Archive for the ‘Gearheads – Miniature’ Category

Motion Control – Application – maxon drives are used in the rover and in the first Mars helicopter

Motion Control – Application – Maxon Goes to Mars! The Helicopter is Still Flying … … 56 Trips and Counting! Taunton, MA — Motion Control – Application – DC motors from maxon have been used in virtually all successful robot missions on Mars. More than 100 of these drives from Switzerland are already on the […]

Motion Control – ADVANCED Motion Controls takes Servo Drives to New Heights (and Depths) with FlexPro® Extended Environment Product Line

Motion Control – Servo Drive for Harsh Environments! SERVO DRIVES THAT WITHSTAND THE ELEMENTS AND PUSH BOUNDARIES       Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – Advanced Motion Controls (AMC), a leading provider of servo amplifier solutions, is proud to announce the addition of six new CANopen servo drives with Extended Environment capabilities to […]

Motion Control – Application – Finding The dark energy of the universe.

Motion Control – Application – Searching for “Dark Energy”! Motion control – Application- The HETDEX project is the first major attempt to find “dark energy” in the universe. With special spectrographs, the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies are recorded. In the summer of 2012, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope started scanning the universe – aided by […]

Motion Control – New Miniature Gearhead from Harmonic Drive LLC: The CSF-2XH

Motion Control – Miniature Harmonic Drive Gearhead! THIS ZERO BACKLASH MINI GEARHEAD IS IDEAL FOR SERVO & STEPPER MOTOR APPLICATIONS       Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – Electromate – Harmonic Drive LLC, a leading provider of precision motion control solutions, is proud to announce the release of its CSF-2XH mini gearhead designed […]

Motion Control – Giant Solar-Powered Butterfly Puts the Focus on Climate Change Solutions

Motion Control – Maxon to Host the Solar Butterfly Motion Control – Seeking climate change solutions, the world’s largest sustainability tour is coming to Taunton, Massachusetts. The solar-powered butterfly is a 30-foot-long tiny house in the shape of a butterfly, which charges the electric vehicle it tows .     Motion Control – The SolarButterfly […]

Motion Control – Electromate Unveils Quantum Devices’ Cutting-Edge QM22 Series Miniature Encoder

Motion Control – Miniature Encoder!       Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – Electromate, a leading Canadian distributor of state-of-the-art industrial automation products, is proud to announce the addition of Quantum Devices’ latest innovation, the QM22 series of optical incremental encoders, to its comprehensive portfolio.

Electromate – Harmonic Drive FHA-C Mini 24V Servo Actuator with Dual Absolute Encoder and Panel Mount connectors!

Electromate – Harmonic Drive  Servo Actuator   Electromate – Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control – Components — Introducing Dual Absolute encoder versions of the FHA-C mini actuator. Featuring BiSS-C Harmonic Drive fha-24v-002bi-directional communication for both encoders. The dual encoders are incorporated in essentially the same package size as the long-standing FHA-C mini single incremental […]

Motion Control – Maxon partners with MassRobotics to Support the Advancements of Drive Technology in Robotics

Motion Control – Maxon Partners with MassRobotics Maxon is teaming up with MassRobotics and other companies, organizations, and leading research centers  to create new innovations across a wide range of applications. Fall River, MA — Motion Control – MassRobotics and maxon announce a partnership to support the robotics innovation ecosystem through collaboration and exploration of […]

Motion Control – Maxon’s ESCON Module 24/2 Servo Motor Controller!

Motion Control – Miniature Servo Motor Controller     Taunton, MA -Motion Control – Maxon Motor expands its offering of miniaturized controllers with its latest OEM plug-in module. This high performance 4-quadrant PWM servo motor controller is designed to command permanent-magnet-activated brushed and brushless DC motors with Hall sensors up to 48 Watt continuous output […]

Motion Control- Application – Underwater inspection on twelve wheels.

Motion Control – Application – Underwater Inspection Motion Control – Application – Inspecting flooded pipes of power plants requires skilled, high-precision handling. And the robotic vehicles have to be optimized accordingly, for example to dive 20 m deep. The new seawater manipulator is capable of maneuvering underwater in pipes, where it can be used to […]

Motion Control – Application – Mini Pan/Tilt for HD Cameras

Motion Control – Custom Gearmotors With digital television fast approaching, camera manufacturers are flooding the market with new, lightweight units, but few companies are providing the professional equipment that goes with the upcoming change. “We searched across all known small motor manufacturers, but only Maxon Precision Motor was able to provide a motor that met […]

Motion Control – Application – Maxon Motors in Surgical Robots for Minimally Invasive Procedures!

Motion Control – Motors for Surgical Robots! Motion control – The latest, next generation surgeries are being performed today using Intuitive Surgical Inc.’s (Sunnyvale, CA) da Vinci™S HD Surgical System, which allows surgeons to perform the most minimally invasive procedures to date. The system incorporates the height of motion control technologies so that every motion […]

Motion Control – The world’s lightest electric mountain bike features maxon BIKEDRIVE AIR

Motion Control – Application – Mountain Bike Motion Control – With the new Lightrider E Ultimate, Swiss bicycle manufacturer Thömus is launching the world’s first full-suspension cross-country electric mountain bike weighing less than 15 kilograms. This record-breaking weight is made possible by the small and efficient maxon BIKEDRIVE AIR drive in the extremely lightweight Thömus […]

Motion Control – New Mini Planetary Gearmotors from Applied Motion Products Available from Electromate!

Motion Control – Mini Planetary Gearmotors! Motion Control – Small, Cost effective Planetary Gearmotors Are Ideally Suited for Step Motor Applications       Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control  — Applied Motion Products New PH Series Mini Planetary Gearmotors are used with small step motors in NEMA 8, 11, and 14 frame sizes.  TThese […]

Innovative Motion Control – Mars helicopter receives Collier Trophy

Innovative Motion Control – Mars Helicopter! Innovative Motion Control – The Mars helicopter team is awarded the Collier Trophy for being the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flies with electric motors from the Swiss company maxon, a provider of precision drives. This prestigious award was presented on […]

Motion Control – ADVANCED Motion Controls Release New Micro-Sized FlexPro® Servo Drive model FM060-60C-CM

Motion Control –  Right Angle Gearheads         Vaughan, Ontario, Canada — Motion Control — ADVANCED Motion Controls has released a new 60A continuous FlexPro servo drive model FM060-60C-CM. This model is the second “machine embedded” version in this power range adding CANopen communication to the previously released EtherCAT version. The 60A continuous […]

Motion Control Application – Lab automation is getting even smaller

Motion Control Application – Lab Automation Motion Control Application – When you need the accuracy but don’t have the room or the budget.     Fall River, MA – Motion Control Application – UK Robotics has recently launched a new liquid handler to shake up the lab automation market. Feedback from small biotech companies and […]

Motion Control – From soaring heights: Camera stabilization with maxon drives!

Motion Control – Camera stabilization System! Aerial images can be beneficial for many businesses and industries. Often things are revealed from above that are hidden to the observer on the ground. Drives from maxon are used in camera stabilizer systems.   Taunton, MA — Motion Control – Application – Mining companies, for example, survey mines […]

Motion Control – New LDL Programmable Linear Actuator from SMAC

Motion Control – A Great Place to Work! Cost-competitive Alternative to Pneumatics, Starting at $300 US/ea Motion Control – Vaughan, Ontario, Canada – The New LDL Programmable Electric Linear Actuator from SMAC has been designed as a cost-competitive alternative to pneumatics.  A common trend in industrial automation is that users are looking for electric alternatives […]

Motion Control Application – Lab automation is getting even smaller

Motion Control Application – Lab Automation Motion Control Application – When you need the accuracy but don’t have the room or the budget.     Fall River, MA – Motion Control Application – UK Robotics has recently launched a new liquid handler to shake up the lab automation market. Feedback from small biotech companies and […]

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