Flux Battery Motor Wins the Renowned Red Dot Award

Parker Hannifin is launching a new network of Certified Mobile Electrification Centers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to accelerate the transition to low-carbon mobile equipment operations.

Interact Analysis has been covering the motor and drive space since its inception. Within the AC motor and drive market, low voltage is commonly understood as being less than 690V. During last year’s edition of our annual low voltage AC motor drive market research, we noticed a common term being mentioned – “Ultra Low Voltage”.

TECHINDIA is a leading Business Exhibition on Engineering and Manufacturing. The 11th edition scheduled during 1-3 September 2023, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai (India) will showcase the exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in the complete product segment of “Pumps, Valves & Compressors”, “Gears, Motors & Controls” and “Bearings, Shafts & Couplings” and other allied sectors.

FAULHABER has added another extremely compact Motion Controller without housing to its product range. The new Motion Controller is ideal for integration in equipment manufacturing and medical technology applications. With 36 V and 3 A, it covers the power range up to approx. 100 W and is suitable for DC-motors with encoder, brushless drives or linear motors.

Kollmorgen announced the new P80630-SDN stepper drive. Customers can now benefit from features such as smoothness, precision and torque across the full speed range in a significantly more compact package that enables smaller, lighter, more versatile machines.

Against a backdrop of increasing energy costs, significant savings can be made by upgrading old motors to more efficient modern alternatives. However, simply swapping a motor for a modern equivalent is not always practical or even possible. With this in mind, Thomas Marks, General Manager and Secretary at the Association for Electrical and Mechanical Trades, looks at how a motor’s efficiency can be improved as part of a repair or refurbishment and highlights some things you should consider.