New Motion brings you our newest and latest featured products, trainings and technical tips. This month in New Motion from Oriental Motor:

Upcoming Training:
January 24, 2012
Motorized Linear Actuators

To register please e-mail your name, phone and the course you wish
to join to: customertraining@orientalmotor.com

• Stepping Motors - RK Series
• Servo Motors - NX Series
• Brushless Motors - BLH Series
• AC Motors - V Series with ES Controllers

• Linear Actuators - EZC II Series
• Cooling Fans - MDE Series
• Forum Question - 2-Axis with Absolute Mode

For more information, contact us at 1-800-GO-VEXTA or email us at techsupport@orientalmotor.com

Offering a 0.72° basic step angle, the RK Series represents high performance with exceptional value. The RK series, with its geared and encoder options standard with one part number, allows for decreased noise and vibration in traditional stepping motor applications while bridging into applications previously not considered for stepping motors. The RK Series offers the standard type motor, IP65 rated motor type, Harmonic, Planetary and Taper Hobbed geared stepping motors in many standard frames sizes.
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The NX Series features a high strength planetary geared motor in a standard unit package. All planetary geared motors come pre-assembled saving assembly time, increasing reliability and being a unit package, cables included, with short lead time, makes ordering the NX Series simple and easy. Click here for more information.

Slim, High-Power Motor 24 VDC Board Level Driver 100 ~ 3000 r/min Up to 100 W (300 lb-in)

Other Brushless Motor solutions starting at: $263.00

The BLH Series combines a slim, high-power brushless motor with a compact, board-type driver with a full range of functions. Available in different outputs powers from 15 to 100 W (1/50 to 1/8 HP) along with two pre-assembled gear head types, parallel shaft or our space saving hollow shaft flat gearhead, the BLH series provides space savings with simplicity for many types of applications. Click here to learn more.

The V-Series with ES01 speed controllers are now more affordable. Get "twice the torque", long life and low noise with the V-Series AC motors along with simple speed control, acceleration / deceleration function with the ES01 or ES02 speed controllers. If a simple, AC Motor speed control system is required, this is the solution to consider. Click here to learn more.

The EZC II series is a space saving ball screw system ideal for high speed positioning of large transportable masses or applications where the load is pushed or pulled. The EZC II Series motorized cylinder employs a closed loop stepping motor and controller system for tuning-free, closed loop operation. Click here to learn more.

The MDE Series long life fans have a 100,000-hour life expectancy lowering maintenance costs and reducing downtime. They feature built-in alarms that detect and signal fan rotation abnormalities or stoppages. The MDE Series is also available with a finger guard and mounting screws in one easy to order Fan Kit package. Click here to learn more.

Oriental Motor's Engineering Team is just a click away. Send your motion control questions to Oriental Motor's engineers and we'll publish their response on our Motion Control Forum.

Below is this month's "Question of the Month"
2-Axis with Absolute Mode

Q: I am designing a printing component for a packaging machine that processes a variety of parts. The size and material of the parts vary. The printing component consists of an actuator to move a print head vertically, and a motor to index parts. After the motor indexes the part to the desired position, the actuator moves the printer head down with fast speed to a pre-programmed position, and slow down to apply a push force to print on the parts. Absolute position feedback is required for both the actuator and the motor to avoid discarding of products due to initializing operations after power loss or emergency stop. Single phase AC 110 V input power is preferred.

Other requirements for the actuator:
1) It needs to be equipped with a load holding brake for safety when power is lost or in case of emergency stop
2) It is capable of a linked motion with two speeds
3) Maximum mass 10 Lb (4.5 kg), maximum speed 20 in/sec (508 mm/sec) and maximum stroke 10” (254 mm), push force up to 10 Lb (44.5 N)
4) 2 Nm pitching moment load due to the off-set mounting of the printer head
5) It needs to fit in a foot print less than 2.5” X 2.5”
6) It needs to control a push force depending on the product type
7) It needs feedback signals to confirm the motion was completed

Other requirements for the index motor;
1) It needs to be rated for continuous duty
2) Torque 10 Lb-in (1.1 Nm), speed 600 rpm
3) It needs feedback signals to confirm the motion was completed

A: For the vertical actuator, our EZA4D030M-A motorized cylinder system may be a good fit for this application. This actuator is equipped with an electromagnetic brake that holds the load in its position when power is lost or when there’s an emergency stop condition. An optional battery pack is available for using the controller in absolute mode. With the battery, the controller can retain the position data for approximately 15 days. The actuator controller also has a function to link multiple motions in the same direction. The last motion of the linked motion data can specify a push force. The EZA motorized cylinder is also unique in its structure. Unlike conventional electrical cylinders, our EZA series has a built-in linear guide that supports the pitching, yawing and rolling moment loads without an external support guide. We use a rectangular design for the rod of the actuator. This design eliminates the need for an external guide or an anti-rotation mechanism which would be required for conventional electrical cylinders. Therefore, it allows a compact design of the system. This EZA series also offers very useful outputs. The T-UP output will be ON when it reaches the preset push-force, and the AREA output will be ON when the position reached its designated position. If you combine these outputs with a master controller (PLC), you can verify if the intended motion was made successfully before moving onto the next operation. Please see the link below for product details.

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