Thomson Airpax Mechatronics Announces New 98mm Series of Brushless DC Motors

Thomson Airpax Mechatronics (Cheshire, CT) announced a new 98mm series of brushless dc motors that they claim is 30 percent more efficient and 33 percent smaller than industry-standard devices. They feature a three-phase MOSFET PWM drive with surface-mounted components.

Available in 26W and 35W outputs with motor lengths of 43.5mm and 48.0mm, these brushless motors have peak power capability up to 100W and encoder pulses per revolution of 50. Their operating speed is 100RPM up to 3,000RPM, without dynamic balancing, or up to 8,000RMP, with dynamic balancing.

Thomson claims that the combination of design features results in 20 percent lower overall power usage than other brushless dc motors and external controllers of equivalent size. Other benefits claimed are 75 percent peak efficiency, typical EMI levels of 30dba, and a cooler operating temperature.

The new brushless dc motors are suitable for use in copiers, printers, medical pumps, packaging, web process control, industrial automation, mail sorting/handling, and x-y tables. Samples are available from stock.