Motors & Drives

WEG celebrated its 50th birthday on 16th September 2011. In just five- decades the company has grown from modest beginnings, as a LV motor manufacturer in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, to a global giant with earnings exceeding US $3 billion. Along the way WEG has evolved from a proprietary supplier of electric motors to become a major global solutions provider of power supply, power distribution, power transmission and turnkey automation systems. This evolution continues apace, underpinned by state of the art manufacturing plants in Brazil, Argentina, China, India, Mexico and Portugal, and sales offices and distributors across 5 continents.

As a preferred systems integrator for Baldor Motion, Heason Technology's in-house design and assembly capability benefits from the global motion control leader's versatile e100 intelligent servomotor drive and controller range which continues to expand with additional communication and application development features.

Aerotech continues to improve and innovate its direct-drive rotary stage capability with the new APR mechanical bearing series which offers positional accuracy to 1.5 arc-sec and axial load capacity up to 450 kg. Aimed at high precision rotary positioning for applications such as precision component testing, optical calibration systems, laser micromachining and sub-micron metrology, the APR's brushless direct-drive technology easily outperforms traditional worm/wheel stages, delivering considerably smoother and higher speeds, much improved angular precision, with zero backlash and a far superior throughput potential.

Following the recent announcement of their exclusive UK distribution deal for the preeflow dosing brand from ViscoTec, the engineers at Intertronics are delighted to introduce the preeflow eco-PEN series dispensing equipment and matching controllers. These all-electronic systems are ideal for continuous highly accurate dispensing of adhesives, solder pastes, encapsulants, oils, catalysts, etc. in industries such as optics, fibre optics, medical devices, electronics, displays, LEDs and academic laboratories where highly accurate dots, beads or continuous flow are required.

As a preferred systems integrator for Baldor Motion, Heason Technology's in-house design and assembly capability benefits from the global motion control leader's versatile e100 intelligent servomotor drive and controller range which continues to expand with additional communication and application development features.

The Mechatrolink Members Association (MMA) announced that its Mechatrolink motion control network meets industry safety standards. Certification was received after an independent third party, TÜV Rheinland, confirmed that these specifications satisfied the requirements of IEC61508 safety integrity level SIL3

All American Semiconductor is distributing the S-Force series of compact fans from ebm-papst Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of fans and motors.

The IDEA stepper motor drive platform now has the capability of communication using an RS-485 data protocol. The RS-485 protocol overcomes the limitations of other drive communication methods making the RS-485 IDEA drive module perfect for industrial applications.

Brevini Power Transmissions, is displaying at the 2011 Offshore Europe exhibition on stand 1D38. Its dedicated sales team will be on hand to provide advice and information on its wide product range designed for the offshore industry.

Deliveries of the AKM Synchronous servomotors from Kollmorgen are now down to only four weeks lead time due to capacity being increased by one third. In spite of considerable growth of the AKM range, the factory has reduced its lead times and thus is able to help its customers to realise additional competitive benefits. Machine builders can now deliver faster, and machine users will benefit from shorter service times.