Gearmotor. The M4000 GIL200 series permanent magnet DC parallel shaft gearmotor is rated to 300 in-lbs with speeds up to 350 rpm and voltages ranging from 12 to 180 VDC. It features TENV design, reversibility and hardened steel gears.
RAE Corp, McHenry, IL. www.rsleads.com/204df-215
Stepper motor controller. The compact MCB-4B integrated stepping motor controller/driver board controls up to 4 stepping motors with mini-step capability. Each axis is addressable.
Advanced Control Systems Corp, Hingham, MA. www.rsleads.com/204df-216
Brushless servoamplifiers. SS100 and SS200 SimpleServo digital brushless amplifiers range from 80 to 320 VDC and 115 VAC/230 VAC, with peak currents ranging from 4 to 24A. They can drive linear or rotary brushless motors with encoder feedback. The SS100 accepts ±10V analog for controlling torque and velocity, whereas the SS200 also offers Step-and-Direction for position control in a small amplifier size.
Advanced Digital Inc, Camarillo, CA. www.rsleads.com/204df-217
Encoder interface ICs. The LS7183 and LS7184 CMOS silicon gate quadrature clock converters change A, B quad-rature pulses from incremental encoders to counter control signals. The ICs are offered in 8-pin DIP and SOIC packages.
LSI Computer Systems Inc, Melville, NY. www.rsleads.com/204df-218
Helical bevel gears. Offering up to 61% increased gear capacity, the redesigned 90.1 series of helical gear products features various sizes and configurations to fit customer needs. Gear ratios range from 8.04:1 to over 300,000:1.
NORD Gear Corp, Waunakee, WI. www.rsleads.com/204df-219
Screw actuators. The Compac 300 and 1000 series screw actuators include 72 compact models with stroke lengths ranging from 4- to 24-in. Custom designs up to a 48-in. stroke are also available. Compac 300 models withstand 1000 lb static load, moving loads up to 300 lbs, whereas the Compac 1000 models withstand 5,000-lb static load and move loads up to 1000 lbs. Various motors and gear ratios are offered.
Burr Engineering & Development Corp, Battle Creek, MI.
www.rsleads.com/204df-220
Rotary torque sensors. Featuring non-contact infrared digital signal transmission, Model 01279 torque sensor elimi-nates the maintenance and wear problems of conventional slip rings. A high level analog output represents the torque load.
Sensor Developments Inc, Orion, MI. www.rsleads.com/204df-221
Gearheads and actuators. The PS series of gearheads and actuators features zero-backlash, high torque, high-quality housings and high-load output bearings. Positional accuracy is less than 1arc-minute.
Harmonic Drive Technologies, Peabody, MA. www.rsleads.com/204df-222
Right-angle gearmotors & reducers. This company has expanded its line of planetary reducers to include AC and DC right angle planetary gearmotors as well as stand-alone right angle reducers. They feature a “floating” sungear de-sign, which provides true involute action that reduces internal gear slippage, resulting in fewer broken teeth. Efficiency ranges are approximately 95% for the right angle gear component.
Groschopp, Sioux Center, IA. www.rsleads.com/204df-223
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Developers’ kit.
DK consists of a PCI motion control board with a Pilot or Navigator chipset, appropriate cables, manuals and a CD-ROM with the company’s C-Motion library and Pro-Motion graphical interface.
Performance Motion Devices Inc, Lexington, MA. www.rsleads.com/204df-225
Brushless DC motor. Requiring less space and offering higher operating efficiency than conventional conveyor belt drive systems, the Micro-Motor 24 VDC brushless gearmotor features a compact right angle design that fits into a 2¾-in. conveyor with only an inch of external clearance. A driver card controls and activates the motor, allowing conveyor speed and travel direction changes to be customized.
Sparks Automated Solutions, Grand Rapids, MI. www.rsleads.com/204df-226
Stepper IC. The FAN82000 2-channel drive IC is suitable for 2-phase stepping motor drive system applications,
including cameras (PC and digital), disk drives, thermal printers and motion controllers.
Fairchild Semiconductor International, San Jose, CA.
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Brakes. At 1.63-in. height and 2.44-in. dia., Model XT-58B offers a holding torque of 60 in.lbs, about 1/3 the size of standard power-off brakes. A proprietary friction material demonstrates cf between 0.75 and 0.95, and withstands ex-treme environments.
Electroid Co, Springfield, NJ. www.rsleads.com/204df-228
Induction motor. The BH series high-power induction motor features a right angle gearhead, in addition to round-shaft and parallel-shaft gearhead configurations. The right angle gearhead is available in ten gear ratios, ranging from 6:1 to 180:1. Running torques range from 26 lb-in. at 300 rpm to 531 lb-in. at 10 rpm. The gearmotor is 4.09-in. square by 12.36-in. long. A power-off electromagnetic brake is also available.
Oriental Motor USA Corp, Torrance, CA. www.rsleads.com/204df-229
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Gearmotor. The M4000 GIL200 series permanent magnet DC parallel shaft gearmotor is rated to 300 in-lbs with speeds up to 350 rpm and voltages ranging from 12 to 180 VDC. It features TENV design, reversibility and hardened steel gears.
RAE Corp, McHenry, IL. 
Stepper motor controller. The compact MCB-4B integrated stepping motor controller/driver board controls up to 4 stepping motors with mini-step capability. Each axis is addressable.
Advanced Control Systems Corp, Hingham, MA. 
Brushless servoamplifiers. SS100 and SS200 SimpleServo digital brushless amplifiers range from 80 to 320 VDC and 115 VAC/230 VAC, with peak currents ranging from 4 to 24A. They can drive linear or rotary brushless motors with encoder feedback. The SS100 accepts ±10V analog for controlling torque and velocity, whereas the SS200 also offers Step-and-Direction for position control in a small amplifier size.
Advanced Digital Inc, Camarillo, CA. 
Encoder interface ICs. The LS7183 and LS7184 CMOS silicon gate quadrature clock converters change A, B quad-rature pulses from incremental encoders to counter control signals. The ICs are offered in 8-pin DIP and SOIC packages.
LSI Computer Systems Inc, Melville, NY. 
Helical bevel gears. Offering up to 61% increased gear capacity, the redesigned 90.1 series of helical gear products features various sizes and configurations to fit customer needs. Gear ratios range from 8.04:1 to over 300,000:1.
NORD Gear Corp, Waunakee, WI. 
Screw actuators. The Compac 300 and 1000 series screw actuators include 72 compact models with stroke lengths ranging from 4- to 24-in. Custom designs up to a 48-in. stroke are also available. Compac 300 models withstand 1000 lb static load, moving loads up to 300 lbs, whereas the Compac 1000 models withstand 5,000-lb static load and move loads up to 1000 lbs. Various motors and gear ratios are offered.
Burr Engineering & Development Corp, Battle Creek, MI.
Rotary torque sensors. Featuring non-contact infrared digital signal transmission, Model 01279 torque sensor elimi-nates the maintenance and wear problems of conventional slip rings. A high level analog output represents the torque load.
Sensor Developments Inc, Orion, MI. 
Gearheads and actuators. The PS series of gearheads and actuators features zero-backlash, high torque, high-quality housings and high-load output bearings. Positional accuracy is less than 1arc-minute.
Harmonic Drive Technologies, Peabody, MA. 
Right-angle gearmotors & reducers. This company has expanded its line of planetary reducers to include AC and DC right angle planetary gearmotors as well as stand-alone right angle reducers. They feature a “floating” sungear de-sign, which provides true involute action that reduces internal gear slippage, resulting in fewer broken teeth. Efficiency ranges are approximately 95% for the right angle gear component.
Groschopp, Sioux Center, IA. 
Linear displacement. As an alternative to proximity switches, magnetostrictive EZ-Track line of linear displacement transducers (LDTs) achieves an accuracy of ±0.1% and repeatability of ±0.1% along a full stroke.
Turck Inc, Minneapolis, MN. 
Developers’ kit.
DK consists of a PCI motion control board with a Pilot or Navigator chipset, appropriate cables, manuals and a CD-ROM with the company’s C-Motion library and Pro-Motion graphical interface.
Performance Motion Devices Inc, Lexington, MA. 
Brushless DC motor. Requiring less space and offering higher operating efficiency than conventional conveyor belt drive systems, the Micro-Motor 24 VDC brushless gearmotor features a compact right angle design that fits into a 2¾-in. conveyor with only an inch of external clearance. A driver card controls and activates the motor, allowing conveyor speed and travel direction changes to be customized.
Sparks Automated Solutions, Grand Rapids, MI. 
Stepper IC. The FAN82000 2-channel drive IC is suitable for 2-phase stepping motor drive system applications,
including cameras (PC and digital), disk drives, thermal printers and motion controllers.
Fairchild Semiconductor International, San Jose, CA.
Brakes. At 1.63-in. height and 2.44-in. dia., Model XT-58B offers a holding torque of 60 in.lbs, about 1/3 the size of standard power-off brakes. A proprietary friction material demonstrates cf between 0.75 and 0.95, and withstands ex-treme environments.
Electroid Co, Springfield, NJ. 
Induction motor. The BH series high-power induction motor features a right angle gearhead, in addition to round-shaft and parallel-shaft gearhead configurations. The right angle gearhead is available in ten gear ratios, ranging from 6:1 to 180:1. Running torques range from 26 lb-in. at 300 rpm to 531 lb-in. at 10 rpm. The gearmotor is 4.09-in. square by 12.36-in. long. A power-off electromagnetic brake is also available.
Oriental Motor USA Corp, Torrance, CA.