‘Stepper Drives’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Micro stepper motors bring pictures into focus from EMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "Electro Mechanical Systems has supplied Precistep micro-stepper motors to Life Optics to allow it to develop a compact, reliable and light-weight head-mounted microscope.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors): "ABB drives have helped a UK holiday park operator save GBP77,000 a year on energy bills for its swimming pools. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Heason Technology - take a look at Actuator system for sampling applications which says: "Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Micromech, CNC router reduces time to market, as well as GE controller firmware has online programming from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms UK, and Centa offers bespoke transmission designs from Centa Transmissions.

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Viscotec devises drive solution for dosage units (November 2009)

Viscotec Pumpen and Faulhaber have devised a drive solution for dosage units on a system that comprises a fast DC drive and high-precision piezo rotary drive, mounted on a common spindle.

ABB drives reduce chilled-water energy bill (November 2009)

Eight ABB standard drives are saving Ginsters bakery a potential 17 per cent annually on its chilled-water energy bill, following installation on chiller pumps at its Callington bakery in Cornwall.

Haydonkerk unveils programmable actuator with GUI (November 2009)

Haydonkerk Motion Solutions has introduced the Haydon Idea Drive stepper-motor linear actuator.

Moving coil actuators have no mechanical backlash (November 2009)

SMAC electric direct drives utilise moving coil technology, which the company said provides long life and high reliability in comparison to conventional pneumatic devices.

Minitec releases News 2009 brochure (November 2009)

Minitec has published its latest News brochure, covering products that have recently been added to its Profile System range of machine framing and building components.

Brushless servo motors provide 2,800-5,200rpm (November 2009)

The Ametek Pittman brand AB series brushless servo motors are available from Mclennan Servo Supplies in NEMA 23, 34 and 56 frame sizes.

Fastpack drives cut energy use in fans and pumps (November 2009)

Micromech has released the Parker SSD drives for fans and pumps, a range of three-phase industrial drives designed to help save energy in applications up to 110kW.

Pan-and-tilt positioner integrates electronics (November 2009)

Aerotech has launched a pan-and-tilt positioner with integrated drives and motion controls for high-end camera security, surveillance and defence applications.

Stepper drives handle high-power applications

The NDC series of stepper drives offers ministepping, a built-in oscillator useful in simple move applications and operates from a DC power supply in the range of 24 to 75V DC.
Intelligent stepper drives promise smooth moves

Microstepping drives are available in three competitively priced versions offering a wide choice of control options.