gripper
With recent trends focusing on improving engineering efficiency, many products have been developed to specifically help shorten design cycles for machine automation. Part of improving efficiency is making products easier to use, so additional time and resources can be spent elsewhere. This post describes an example of a product feature that can make index table applications less complex to manage.
Topics: MEXE02 Software, Position Control, Stepper Motors, Indexing Operation, DG2 Series, Absolute Positioning, Alphastep Hybrid Control, Linear & Rotary Actuators, AZ Series, VIDEOS
In the market of electric motors, there are products designed for general purpose applications, and there are motors designed for specialized applications, such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs) or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). While standard, general purpose motors work for most applications such as factory automation, sometimes, it may help shorten your design cycle by going with a motor system that already offers the features that you are planning to implement into your design. In this post, we will summarize some of these features.
Topics: Gear motor, Brushless motors, Speed Regulation, Closed-Loop Feedback Control, AGV, AMR, Robotics, Flat Hollow Shaft Gearhead, Speed Control, Vector Control, Low Battery Operation, Motor Sizing, BLV Series
There are many stepper motor manufacturers in the market place, but there are even more driver manufacturers. The crowded market place provides many standard product options for customers to build their motion control system just the way they like it.
However, if the best possible performance is desired, it would be difficult to beat a tested combination of a specific motor and driver from the same manufacturer. By combining R&D knowledge from both motors and drivers, unique product features can be developed to improve the performance further.
In this post, we will discuss 3 main advantages of using a CVD driver with a PKP Series stepper motor. There's also a video at the bottom of this post that summarizes the features.
Topics: Position Control, Stepper Motors, Stepper Motor Drivers, PKP Series, CVK Series, CVD Series, Microstepping, Vibration Control, Smooth Drive, VIDEOS
Stepper motors are popular for their ability to position accurately as well as their ease of use. Both the amount of rotation and the speed are controlled easily with the same digital square wave pulse signal. Unlike servo motors, stepper motors do not need an encoder to operate. Example applications of stepper motors are CNC machines, index tables, robotics, scanners, and more recently, 3D printers.
Topics: Gear motor, Reciprocating Motion, Position Control, Stepper Motors, Motor Selection, Indexing Operation, Closed-Loop Feedback Control, High Resolution, PKP Series, Electromagnetic Brake, 2-Phase, 5-Phase, VIDEOS
Automation is great for repetitive tasks, such as test fixtures for a process that has to repeated. In this post, we will explain how to perform a reciprocating motion (back and forth cycles) with a product that does not require a PLC or external presence sensors, which can help speed up design cycles.
Topics: Push Motion, Reciprocating Motion, MEXE02 Software, Position Control, Linear Motion, Alphastep Hybrid Control, Linear & Rotary Actuators, AZ Series, EAC Series, Data Setting, Event Trigger, VIDEOS
There are a variety of ways to synchronize the speed of multiple motors. In this blog post, we will explain another advantage of using brushless motors systems, which is its ability to set speeds accurately and be able to synchronize speeds on multiple axes easily . Brushless motors utilize built-in hall-effect sensors to regulate speed. Even if the load, input voltage, or temperature fluctuates, the speed regulation will always be under +/-0.2% or better.
Topics: Conveyor, Brushless motors, AC Motors, Speed Synchronization, Parallel Shaft Gearhead, Right Angle Shaft Gearhead, IP66, Digital Data Setting, Labeling, Closed-Loop Feedback Control, BMU Series, Speed Control, VIDEOS
With the growing popularity of efficient brushless motors, replacing AC motors with these motors brings several advantages. In this blog post, we will uncover one of the advantages that can benefit lighter and compact equipment designs. If we just look at the motors, brushless motors are much more power efficient than AC induction motors. This means a smaller brushless motor can do the work of a bigger AC motor. With recent trends in efficiency, brushless motors should be considered during the motor selection process for new designs.
Topics: Gear motor, Conveyor, Brushless motors, AC Motors, Parallel Shaft Gearhead, BMU Series, VIDEOS