Motion Control Buyers Guide

Motion Control – Micro-sized high-power Servo Drive! Vaughan, Ontario, Canada – Motion Control – The FM060-25-CM is part of a new breed of micro-sized, high-power servo drives, immediately available from ADVANCED Motion Controls. Rated to output 25A continuous and 50A peak, this fully featured digital servo drive is small enough to fit in the tightest […]

Motion Control – Harmonic Drive Ultra-Light Weight Gearhead! Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Products – Introducing the new CSF-ULW ultra-light weight gearhead series from Harmonic Drive LLC. This series features a newly engineered lightweight structure with an ultra-compact shape.       The CSF-ULW is a housed zero backlash Harmonic Drive® component gearset combined […]

Motion Control – Miniature Voice Coil Motor Van Nuys, CA — Motion Control – Moticont’s GVCM-016-010-01 Miniature Linear Voice Coil Motor (Linear DC Motor) has a high force to size ratio with 5.0 oz (1.4) continuous force and 15.7 oz (4.4 N) of peak force with a housing measuring just 0.625 in. (15.9 mm) dia. […]

Motion Control – Integrated Stepper Motor Controller and Driver   Other features include home and limit switches per axis, joystick interface, TTL/CMOS inputs and outputs, quadrature encoder feedback, USB and optional Ethernet interfaces permits each module to be customized for specific applications. The ICAD series is powered from a single power supply up to +48 […]

  Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — After the successful introduction of the complete range of ServoStep integrated motors JVL is now releasing Add-On-Instructions for fast and easy setup and programming in Rockwell Automation’s Studio 5000 software. All-in-one unit: Motor, Absolute multiturn encoder, Drive, Controller, PLC and Ethernet Switch as well as TÜV-approved […]

Motion Control – Linear Bearings Application Linear Motion Application – How Do You Move Articles of Antiquity? Very Carefully With A High Load Rail System from LM76! E. Longmeadow, MA – — The Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) has to move articles of antiquity from one location to another. In this instance, they are […]

Motion Control –  Miniature Linear Voice Coil Motor!   Whether it is a longer stroke or a higher force that is required for an application, each of these highly efficient, clean, miniature brushless DC servo motors has high acceleration / deceleration, low inertia, and zero cogging, making them ideal for: Assembly, sorting, laser machining and […]

Motion Control – Linear Rotary Actuator!     Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control Components — The LBR40 is a slim, stackable linear rotary actuator with a SMAC HT35 direct drive brushless motor. Encoder resolutions are available from 5 micron to 1um for application flexibility to optimize on position control. Priced competitively with the added […]

Motion Control – Pan-Tilt Stage The pan and tilt axes on both stages have precision V-grove and crossed roller travel guides and are driven by a worm gear with just of 0.005 degrees (18 arc-sec) of backlash. These compact, easily integrated Pan-Tilt stages weigh just 2.0 kg (4.4 lbs) for the PT60-1 and 4.4 kg […]

Motion Control – Linear Actuator Gives Higher Throughput!    The SDLM-019-070-01-01 direct drive linear motor has a stroke length of 0.500 in. (12.7 mm) and a continuous force rating of 7.3 oz. (2.0 N) and peak force of 23.0 oz (6.4 N).  This non-commutated direct drive servo motor features: Quiet long life, plain linear bearings, […]

Motion Control – Application – Ceramic Linear Bearings Motion Control – Anyone who’s worked on cars knows how critically important ball joints are to steering and suspension. They also know what happens when ball joints fail! E. Longmeadow, MA – — Motion Control – Application Story – When an aftermarket manufacturer of off-road steering and […]

Motion Control – Dual-axis Pitch and Roll Stages! Van Nuys, CA – Motion Control – The precise measurements of angles and the curvature of objects are easily determined using two new Pitch and Roll stages just introduced by OES (Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc.). The PR100-45-01 (pictured) is driven by stepper motors and the PR100-45-02 is […]

For additional information on low coefficient of friction linear bearings from LM76 See: On “Linear Ball Bearings” with a Coefficient of Friction of .001 Click Here. On “Linear Roller Blocks” with a Coefficient of Friction of .003 Click Here. On “Black Racer Ceramic Linear Bearings” with a Coefficient of Friction of .04 (lubricated) Click Here. On […]

Motion Control – XYZ Axis Voice Coil Actuator   Van Nuys, CA – Moticont has released a new three axis XYZ linear actuator the XYZ-10. The X and Y axes of the actuator each has a 0.97 in. (24.6 mm) of travel and the Z axis has a stroke of 0.500 in. (12.7 mm). The […]

Motion Control – COVID-19 – Linear Actuators for Ventilators    Van Nuys, CA – Motion Control – During the COVID-19 pandemic engineers and designers of medical devices are working 24/7 to design and manufacture critically needed life support and testing equipment. Moticont has a proud history of supplying precise, reliable voice coil linear actuators used […]