Products

Intelligent drives

IDM/IDS640 DSP drives feature a CANopen communication option for DSP 402 standard.

Features & benefits

• Embed motion control, drive, and PLC functions in compact size

• Software configurable to drive brushless, dc, linear, or step motors up to 640 W; 240 W available

• Feedback devices include incremental, sin-cos, SSI, and EnDat encoders; resolvers; digital or linear Hall; techometer (servo drives); open loop with or without incremental or SSI encoder

• Operations include velocity and position profile, homing and interpolated position, electronic camming, and gearing

Technosoft US Inc.
Canton, Mich
(734) 667-5275
www.technosoftmotion.com
Circle 271

Cable carriers

Bandtrac cable and hose carriers feature a single-piece extrusion that eliminates noise, wear, and vibration inherent to link-style carriers.

Features & benefits

• Quiet, smooth, and clean

• No moving parts; exhibit low wear

• Only additional component necessary is mounting bracket

• Easily accessible

Gortrac, Div. of A & A Mfg. Co. Inc.
New Berlin, Wis.
(262) 786-1500
www.gortrac.com
Circle 272

Linear actuators

Rohlix linear actuators convert rotary motion to linear travel and carry loads at speeds up to 70 in./sec, depending on size.

Features & benefits

• Handle thrust between 5 and 200 lb; loads attached to carrier block by twocap screws

• Five sizes for ⅜ to 2 in. diameter shafts; metric from 8 to 50 mm

• Adjustable thrust capacity allows system to disengage if preset thrust exceeded

• Three precision ball bearings at each end of two-piece aluminum carrier block

• Minimum 90% efficiency; provide up to 100 million in. linear travel

Zero-Max
Plymouth, Minn.
(800) 533-1731
www.zero-max.com
Circle 273

Ethernet-capable controller

Accelera DMC-40x0 Ethernet/RS232 controllers include a 32-bit microcomputer for high speeds and processing powers.

Features & benefits

• Accept encoder inputs to 22 MHz; provide servo updates to 32 KHz; execute program instructions in 40 µsec.

• Standalone, or interfaces with PC via Ethernet 10/100 Base-T or RS232 ports

• One through eight axis formats; each axis user-configurable for stepper or servomotor operation

• Expanded memory up to 510 symbolic variables, 16,000 array elements in 30 arrays, and space for up to 2,000 lines × 80 characters

Galil Motion Control Inc.
Rocklin, Calif.
(800) 377-6329
www.galilmc.com
Circle 274

Vector drives

SMVector drives feature high starting torque, auto-tuning, advanced low-speed control, and dynamic speed regulation.

Features & benefits

• Four modes of operation — V/Hz, enhanced V/Hz, vector speed, and torque

• Power range up to 25 hp

• Input ranges from 120 Vac 1-phase to 600 Vac 3-phase

• Communication by RS-485/Modbus, CANopen, and DeviceNet

AC Technolgy, a member of the Lenze Group
Uxbridge, Mass.
(508) 278-9100
www.actech.com
Circle 275

Aluminum-acetal gears

Series S1268Z-M aluminum-acetal gears feature the Fairloc integral hub fastening system to eliminate marred shafts.

Features & benefits

• 20° pressure angle; AGMA Q10 and ISO Class 7 ratings

• Mate with hubs that accept shafts from 0.0900 to 0.2498 in. diameter; clearance between bore and shaft is 0.0001 to 0.0008 in.

• Sizes from 21 to 210 teeth with O.D. from 0.958 to 4.083 in.

• Acetal reduces noise; 2024 aluminum core strengthens stainlesssteel hub

Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument
New Hyde Park, N.Y.
(516) 328-3300
www.sdp-si.com
Circle 276

Inductive, heating fuses

Edison fuse line includes J, RK1, and RK5 class fuses to protect motors, transformers, and other inductive and heating loads.

Features & benefits

• Current limiting, fast-acting, and time-delay

• 250 or 600 Vac ratings; UL and CSA approved

• Includes glass and ceramic fuses for fast-acting and time-delay protection of PLC outputs, pilot lights, and control devices

AutomationDirect
Cumming, Ga.
(770) 889-2858
www.automationdirect.com
Circle 277

Finned frame acmotors

RPM ac totally enclosed duty motors with finned frame construction provide increased torque density and more power in a small package.

Features & benefits

• Advanced cooling optimizes heat dissipation and allows motor to deliver more horsepower in less space

• Reduces rotor inertia and provides higher torque-to-inertia ratio for continuous constant torque from base speed down to zero speed

• FL180 has heavy-duty finned aluminum frame; FL210 and FL250 have finned laminated steel frames

• Heavy-duty cast-iron brackets with integral feet and oversized lubricated-for-life double-shielded ball bearings

• NEMA and IEC designs; rated for IP54 and IP55

Reliance Electric
Greenville, S.C.
(864) 297-4800
www.reliance.com
Circle 278

Magnetic linear encoders

E-Series linear magnetic encoders provide measurement and feedback where optical scales don't work or last.

Features & benefits

• Resolution between 0.5 and 200µm/edge

• Self-adhesive, stainless steel-backed magnetic tape and magnetostrictive sensor with built-in resolution-enhancing interpolator

• IP67-rated aluminum housing with stainless-steel bottom

• Two adjustable wipers at end of sensor provide light cleaning as sensor moves

Admotec Inc.
Lebanon, N.H.
(603) 448-7000
www.admotec.comCircle 279

Motor controls

IEC motor control line features non-reversing contactors, bimetallic overload relays, and motor protection circuit breakers to work with common connections and accessories.

Features & benefits

• Contactors available from 9 to 80 A; Relays from 9 to 105 A, and breakers to 25 A

• Connection modules between contactor and breaker make assembly and installation easy and fast

• Commoning links distribute power to multiple starter assemblies

• Overload, phase-loss, and short-circuit protection

c3controls
Beaver, Pa.
(724) 775-7926
www.c3controls.com
Circle 280

Washdown motors

Barracuda stainless-steel motors have been expanded to include ratings from fractional to 30 hp.

Features & benefits

• Vacuum-pressure impregnated windings withstand electrical shorts

• Sealed electrical bearings suit high loads; drain holes located every 90° to counter condensation

• Footed and non-footed 3-phase 208-230/460 V and 1-phase 115/230 V models

• Squirrel-cage rotor, sealed bearings, and Class F insulation

Elektrim Motors
Schaumburg, III.
(847) 524-1074
www.toolmex.com
Circle 281

Open-frame XY stage

Positioning stage model KDT 180 - DC is 32 mm high with a 199 mm² footprint.

Features & benefits

• 60-mm travel in each direction with straightness/flatness deviation of 1 µmm

• Preloaded miniature ball screw, coupled to dc motor with rotary encoder is inside each axis

• High-strength anodized aluminum table weighs 2.5 kg and handles loads to 50 N

• Positional accuracy of 5 µm and repeatability of 1 µm; speeds to 10mm/sec and accelerations of 0.1m/sec²

Steinmeyer Inc.
Burlington, Mass.
(781) 273-6220
www.feinmess.de
Circle 282

Severe-duty tables

Precision slide table systems with sealed linear bearings are engineered to carry heavier loads at higher speeds under continuous operation.

Features & benefits

• Long life and low-friction roller bearing pillow blocks; precision linear ball bearings

• Pre-assembled and pre-aligned with matched bearings and shafts

• Ballscrew nut and precision-rolled ballscrew; multiple pitches available

• End supported or fully supported models come with or without ballscrew

Lee Controls Inc.
Piscataway, N.J.
(800) 221-0811
www.linearmotion.com
Circle 283