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stepper motor
- Posted: January 16, 2024
While servo motors are often chosen as a high-performance alternative to stepper motors, their variety and specialized applications are less commonly understood. This article aims to explain the differences between the types of servo motors, enhancing your understanding of when and why to use each type...
- Posted: October 05, 2023
A Step Motor is a motor with windings in the stator and permanent magnets attached to the rotor. It provides fixed mechanical increments of motion; these increments are referred to as steps and are generally specified in degrees...
Categories: Automation 101 - Posted: September 28, 2023
What makes a bus based Motion Controller deterministic? What are the three types of Step Motors? What is the difference between an Absolute Encoder and a Resolver? These questions (and many more) are quickly answered Motion Control Technology Primer...
Categories: Automation 101 - Posted: May 10, 2023
In this whitepaper, we will compare servo systems and stepper systems, which are commonly used in motion control applications. We will discuss the differences between them, their advantages and disadvantages, the industries/applications where each excels, and a brief historical timeline of each...
- Posted: December 14, 2022
The choice between a servo and stepper motor is an important decision in any system design. In general, the higher the performance requirement (high precision, variable load, high duty cycle, high torque vs. speed) the more likely a servo will be the choice.
Categories: Whitepapers - Posted: November 24, 2015
New 4 minute YouTube Video
Can my step motor get hot enough to cook an egg? In this segment of The Why? Series, Bob White, Manager, Training and Digital Marketing at Kollmorgen, explains why a typical step motor may get hot. Learn why a step motor will heat up, and what can be done to reduce this heating…unless of course, you are looking to cook an egg!
Click on the link below to view this 4 minute YouTube Video.
Tags: Step Motor, Stepper Motor, Kollmorgen, Electromate
- Posted: February 26, 2014
This White Paper, from Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, discusses the technology behind stepper motor linear actuators, what makes them different, and concludes with a detailed example illustrating how they should be sized to move a given load. ...
Categories: Automation 101 - Posted: January 27, 2014
Q. How hot can we run a step motor without damaging it?
A. The temperature range of our motors is -20 degrees C to +150 degrees C.
Q. Can I get a step resolution smaller than 1.8″?
A. All of our motors are a standard 1.8″ in full-stepping. You can change the size of the step by purchasing drives that either have half-stepping or microstepping capabilities.
Q. How does a step motor work?
A. A step motor has two primary pieces, the rotor and stator. The stator is made out of coils of wire called the windings and the housing. The rotor is a magnet with teeth which rotates on bearings inside the stator. When current is passed through the stator windings, it produces a magnetic force that holds the rotor in a locked position, the amount of torque needed to exceed this force is called the holding torque. As current is switched in the windings, the motor takes “steps” or small movements in one direction. This movement is...Categories: Technical Support - Posted: September 11, 2012
Experts pretty much agree that motor torque is proportional to motor current and motor speed is proportional to drive supply voltage, but do you know when this might not be true? This paper reviews the performance of constant current stepper drive across the motor speed range and the impact of the motor’s inductance, back-EMF and supply voltage on both low speed and high speed operation.Download Now
This Free Resource White Paper is provided by Machine Design and ElectroCraft.
More information on the Hybrid Stepper Motors from Electromate can be viewed at
https://www.electromate.com/products/?c=Stepper+Motors...Categories: Technical Support - Posted: August 21, 2012
This webinar will review some of the basic parameters necessary to properly select and apply stepper motor technology to motion applications. ...
Categories: Product Videos & Webinars