Motion & Motors & Drivers

Asia’s energy consumption is expected to rise dramatically in the next few decades. Demand for and cost of energy will only increase with future population growth and increased industrialization. As …

Delta officially launched its new three-axis intelligent servo system, the ASDA-M series for multi-axis motion control applications in November. The ASDA-M series is an innovative servo system that has successfully …

Providing unrivalled efficiency and reliability, ABB’s IE4 synchronous reluctance motor and drive packages are an excellent choice for pump and fan applications. The new packages are available now in the …

At this year’s SPS IPC Drives industrial trade fair, Siemens provided a fascinating insight into the modern production worlds of the future: Worlds in which virtual processes for product and …

The new AM8500 series extends the Beckhoff servomotor range with increased rotor moment of inertia. This servomotor series is suitable for all applications with larger external mass inertias, in particular …

With Lexium 32 Integrated, Schneider Electric presents an integrated stand-alone ser-vo drive for machine and plant engineering. It combines the Lexium 32 servo controller and the Lexium BMH servo motor …

Lenze has now established direct connection of the Inverter Drives 8400 frequency inverter range to Ethernet/IP-capable control systems with a new communication module. The 8400 StateLine, HighLine and TopLine control …

In time for the SPS 2012, STÖBER expands its modular system technology for drive and automation with its own motion control solution based on the universal programming and controlling software, …

Global AC drive manufacturer Vacon is announcing the new VACON® 100 FLOW, an AC drive specially optimized for pump and fan applications, at the electric automation fair SPS IPC DRIVES …

The complexity of human-machine interfaces is growing with an increasing degree of automation. That makes the standardized, cost-effective realization of functional safety for OEMs increasingly important. To simplify the development …

With the launch of Simatic S7-1500, the Siemens Industry Automation division is introducing a controller family of the next generation for medium to high-end machine and plant automation. The new …

At the SPS IPC Drives exhibition from November 27 to 29, WITTENSTEIN AG will once again show an array of innovative new and optimized products. Four Business Units will be …

Machine manufacturers and system integrators expect everything – from comprehensive functionalities to drive-based motion logic controls – even from electrical drives in the lower power range. They want to take advantage …

If one were to ask manufacturers of gearboxes whether demand for precision products will everexceed demand for standard products, they would likely say no. After a 70% increase in precision …

The Siemens Industry Automation Division has added the particularly compact Sirius 3RM1 motorstarter to its switching technology portfolio. The module has been designed as both a direct-on-linestarter and a reversing …