Powersys
www.powersys-solutions.com

Powersys to Showcase Software Solution For Electromechanical Equipment

JMAG from Powersys is a comprehensive software solution for electromechanical equipment (motors, actuators, transformers, generators) design and development.
JMAG can be used for a wide range of system design problems, including drive circuits, due to the capability to link the analysis with a power electronics simulator.
More generally, with this FEA software one will be able to realize magnetic field analysis, electric field analysis, thermal analysis, structural analysis or co-simulate with circuit software such as PSIM or Matlab/Simulink.
Powersys can also propose all consulting activies linked to JMAG, including but not limited to: JMAG training, switched reluctance motor design, interior permanent magnet (IPM) motor design , AC machine design, and the design of magnetic componets for power electronic circuits.

The MathWorks
www.MathWorks.com

MathWorks to Showcase Software and Model-Based Design Capabilities at Motors Conference

Major equipment companies such as ABB, Mitsubishi, Alstom, Siemens, Océ, and Plug Power improve their development processes with MathWorks™ software and Model-Based Design. MathWorks customers supply manufacturing and testing equipment to a wide range of industries, including:

• ·         Semiconductor
• ·         Process Automation
• ·         Textiles and Consumer Goods
• ·         Printing & Packaging
• ·         Building Automation & HVAC
• ·         Machine Tools
• ·         Process Industries

Sanrex
www.sanrex.com

Three Phase Rectifier Bridge in SIP Package from Sanrex

SanRex’s New Three Phase Rectifier Bridge in a SIP package, DF-NA series is just one of the many solutions SanRex offers for the design of high performance and reliable applications such as motor drives, power supplies, battery chargers, welding and plasma cutting machines.

It is designed for applications requiring flat and compact designs. The New DF-NA series features a rectifier bridge in a compact transfer mold SIP package. This advantage typically reduces the needed connecting parts and manufacturing cost. It also contributes not only to lower cost but also high efficiency and reliability. The modules are isolated for easy mounting with other components or a common heatsink.

ABM Drives
www.abm-drives.com

New Products from ABM Drives Inc.

ABM has introduced its new line of SINOCHRON AC Permanent Magnet Motors with superior efficiencies, lower operating temperatures and maximum power density. Combined with ABM’s new sensor-less controls, SINOCHRON Motors offer dynamic motion and positional accuracy without the high cost of an encoder at near full DC-servo drive systems capabilities.

ABM SINOCHRON Motors can be combined with the company’s wide range of quality, low noise gearboxes. ABM gearboxes are available in straight, right angle and parallel hollow shaft designs. Low weight, corrosion resistant aluminum housings and high quality helical gears based on ABM’s modular design concept allow ease in adaptation to individual customer requirements. The modular design concept combines flexibility with low cost for good customer value.

Stop by ABM’s booth at the 2009 Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference and our specialists will demonstrate how the ABM program of high quality drives can improve the performance of your machine.

LCS Company
www.lcscompany.com

LCS Company to Showcase Motor Laminations at Motor & Drives Conference

LCS will be featuring its extensive range of motor laminations for short, medium and longer run applications at the upcoming 2009 Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference taking place March 3-4 in Orlando, Fla.

Lamination thicknesses range from 0.005 to 0.040, and from electrical steels including silicon and nickel iron cobalt. LCS also manufactures isulators and general metal stampings including terminals, contacts and brackets. Presses range from one to 330 tons accomodating both large and small sizes. LCS’ in-house tooling keeps lead times short and pricing competitive.

Wittenstein
www.wittenstein-us.com

Rack and Pinion Systems from Wittenstein

WEG Electric
www.weg.net/us

CFW11 Variable Frequency Drive from WEG Featuring OptimalFlux Technology

WEG offers a more efficient motor/drive combination that can significantly increase motor efficiency, as well as double the motor life in applications requiring variable speed and constant torque. When a WEG AC induction motor is paired with our new WEG CFW11 inverter with Vectrue and OptimalFlux technologies, users get a power-packed, highly efficient motor/drive package that reduces the build-up of heat, doubles motor life, and reduces operating costs. For maximum efficiency, WEG’s new generation of CFW11 variable frequency inverters feature Vectrue technology, which combines V/F, Sensorless Vector, VVW, and vector (with encoder) control techniques all in one product. These inverters have efficiency ratings greater than 97 % and offer design features that improve motor control and operational functions.

Infineon Technologies
www.infineon.com/CIPOS

CIPOS - Control Integrated Power System 600V/ 8-22A

Solutions for saving energy are in demand more than ever, and with Infineon’s CIPOS, your designs will help meet those demands.
CIPOS integrates power and control components in a single package, increasing design reliability, optimizing PCB size and system costs, resulting in a simplified power design that reduces time to market.

CIPOS (600V/8-22A) controls AC motors in variable speed drives for applications such as washing machines, HVAC blowers, compressors, and vacuum cleaners. The package is suited for power applications requiring excellent thermal conduction and electrical isolation, with EMI-reduction and overload protection.

CIPOS is controlled by an optimized SOI gate driver in combination with Infineon TrenchStop IGBTs and EmCon diodes, offering excellent performance while providing leading edge ruggedness against negative transient voltage.

Heidenhain
www.heidenhain.com

Encoder Interface from Heidenhain Fast Than Ever

The EnDat 2.2 encoder interface from Heidenhain has doubled its clock frequency to 16 MHz for high-response applications with direct drives. The increase on this bi-directional fully digital interface significantly reduces the access time to the position value, thus making shorter cycle times possible. This means that EnDat 2.2 is now the fastest purely serial interface for position encoders, based on the RS 485 transmission characteristics.

The EnDat 2.2 interface yields significant savings in connection technology for the entire system as well as a reduction of required installation space in the machine. Since the analog scanning signals are digitized and subdivided directly at the place of measurement, characteristics of servo motors such as positioning accuracy and speed stability can be further improved. Along with the automatic self-configuration of encoders and drives in automation systems, the transmission of additional information, such as temperature, to the subsequent electronics is possible without additional wires. The online diagnostics capability of the interface ensures the availability of machines and facilities, and simplifies maintenance.

Semikron Intl.
www.semikron.com

First Intelligent Power Module For Solder-Free Assembly

Semikron will exhibit its intelligent power module for quick and easy solder-free assembly at the 2009 MD&A Systems Conference. The Miniskiip IPM is developed for motor power up to 15 kW and has a latch-up free SOI driver IC for reliable driving already integrated. This new IPM demonstrates the lowest thermal resistance of 0,95K/W and the highest junction temperature of 175°C. Power, control and auxiliary contacts are connected directly to the printed circuit board via springs, not solder joints.The elimination of any solder connections results in a higher quality of the assembly.

A high voltage driver IC with an advanced level shifter technology is integrated into the 600 V Converter-Inverter-Brake IPM and the 1200 V inverter (6-pack) Miniskiip IPM providing IGBT driving without an optocoupler. The SOI technology provides complete latch-up immunity since all switches are dielectrically insulated. The gate driver IC features an interlock to prevent cross-conductions, over-current protection, under-voltage lockout and fault signaling.

Using state-of-the-art Trench-Field-Stop IGBTs, the IPMs are available in 600 V and 1200 V, and designed for nominal current ratings up to 72 A. The module is RoHS compliant.

Advanced Energy
www.advancedenergy.org

Advanced Energy Exhibitor Profile

Advanced Energy operates the only independent NVLAP accredited motor test lab in North America. Through precision dynanometer testing and expert consulting our team of motor and drive specialists help clients prepare an appropriate motor specification for application(s), conduct endurance testing to ensure warantee problems are kept to a minimum and help you with ongoing motor quality monitoring programs. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requiring that OEMs who include a wide range of motors in their products MUST comply with higher efficiency standards by December 2010. If you are considering new motor and drive suppliers, conducting design changes to comply with this law or experiencing high warranty claims, contact us for an expert and independent analysis.

Renishaw
www.renishaw.com

Renishaw Encoders Offer Low Cost, Rugged, High Performance, Reliability

Renishaw will be exhibiting a new, low cost range of magnetic On-Axis and open optical and magnetic encoders for use in electric motors, direct drive motors and actuators.

Programmable On-Axis chip encoders are low cost, rugged, non contact design with small size and low profiles. On-Axis in-line magnetic encoders provide speeds to over 30,000 rpm, resolution from 8 bit to 13 bit (8192 counts/rev), and accuracy to 0.5°. The On-Axis, solid state design encoders deliver extreme temperature range (-40°C to 125°C) with good shock, vibration resistance and IP68 protection. These encoders are available in many forms with full On-Axis, encoder customization for OEM’s available as a standard service by Renishaw.

Renishaw will also be showing a range of open hollow shaft optical “Tonic” and “LM13” magnetic encoders with large through holes available up to approximately 500mm. The Tonic based range of optical open angle encoders offer accuracies to 0.2 arc seconds while their LM13 range of open hollow shaft magnetic kit encoders have diameters up to 100 mm with resolutions to 327,680 counts per rev and velocities to 25,000 RPM.

SB Electronics, Inc.
www.sbelectronics.com

DC Link Film Capacitor from SBE, Inc.

SBE’s Power Ring Film Capacitor offers the inverter designer options to improve inverter performance.  Integrating the power electronics, including the DC link capacitor, increases efficiency and reduces volume. The low profile Power Ring can be manufactured using a variety of core sizes to best meet specific dimensional requirements.

The circular design, and ability to integrate the capacitor with a custom bus structure, allows for maximum ripple current capability along with the lowest possible ESR and ESL theoretically attainable. In addition, the Power Ring is designed to handle extreme thermal environments. A patented method of segmenting the metal end-spray on the surface of the capacitor mitigates the differences in the CTE of the dielectric and metal spray. Visit our booth at Motor, Drive and Automation Systems to learn more.

AiME, the Association of International Motion Engineers, has evolved from a strict focus on motion control to Mechatronics as a way to better serve our consituents both professionally and for the industries they serve.

AiME is an educational association which provides the capstone technology exchange that bridges the gap between mechanical and electronic systems. Formally, the industrial focus was found in precise motion control leaning towards applications in automation. That focus still exists, but a stronger emphasis of the mechanical side has been requested by those we serve. In the past, the mechanical side in motion control was hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical actuation of the system. AiME is adding, by request, additional mechanical actuation such as gears, belts, linkages, gear reducers and kinematic design into the organization’s course work.

AiME has a well established two-tier certification program. One as a Certified Motion Control specialist and the other as a Certified Technical Sales Specialist. AiME will continue to both offer and maintain those certification programs and records. Additionally, the AiME will be adding a Certified Mechatronic Specialist program in 2009. Courses reflective of the new certification program are being developed now. The instructors have been selected and are test marketing the course work. Many of the courses are enhanced versions of those already offered by AiME through its current motion control programs.

Oztek Corp.
www.oztekcorp.com

Oztek Corp. Company Profile

Since 1997, OZTEK has been providing innovative power control solutions by developing and building technologically advanced controls for demanding applications that include: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel Cells, Utility Grid Ties, Traction Drives, and Distributed Energy. 
Custom OEM Application Capabilities include:

• High Power DC/DC Converters
• Single and 3 Phase Inverters
• Induction Motor Drives
• Brushless DC Motor Drives
• Sensor Interface & Processing
• Instrumentation Systems
• Specialty Motor Drives

OZTEK’s Expertise includes:

• Digital, Analog, and Power Circuitry
• Embedded Software/Firmware
• HDL Logic Design
• PCB, Thermal, and Packaging Design
• Prototype through Manufacturing of Fully Tested Subassemblies

OZTEK offers the unique advantage of having the multidisciplinary expertise that enables them to develop powerful solutions to the most demanding engineering projects in less time than you thought possible

US Digital
www.usdigital.com

US Digital E8P Optical Kit Encoder Product Showcase

US Digital’s E8P series encoder is a very cost effective, simple to install optical kit encoder designed with the Original Equipment Manufacturer in mind. This new optical encoder is especially designed for the NEMA Size 11 Motor. The E8P kit encoder provides 180 to 512 CPR, push on hub technology with choices of bore sizes from 3mm to 7mm diameter and both single ended or differential output capability. Pricing for the E8P starts in the mid $40’s for single quantities, with a price in the low $20’s for quantities of 100. This optical kit encoder will be available for purchase by late first quarter 2009.

FAVI S.A.
www.favi.com

Die-Cast Copper Rotors from FAVI

Die-cast copper rotors from FAVI are designed for asynchronous AC motors. Their quality efficiency makes them the number one choice of NEMA Premium motor manufacturers.
FAVI offers in-house prototyping, as well as high production runs. The company welcome your inquiries, whenever cost, space and energy savings are important to you. Stop by FAVI’s booth at the 2009 Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference to learn more.

Avtron Industrial Automation, Inc.
www.avtron.com

Magnetic Encoder Components and Resolvers from Avtron Industrial

Avtron Industrial Automation produces magnetic encoder components and resolvers for the OEM market under its Admotec brand. These products provide high performance in the demanding conditions of aerospace, automotive, nuclear and industrial applications. Avtron offers leading edge solutions for measuring angle, position and speed. When ordinary optical encoders won't last or won't fit, Admotec components solve OEM applications.

Timken
www.timken.com

High Resolution Magnetic Encoder Technology from Timken

Timken’s high-resolution magnetic encoder technology is designed to meet the wide range of motion control requirements. Available form factors range from the complete “system on a chip” ASICs for integration into motors or components, to a compact modular encoder, and an industry standard package. Each provides reliability and robust performance advantages.
The Timken MPS 160 linear encoder ASIC offers a “system on a chip” with a complete high resolution magnetic encoder in an IC that can be integrated into customer application. Features include index pulses and SPI output.
The Timken M15 Magnetic Modular Encoder takes the MPS 160 technology and mounts it in a compact modular encoder package, offering high resolution and commutation outputs for integration into sub fractional motors requiring close loop feedback. Features include resolutions up to 2048 lines, with index and 4-12 pole commutation.
The newest THS25 Timken encoder on display at our booth successfully integrates the magnetic encoder technology into an industry standard package for use on larger motors. The compact hollow shaft unit fits the widest range of shaft sizes from 0.5 inches to 1.125 inches, with resolutions from 100 to 2048 lines.

Ansoft LLC
www.ansoft.com

New Tool from Ansoft Simplifies Electrical Machine Design

Ansoft, a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., will demonstrate its integrated simulation environment where engineers can incorporate the design of the electrical machine with the power electronics to achieve an optimal performing drive system. This approach allows engineers to utilize simulation techniques to create virtual models of critical components of the drive including the electrical machine, IGBT's, controls, and characterization (L, R, C) of the cables and bus bars that connect these components. By integrating high fidelity electromagnetic and electromechanical physics-based models into a system-level simulation, engineers can easily optimize drive performance as well as control harmonics and mitigate conducted and radiated EMI/EMC. The powerful design environment includes Maxwell, Simplorer and Q3D Extractor. Visit the Ansoft to booth learn how you can achieve simulation-driven product development.

GMW Associates
www.gmw.com

Magnetically Isolated Current Transducers from GMW

GMW Associates will be showing magnetically isolated Current Transducers for the high accuracy measurement of electric current from µA to 5kA and dc to 2GHz for development, test and QA. Featured will be the Saturn Current Transducer with Current Heads having full-scale ranges from 40A through to 5000A and frequency response from dc. The combination of electrical isolation, broad frequency response, high stability and high resolution enables very high accuracy performance and efficiency characterization of motors and drives. Magnetic field measurement Instruments and Transducers with one- and three-component field sensors with high frequency response are applied to precision mapping of magnetic field distributions, magnet quality control and non-contact condition monitoring of electrical machines. For OEM applications GMW will be showing miniature magnetic field sensors for applications to non-contact measurement of electrical current and angle position.

Kanthal Corp. (Globar)
www.globar.com

Kanthal Products Provide Protect Equipment from High Voltage, High Energy Pulses and Surges

Today’s sophisticated electronic equipment and systems require resistive components that can survive and protect expensive equipment from high stress imposed by combinations of high power, high voltage and high energy pulses, surges and transients. 
For over 80 years, Globar resistors have provided reliable service in these demanding applications.  Bulk construction advantageously produces an inherently non-inductive resistor; and allows energy and power to be uniformly distributed through the entire ceramic resistor body – there is no film or wire to fail.  We offer three distinctly different ceramic materials to afford the designer with unique components to meet the most demanding requirements.  Type "AS" resistors can absorb huge amounts of energy in millisecond pulses; Type "A" resistors solve high resistance problems in high voltage situations; Type "SP" resistors handle watts to kilowatts of power. These resistors are available in an almost unlimited range of geometries and sizes--from 1/2 watt to 1,000 watts in a single component, with assemblies capable of megawatts; pulse energy ratings up to 240 KJ or voltage ratings to 165 KV in a single component.  Problem solvers for Impulse generators, Motor drive circuits, Snubber circuits, Capacitor discharging, High-frequency circuits, High-voltage circuits, RF dummy loads, Capacitor current limiting.

Contact Sue Hannebrink sueh@infowebcom.com with Inquiries on Exhibiting