Motion Control – Maxon’s Configurable DC Drives! Maxon motors introduces a NEW product line of innovative brushed DC motors, planetary gearheads and encoders. These are high performance precision drives that are easily configured and ordered online. Fall River, MA — The DCX motors have precious metal or graphite brushes and may be equipped with standard […]

Greenville, DE — — Motion Control – Galil, an industry leader in motion control technology, is announcing the latest product in their RIO Pocket PLC Series. The new RIO-47142 includes an internal switch with two Ethernet ports for daisy-chaining multiple RIO units. This allows management of an unlimited number of inputs and outputs without an […]

Motion Control – Driven: Robotics, intelligence and nature                   On 25th October the first issue of the new maxon motor magazine “driven” appeared. There you can read all about intelligent robots, drive technology and fascinating applications. Fall River, MA – Motion Control – Whether exciting stories from […]

Motion Control – Maxon motor launches a completely new motion control product program. Fall River, MA – Motion Control – maxon motor, leading provider of high-precision drives up to 500 Watts, is launching a new range of MDC drives on November 13, 2012. This all-new product range consists of innovative and powerful DC motors with […]

Motion Control – Linear Motion — “On January 4, 2007, Congress passed the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act. Included in the bill’s provisions was a mandate that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scan 100 percent of maritime cargo entering the United States by 2012. Given the fact that approximately 11.6 million cargo […]

The landing of the Mars rover Curiosity took seven exciting minutes. Now it will be looking for signs of life on the Red Planet. Maxon’s encoder technology will play a part in the successful excursion of the rover.                 Fall River, MA –The new Mars rover Curiosity ended […]

Sunnyvale, CA, — The RS-25 Resonant Scanner from Equipment Solutions is optimized for applications that typically require a means to scan an optical beam. This motion control resonant scanner is a very efficient means of oscillating or vibrating a mirror or similar load at a fixed frequency. Up to a 25 mm diameter mirror can […]

    Harmonic Drive’s component type gear is now in a more compact and easier-to-install configuration.     Vaughan, Ontario, Canada –Component Type Harmonic Drive™ CSF series gearing has been developed to meet the needs of the industry as they concern space saving, cost efficiency and other performance characteristics at a time when demand for […]

The flawless launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 22, 2012 is another successful step for maxon motor ag in the use of high precision motors in the astronautics industry. The crucial tasks of the maxon motors in the SpaceX mission included orienting the solar arrays of the Dragon spacecraft towards the sun […]

Linear Motion Control Application – LM76 Congratulates SPACEX On Their Successful Mission to the International Space Station and Return of the Capsule to Earth! On May 22, 2012 the SPACEX Falcon 9 2-stage rocket and the Dragon Capsule lifted off from a Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida beginning a demonstration Mission to the International […]

Fall River, MA –The ultra slim design of maxon’s motion control EC 90 flat motor is now equipped with a MILE encoder. MILE (Maxon’s Inductive Little Encoder) is the world’s smallest inductive rotary encoder. Its operating principle is based on the detection of high-frequency inductivity which generates eddy current in an electrically conducting target. The […]

E. Longmeadow, MA – Motion Control Water Dog Sliders are UHMW blocks operating in 303 Stainless Rails. Although water is a poor lubricant, it makes Water Dogs very slick. Water Dog Sliders linear motion guides are FDA Compliant, they do not absorb liquids ( they do not grow ) and they have great abrasion resistance.Water […]

Greenville, DE — — Servo2Go.com has just added Zaber’s A-BLQ-E Series Closed-Loop Motion Control Belt-Driven Linear Stages with Integrated Stepper Motor/Encoder/Controller to its broad range of high performance cost effective linear slide and actuator family. Zaber’s A-BLQ-E series products are computer controlled belt-driven linear stages with integrated stepper motors and controllers. A built-in rotary encoder […]

Greenville, DE– Maxon’s new ESCON 36/2 DC is a 4-quadrant PWM servo controller for use with DC motors up to 72 Watt. This very fast digital current controller, with enormous bandwidth for optimal motor current/torque control, provides drift-free yet extremely dynamic speed behavior through a speed range of 1 to 150,000 rpm. When matched up […]

The LFA-3404 Linear Focus Actuator is a high performance compact positioning system. It was specifically developed for optical applications requiring both high precision and high-speed positioning over a short to medium stroke. The motion control LFA-3404 is well suited for optical focusing and other micropositioning applications such as scanning interferometry, surface structure analysis, disk drive […]

Sunnyvale, CA, — Equipment Solutions, Inc. introduces the RVC-5 Rotational Voice Coil Motor, setting a new standard for rotational voice coil stages. It is an instrument with the extreme precision of a galvanometer and the compact size and reliability of a resonant scanner. The RVC-5 rotational voice coil motor creates “Rotational Translation” using a flexure […]

Fall River, MA — The ESCON 36/2 DC is the first product in the new servo controller range by maxon motor and shows how user-friendly drive technology can be. The extremely compact, powerful 4-quadrant PWM servo controller offers efficient control of brushed permanent-magnet activated DC motors up to approx. 72 W. With its unsurpassed power […]

Fall River, MA — Intelligent control applications often call for multi-axis solutions to meet demanding motion control performance requirements. Configuring a control solution in a mother board / daughter board array is a convenient and proven method of addressing these types of applications. OEM style daughter boards, like Maxon’s EPOS2 36/2 drive/controller, offer excellent flexibility […]

New! Motion Control – Voice Coil Driven Linear Motion Stage From MotiCont – A Motion Company Van Nuys, CA – The Voice Coil Driven Linear Actuator is used in positioning applications where high speed and high accuracy are required. The stage may be used in the following industries; Semiconductor, Disk Drive, Automotive, Medical, Industrial, Optical, […]