Drives

Controls Product Brief
| January 3, 2011

Linear motor stages

Aerotech’s PRO LM series of high performance, cost-effective and versatile linear motor stages are offered in 4 different series with 38 different models in travels from 100 mm to 1.5 m.
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Controls Product Brief
| January 3, 2011

1/1.5 axis motion controller

The MP2600iec motion controller from The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America provides full IEC61131-3 functionality of 1 or 1.5 axis along with machine control.
Controls Product Brief
| January 2, 2011

Gear motors

Precision planetary gears from B&R have been added to the company’s line of synchronous and stepper motors to provide a high-performance, economical drive program.
Controls Product Brief
| December 12, 2010

AC drives support more networks

The options on Omron Industrial Automation’s compact 3G3MX2 AC Drives have been expanded to simplify integration into a wide range of internationally accepted machine platforms.
Controls Product Brief
| November 13, 2010

Nanopositioning rotary stages

Aerotech's ANT95-R and ANT130-R direct-drive rotary stages offer in-position stability (0.005 arc sec) and incremental motion (0.01 arc sec).
Controls Product Brief
| October 5, 2010

3 component servo drive

The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 3 component servo drive from Rockwell Automation, which comes in models as small as 50 watts, provides the flexibility to tailor axes to a machine’s actual power requirement to minimize system size and cost.
Controls Product Brief
| September 29, 2010

Automation solution for OEMs

MachineStruxure™ architecture, a comprehensive automation solution from Schneider Electric, helps OEMs design machines that are optimized for cost, energy efficiency and performance.
Controls Product Brief
| September 28, 2010

Spindle motors

Designed for all types of production machinery and machine tools, Siemens’ 1PH8 family of spindle motors are available in a power range from 2.8 kW up to 1340 kW, and combine induction and high-powered servo technologies.
Controls Product Brief
| September 27, 2010

Nanopositioning rotary stages

Aerotech’s ANT95-R and ANT130-R direct-drive rotary stages offer in-position stability (0.005 arc sec) and incremental motion (0.01 arc sec).
Controls Product Brief
| September 8, 2010

Horizontal flow wrapper

Campbell Wrapper Corporation’s full servo driven On-Edge Revolution Horizontal Flow Wrapper features a sanitary modular design with a cantilevered tube forming section that allows debris to fall away from internal drive components while providing an attractive wrap for a variety of products including cookies, crackers, frozen hash browns and frozen meat patties at speeds ranging from 50 - 150 packages/min.

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