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Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Baldor UK | Subject: DSM Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2005
Microsteppers take their drives onboard
A new range of microstepping motors with onboard drive electronics is ideal wherever space saving or simplicity of installation is important.
Baldor has a new range of microstepping motors with onboard drive electronics Their compactness is ideal wherever space saving or simplicity of installation is important - such as in instrumentation, test, medical devices and machinery adjustment applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Dubbed the DSM Series, there are three choices of frame size, each in three motor lengths, offering a choice of nine torque ratings spanning 22.6 to 749Ncm.
The new range can greatly simplify both development and machine building for OEMs, eliminating the need to find space in the equipment for drives, and drive-to-motor cabling - reducing potential problems from electrical noise.
Baldor supports the new motor drives with its NextMove range of motion controllers.
These offer developers the option of PCB modules for system integration in Eurocard or PCIbus form-factors, or ready-to-use packaged controllers.
All these options provide multi-axis control facilities using the popular Mint motion language.
A typical example is NextMove-ESB, which offers a three-axis servomotor control solution combined with control for four stepper axes, in a rugged enclosure with a USB interface.
The three choices of Baldor DSM motor/drives have NEMA frame sizes of 17, 23 and 34.
Each frame size can also be selected with one, two or three winding stacks.
This provides developers with a choice of holding torque ratings of 22.6, 42, 52.9, 64, 102, 169.
269, 406 or 749Ncm.
Users can also select from a number of configuration options to optimise the motor/drive for an application, including single or dual shafts, with optical encoder or control knob, and flying lead or connector interface.
The 1.8-degree stepping motor can be configured for operation in any of 14 step sizes from 0.5 to 256 micro-steps per full step, using a Windows utility and a motor-to-PC setup cable.
The chosen setting is stored in nonvolatile memory, and may also be modified on-the-fly by the motion controller if required. Request a free brochure from Baldor UK ...
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