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Linear Motors Archive

Get the latest product news, technical info, and FAQs about linear motors.

New linear motor features low profile, high speed

December 8, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The direct-drive Linear Servo Slide system from IntelLiDrives is a linear motor solution that eliminates wear, friction, backlash and compliances associated with mechanical transmissions, such as ball and lead screws, rack & pinion, belts, and gearboxes. The Linear Motor Forcer features non-contact design and low cogging for fast and accurate positioning. A carriage support double […]

Filed Under: Featured, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: intellidrives

Highly dynamic AL8000 linear motors provide flexible, modular design

October 30, 2020 By Kelsey Zebrowski Leave a Comment

Backed by its wealth of expertise in the development of rotary servomotors, Beckhoff has added an innovative product to its portfolio in the area of drive technology. The AL8000 series, a new generation of high‐performance and modular linear motors, was developed in cooperation with Fertig Motors, the dynamically growing Beckhoff subsidiary. The new AL8000 product […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: beckhoff

New linear motor stages for high load and precision industrial applications and EtherCat motion controllers from PI

August 14, 2020 By Kelsey Zebrowski Leave a Comment

PI’s V-817 linear stage series with ironless 3-phase linear motors is well suited for precision automation applications such as sensor and camera positioning, laser welding, optical and tactile testing, and wafer processing and inspection. PI introduces a new motion controller and precision linear stage family geared towards precision industrial automation applications. The V-817 linear stages, […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: pi

Hexapods precisely jostle cameras during image-stabilization testing

August 13, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

The six-axis parallel-kinematics systems known as hexapods excel in motion simulation and testing of mechanical and drive systems, multi-dimensional position sensors, and (the focus of this article) image-stabilization designs for cameras and video equipment. By Doris Knauer • Project Manager — Industrial Automation | Physik Instrumente (PI) Modern camera systems are capable of astounding feats, […]

Filed Under: Applications, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear motors, Mini + piezo + voice coil, Stages + gantries Tagged With: physikinstrumente

Tubular linear motors from ANCA Motion offer drop-in replacement for ball screw systems

August 12, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Like other tubular linear motors, ANCA Motion’s LinX M-Series is designed to be close in form to ball screw systems, offering easy substitution for those who want to make the change. Both cylindrical linear motors and flatbed linear motors have superior accuracy and repeatability compared to ball-screw options. A tubular linear motor is also a […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor

Magnetically preloaded single-axis linear stepper motors from H2W

June 25, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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H2W Technologies’ single axis linear stepper motors are suitable for high-speed open-loop positioning applications. They can perform at speeds of up to 80 in./sec [2 m/sec] and strokes of up to 68 in. [1.7 m]. Linear stepper motors are capable of precise position, velocity, and acceleration control when coupled with a micro-stepping drive and indexer. […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor

New 20-mm linear stepper motors from Nippon Pulse

June 3, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Nippon Pulse has introduced its smallest linear stepper motor yet, the PFL20 Linearstep. The PFL20 is a highly efficient, high thrust tin-can linear actuator with a 20-mm diameter and a bipolar winding. The PFL20 is RoHS-compliant, has a 30/60 mm effective stroke, and can reach 6 N of force at 200 pps. With 24 steps […]

Filed Under: Featured, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor

AutomationDirect adds linear position potentiometers and accessories

April 9, 2020 By Heather Hall Leave a Comment

GEFRAN linear potentiometers and accessories are now available from AutomationDirect. Linear potentiometers are used to detect position and linear direction movement. A sliding contact moves along a linear resistive element acting as a variable resistor. The proportional change in resistance indicates the position and provides a distance measurement signal. A signal conditioner can be used […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: automationdirect

Linear shaft motors see increased force capabilities thanks to advances in magnets

March 20, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

By Paul Denman • Applications engineer and business development • Nippon Pulse America Today most linear-motion designs execute their strokes with actuators based on stepper motors or brushless dc (BLDC) servo motors. Such designs have an inherent complexity due to the fact that the motors and its gearing and encoder must essentially hang off the […]

Filed Under: Applications, Industry news, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear motors Tagged With: nipponpulse

New generation of linear motor stages from Yaskawa

October 22, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has added the Sigma Trac II series linear servo motor stages to the Sigma-7 servo family. Sigma Trac II combines a Yaskawa SGLF2 series linear motor with linear bearings, high-resolution absolute optical scale, cable management, and optional bellows to create a turnkey linear stage. Leveraging the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor, linear stage

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