October 2011

Motor, Drive & Automation Systems 2012 will be Co-Located with MAGNETICS 2012
March 13-14, Orlando

Motor, Drive & Automation Systems 2012 is an international, industry-leading conference focused on the latest economic trends and technical advancements impacting motor, drive and automation systems. Join hundreds of peers and potential business partners and discover how new technologies are improving performance, energy efficiency and providing cost savings in a variety of applications.

Magnetics 2012 will focus on the latest advancements in magnetic applications, technology and materials. Serving OEM developers of products that utilize magnets and magnet systems, design engineers, OEM developers involved in EMC technology and magnetic effects, magnetics manufacturers and integrators, and material suppliers in the magnetics industry.

Coreless DC Motor
Allied Motion Technologies has added to its range of coreless DC motors with the DynaMax 25 series motors that employ new rotor technology for higher performance. <Click here to read the full article>

Improved Sensing Range and Durability with Miniature Extended Range Proximity Sensors

Pepperl+Fuchs X-Series Pile Driver extended range inductive sensors are now available in 8 mm diameter models. With barrel lengths as short as 35 mm, these miniature sensors deliver a 3 mm sensing range, 50 percent more range than is available from larger competitive 12 mm diameter models. <Click here to read the full article>

Shorten Development Cycles and Lower Overall Electric Vehicle Life Costs with ACS GEN6 Motor Controllers
Kollmorgen has introduced the ACS GEN6 Motor Controllers, a new generation of the company’s ACS product family.  ACS motor controllers are available in a variety of voltages (24 V, 36 V, 48 V and 80 V) and power levels (5 to 50 kVA, 2 min) to suit various types and sizes of electric vehicles. <Click here to read the full article>

Lenze SMVector NEMA 1 Inverter Drives Ramp-Up to 60 Horsepower
Lenze Americas recently rolled out three new SMVector NEMA 1 models.  The 40, 50 and 60 HP SMVector drives deliver performance and design flexibility in a broad range of AC motor applications. <Click here to read the full article>

Dunkermotor Introduces CANopen, Profibus, Modbus Enabled Solar Tracker Motors
Dunkermotor’s  line of brushless DC Solar Tracker Motors (STM) with integral fieldbus-enabled controllers are optimized to reduce development time, lower installation costs and provide lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in a variety of solar tracking applications. Electric energy production can be increased by 30 percent to 35 percent with solar tracking compared to fixed photovoltaic panel systems. <Click here to read the full article>

Beckhoff Introduces Compact I/O Terminal for Servo Motor Control
In order to introduce servo technology solutions in the smallest possible form factors, Beckhoff Automation has released the EL7201 servo terminal for the EtherCAT Terminal system. The EL7201 terminal integrates a complete servo drive for motors up to 200 W into a standard 12 mm I/O terminal housing. <Click here to read the full article>

PI Acquires Majority Share in Micro-Positioning Specialist miCos
PI (Physik Instrumente) recently acquired a majority share of micro positioning / motion control specialist miCos GmbH in Eschbach, Germany.  <Click here to read the full article>

Gearmotor Pioneer Merkle-Korff Industries Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Merkle-Korff Industries, a provider in the development of small motors and gearmotors known as “sub-fractionals” and now a member of the Kinetek group of companies, is celebrating 100 years of operation. Merkle-Korff started out as a small specialty machine shop producing precision gears for Chicago’s industrial manufacturers and replacement gears for Model T and Model A Fords. <Click here to read the full article>

Linear Motion Manufacturers Diversify to Stay in the Fast Lane
According to the IMS Research report ‘The World Market for Linear Motion Products -2010 Edition’ the combined ball screw and linear guide markets were estimated to be worth $3.8 billion, nearly 45 percent of which came from the large, established sectors making machine tools and semiconductor production equipment. <Click here to read the full article>