The recent trend in has been to reduce cost, size and complexity of servo systems while increasing performance. High-end machining has always used the best the industry had to offer, but increasingly ...

In industrial automation, harmonic drive actuators are gradually replacing the traditional configuration of harmonic drive ...

Motion-control architecture appears to be compact and simple. But in reality, the individual servo loops-current, velocity and position-have been traditionally shared between a drive and a separate ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines a servo device as “an adjustable-speed AC power drive system that includes an AC motor integrated by feedback, a converter, and control, ...

Design engineers have long struggled with manual calculations and spreadsheets to properly size servo motors and drives for new machines. A recently launched update of Mitsubishi Electric’s Motorizer ...

This article was updated April 11, 2023. It was originally published March 1, 2000. To help engineers and design teams get all the performance possible from servo systems, here are some of the more ...

This paper presents a new type of crawler guide rail dual drive micro feed servo system based on "crawler type" guide rail. Through the innovative design of the crawler guide rail and the change of ...

Servo motor sizing is the process of selecting the best motor for a servo application. Misconceptions engineers can fall into when selecting a motor include: sizing based on the horsepower rating of ...

This article originally appeared on Heidenhain.us and has been published here with permission. Servo motors are electric motors that let engineers and designers precisely control position, velocity ...

A new pre-assembled interlock lamination system has facilitated the development of a new compact brushless servo motor for the Segway Human Transporter design. The lamination system was developed ...