This article originally appeared on Heidenhain.us and has been published here with permission. Servo motors are electric motors that let engineers and designers precisely control position, velocity ...

Evolution Toward Integrated Motion Control Solutions In the current landscape of global industrial automation, technical analy ...

Suddenly, a single uncertified servo drive fails due to poor electromagnetic shielding or internal thermal fatigue. The motor jerks unexpectedly, a delicate silicon wafer—worth thousands of ...

As the shift to automation continues to gain momentum in the industrial sector, servo motors and stepper motors with electric actuators become ever more important. When selecting a motor for an ...

Stepper motors resemble servo motors in that both types are characterized by an ability to rotate a partial turn and then stop for any interval with or without holding torque. In addition, both motor ...

How do you make things move? You add in a motor that converts electrical energy into motion. That’s a simple idea, but how do you know where the motor is? That’s where the servo motor comes in. By ...

Siboni has added CoreTigo’s IO-Link Wireless technology to its PL4 servo motors to create a series of wireless, planetary gearbox, electronic drive brushless motors. These low-voltage, compact motors ...

Stepper and servo motors have different attributes when considered for motion applications. Torque curves play an important role in selecting the proper size and type of motor for an application.

[Jim Fong] sent in this demo of his version of the UHU servo motor controller. [Uli Huber] has actually shipped over 2500 controllers for the servo. He doesn’t charge much for the chips, and only asks ...

A cooling fan and cooling fins on the motor provide increased torque and power output. In addition, encoder options with improved resolution and accuracy provide more precise and responsive control, ...