A tiny drive developed for medical standards has a big impact for animatronics and other applications.

Maxon’s new brushless two-watt dc motor offers continuous current up to 0.95 mNm. It also has a nominal speed up to 80,000 rpm and an efficiency rating of 70%.

The motor is available with or without Hall sensors and with 6 V, 12 V, and 24 V windings. It can be combined with the planetary gear head GP 8A. 1-quadrant amplifiers serve as controllers; the DEC 24/1, directly connected via flexprint and the DEC Module 24/2, a miniature plug-in module.

This motor was produced according to the most rigid Medical Standard ISO 13485 and is ideal for a variety of applications such as animatronics, sampling robotics, portable analyzers, metering systems, and instrumentation, and inspection robots.

There are many other applications that would be appropriate for 8mm motors. Engineers from the company are available to discuss applications and direct designers to the proper motor combination.

Maxon makes CAD components of the company’s motor products available for download, to shorten design times. Free downloads are now available on 2D and 3D data. Detailed information and technical drawings of Maxon’s DC brush and brushless motors, sensors, gearheads, brakes, and control electronics are vailable online.

A multi-CAD capability ensures compatibility with all standard CAD systems: SolidWorks, Catia, Pro/Engineer, Inventor, Solid Edge, TopSolid, thinkdesign, Unigraphics, Alibre Design, Acis, STEP, IGES, DWG, DXF.


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