Motion Control

September 5, 2003

Maxon Precision Motors Unveils EC 90 Motors

Maxon Precision Motors Inc. (Burlingame, CA) introduced its new EC 90 Series of brushless pancake motors, which are electronically commutated, thus enabling...

September 5, 2003

Infranor Offers MSA Series Brushless Motors

Infranor Inc. (Naugatuck, CT) announced the new MSA Series pancake servo motors, which provide 20% more output than the standard MA pancake motors. The new servo motors claim to have one of the highest torque per weight/volume ratios in the servo motor industry. The flat geometry provides high dynamic acceleration with short electrical and mechanical […]

September 3, 2003

UQM Technologies Awarded Generator Contract

UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that it has been awarded a contract from Marathon Engine Systems to develop a generator for its Marathon 5K natural-gas-fueled or propane-fueled engine. A custom-designed, power-dense, efficient, brushless, permanent magnet UQM® generator will be optimally matched to meet the Marathon 5K engine's performance. […]

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Megatone Announces 10/M29/M31 DC Motors

Megatone Electronics Corp. (Taiwan) announced its new permanent-magnet-type dc motors, which are available with 12V, 24V, 90V or 180V voltage. Offering 1,800rpm...

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Shenle Vanstar Intros RS-300 Series Mini DC Motors

Ningbo Shenle Vanstar Electric Co. Ltd. (China) announced the new RS-300 Series of miniature dc motors, with a 9,080rpm rated load speed,...

Automotive Electronics

AMSC Announces Common Stock Offering Plan

American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) announced that it plans to file a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to offer its common stock for sale to the public. The company expects to file the registration statement within the next two weeks. The planned offering replaces the company's previously announced secured debt […]

Rockwell Automation CFO to Leave Company

Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), a global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, announced that Michael Bless, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to leave Rockwell Automation. He will remain with the company until after a new chief financial officer is appointed and after a period during which he […]

NEC Unveils Notebook PC Water-Cooling Module

NEC Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed what it claims is the world's first slim-sized, water-cooling module for notebook personal computers that employs a piezoelectric pump driving method. The water-cooling module is developed by integrating the pump and the tank with the aluminum radiation plate that contains the water circulation channel. Through the design of the […]

Automotive Electronics

August 22, 2003

Ansoft Reports First-Quarter 2003 Results

Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2004 ended July 31, 2003. Revenue for the first quarter totaled $10.7 million, an increase of 15% compared to $9.3 million reported in the previous fiscal year's first quarter. Net loss for the first quarter was $1.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted […]

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Components

August 22, 2003

LEM Components Intros LTSR Current Transducers

LEM USA Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) introduced the LTSR family of current transducers, adding additional functions and improved characteristics to the existing LTS...

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Components

August 21, 2003

Allegro Intos SLA706xM Series Motor Driver ICs

Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced its new family of Sanken, unipolar, microstepping, two-phase, constant-current, motor driver ICs with built-in sequencers. The...

Automotive Electronics

August 19, 2003

Modine Receives Auto Fuel Cell Component Order

Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI) announced that it has received an order from Ballard Power Systems Inc. to supply thermal and water management components in support of Ballard's most advanced automotive fuel cell engines. Beginning this summer, Modine will supply heat transfer and water management components to Ballard for incorporation into fuel cell engines being […]

August 19, 2003

IXYS Presents Q2-Class HiPerFET Family

IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced its new family of Q2-Class HiPerFETs, which utilizes IXYS' second-generation HiPerFET™ process technology that reduces gate charge and internal gate resistance substantially over competition, enabling reduced gate drive and higher switching frequencies. The MOSFETs are suitable for […]

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