Moog Industrial Group, a division of Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) announced the launch of its comprehensive range of ‘Maximum Dynamic Brushless Servo Motors (MD Series)’. Highly flexible servo motor available in a wide range of flange sizes will help machine builders increase productivity and performance (Photo Moog). The MD Series Servo Motor addresses the evolving needs for higher dynamics through increased angular acceleration (ratio of peak torque to inertia) and higher (…)

Maxon’s spindle drive program will be extended with the new size 16 mm. This is also an easily configurable complete system with integrated axial bearing for high loads. Version with metric M6 spindle or Ø 5 mm ball screw. In mechanical engineering, it is often necessary to find a solution for converting rotary motion into powerful linear motion. Precision spindles combined with DC motors make it possible to transform rotary motion into axial motion. Gearheads, motors, encoders and (…)

The special machine construction and the precision automation provide many different forms of movement as special applications: whether to tighten (e.g. spindle), or handling of workpieces, or even holding and guiding tools (etc.). Agathon pillar guides can be used for various types of loads (static, swiveling, alternating), respectively, for up to highly dynamic movements. The typical stick-slip, usual for sliding guides, does not exist in correspondingly designed rolling guides. Even (…)

Following the ESCON’s launch during fall 2011, maxon motor’s new series of servo controllers welcomes its second family member; the ESCON 50/5. The compact, powerful 4-quadrant PWM servo controller offers efficient control of permanent-magnet activated brushed DC motors and brushless EC motors up to approximately 250 Watts. As part of the ESCON family, it is the embodiment of unrivaled power density in the field of servo controller technology. The ESCON 50/5 has excellent control (…)

Since 16 June 2011, European Commission regulation 640/2009 imposes the use of class IE2 high-efficiency motors. Brake motors are not currently affected by the application of these new directives. Nonetheless, Leroy-Somer has chosen voluntarily to adopt an energy-saving approach and is already offering a new generation of high-efficiency brake motors. The marketing campaign of the company is quite original and raises questions on sustainability, it is perfectly adapted to nowadays’ (…)

In the eighth year of its Mars expedition, the Mars rover Opportunity has found evidence that water once existed on Mars. According to briefings by NASA, in late 2011 the rover found a vein of a notably light colored mineral – apparently gypsum – deposited by flowing water. For scientists, the gypsum deposits found by Opportunity on Mars are a sensation. They are convinced that the discovery proves that water once flowed at this site. On its way through the desolate Meridiani plane, the (…)

Real strategic elements of machine tools, spindles are very high precision instruments that are highly solicited. The overhaul of these is a classic and indispensable operation which can become a real puzzle for businesses. To be able to rely on a sharp specialist able to provide a "factory quality"service is therefore a dream comes true with Precise France SA.. We cannot become an overhaul specialist for spindles out of the blue in a wink. The levels of precision requested, particularly in (…)

R+W Antriebselemente GmbH, the well known manufacturer of couplings redefined its business strategy. The Klingenberg (Germany) company parts with immediate effect with one of his Swiss trading partners, the company Bibus AG from Fehraltorf. Thus, Bibus AG is no longer an official reseller of R+W Antriebselemente and will not be supplied anymore by R+W Antriebselemente. R+W Antriebselemente continues to offer its well known range of products of torque limiters, bellow couplings, elastomer (…)

Moog Industrial Group, a division of Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) and a leader in providing high-performance flight simulation and leading-edge testing systems to the automotive and aerospace markets, has provided the high-dynamic motion control system portion of the new Daimler AG driving simulator. The system is installed at Daimler’s new driving simulator center, which is part of the Mercedes-Benz Technology Center, in Sindelfingen, Germany. The Moog electrical motion base is a (…)

maxon motor’s e-shop is being expanded. You can search on shop maxonmotor.com quickly and easily for a DC or EC motor, combine it either with a gearhead and control electronics, then order the drive system you require, conveniently with just one mouse click, wherever you are (* maxon motors were already on Mars, unfortunately for Martian potential customers orders cannot be shipped easily for that destination yet). . All catalog products (up to 49pcs per item) can be ordered from maxon (…)