In today's fast-paced industrial landscape, the role of conveyors has become more crucial than ever. These systems efficiently move materials, products, and goods for numerous industries, from labeling and packaging to warehousing and distribution. While many types of motors can be used in conveyors, this article highlights a few reasons why brushless motors should be a primary choice for conveyor applications.
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Speed Control,
VIDEOS,
BLDC Motors,
Application Examples,
Food & Packaging,
Semiconductors,
Conveyors
Oriental Motor provides a wide variety of products to meet semiconductor equipment design goals. This post focuses on motor selection for two specific motion axes of a semiconductor manufacturing process called CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) and explains how to save time by using different products from the same family.
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Topics:
Stepper Motors,
Robotics,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
VIDEOS,
Gearheads,
Application Examples,
Rotary Actuators/Index Tables,
Chemical Mechanical Polishing,
Semiconductors
This article highlights the advantages of brushless motors and stepper motors for driving a peristaltic pump, which is among the most common motor applications in medical, pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic equipment.
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Stepper Motors,
Speed Control,
BLDC Motors,
Pumps,
Application Examples,
Medical
Robotics automation can be easier to build than you think. Here's an example of how a 5-axis SCARA robot can be built in-house with off-the-shelf products.
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Topics:
Stepper Motors,
Robotics,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
Motor Sizing,
VIDEOS,
Software,
Network,
Application Examples,
Rotary Actuators/Index Tables
Robots are increasing in demand due to continuing labor shortages and the push for error-less efficiency in manufacturing. In the meantime, other companies are falling behind because they either do not have the capital or engineering know-how to implement robotics automation. While you can buy a robot and pay someone else to program it to do what you want, building and programming your own robot can be easier than you think.
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Stepper Motors,
Robotics,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
VIDEOS,
Software,
Network,
Application Examples,
New Product Introductions
Modular automation is the next phase of factory automation where a production line can be separated into mobile modules and can be quickly reconfigured for different purposes. This article explains the benefits of modular automation and shows how smaller, lighter, and battery-driven motors can help.
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Stepper Motors,
Robotics,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
Speed Control,
VIDEOS,
BLDC Motors,
Application Examples
In this blog post, I will explain how to easily program a timed pressing operation with our MEXE02 universal product support software. This example works for any products included in the AlphaStep AZ Series family, which also includes other series that use the same technology and software.
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Topics:
Stepper Motors,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
VIDEOS,
Software,
Application Examples,
Motion Control Basics
No matter how many functions a product offers, without an intuitive, easy-to-use software, those functions can be difficult to implement.
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Topics:
Stepper Motors,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
VIDEOS,
Software,
Application Examples,
Motion Control Basics
Remember the days when we used to go to in-person events, such as trade shows? Robot demos have always generated a lot of foot traffic in booths. What's better to illustrate the synchronism of closed-loop stepper motors than 3 motors working together to create one specific motion?
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Topics:
Stepper Motors,
Robotics,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
VIDEOS,
Gearheads,
Network,
Application Examples
The viscosity change in liquids can vary the torque required for mixing. For AC asynchronous motors such as AC induction motors, the rated speed is affected by load torque fluctuations, which may cause inconsistency in the final product. Is there a better motor for the job?
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Topics:
Speed Control,
VIDEOS,
BLDC Motors,
Gearheads,
Washdown,
Application Examples