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Automotive Electronics
Unique Mobility Receives Order From PEI
Unique Mobility Inc. (UQM, Golden, Co) announced that it has received a follow-on $450,000 order from PEI Electronics Inc. (Huntsville, AL) for additional units of advanced electric motors, motor controllers and generators. PEI will use the UQM components to deploy additional hybrid-electric vehicles. These vehicles will include a new application for hybrid electric "trouble trucks," […]
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Automotive Electronics
Enova To Provide Power for TH!NK EV
Enova Systems (Torrance, CA), confirmed that it will provide powertrain components to Ecostar Electric Drive Systems (Dearborn, MI) for the TH!NK city electric vehicle when it is redesigned and launched for global markets in 2001. Ecostar was formed in 1998 and is part of the fuel cell alliance between Ford Motor Company, Ballard Power Systems […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Welcomes Dr. Wilson to Board of Directors
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) has announced that Dr. Gerald Wilson has agreed to serve on SatCon's board of directors.Dr. Wilson is the chairman of the science advisory boards of General Motors (Detroit) and Pratt and Whitney (East Hartford, CT) and a member of the science advisory board for Cummins Engine (Columbus, IN).
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Motion Control
Kollmorgen Announces Release of the Platinum DDL Servomotor
Kollmorgen Corp. (Radford, VA) has announced the release of its new high-resolution sine encoder option for the Kollmorgen Platinum DDL (Direct Drive Linear) frameless permanent magnet brushless servomotor. Typical applications are inspection, pick-and-place machines, and gantry systems. The new sine encoder provides position information to the drive in the form of analog sine/cosine signals. The […]
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Motion Control
Kollmorgen Introduces New Goldline DDR Brushless Servomotor
Kollmorgen Corp. (Radford, VA) announced the release of its new high-resolution sine encoder option for the Kollmorgen Goldline DDR (Direct Drive Rotary) brushless servomotor. Typical applications are rotary tables, indexing assembly machines and film coating. A direct drive motor is a new alternative for industrial motion-control applications that require high torque, flat profile and maintenance-free […]
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Motion Control
Kollmorgen Debuts the GOLDLINE XT Brushless Servomotor
Kollmorgen Corp. (Radford, VA) announced the release of its new high-resolution sine encoder option for the Kollmorgen GOLDLINE XT brushless servomotor. The motor offers high torque density, a proprietary interior magnet design that delivers low cogging and a next-generation motor design. Typical applications are high-speed registration, film coating and web control. The sine encoder on […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Texas Instruments Repors Second Quarter Financial Results
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its second-quarter 2000 financial results. Results show that the company's revenue increased 7 percent sequentially in the second quarter, and 19 percent over the same period in 1999. Semiconductor revenue increased 22 percent, compared with a year ago and 6 percent sequentially, despite the absence of an $85.0 […]
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Motion Control
American Superconductor and Rockwell Announce Successful Operation of HTS Motor
American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) and Rockwell Automation, an operating unit of Rockwell International Corporation (Milwaukee, WI), announced the successful operation of the world's first 1,000hp high-temperature superconducting (HTS) motor. This new motor was designed to utilize HTS wires instead of copper wires on the rotating shaft of the motor. American Superconductor studies indicate the […]
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Motion Control
Schneider Electric and Toshiba Form Joint Venture
Schneider Electric (France) and Toshiba Corp. (New York) announced they will form a joint venture to develop and produce speed drives up to 630kW for the industrial production and construction markets. The new company, Schneider Toshiba Inverter SAS (France), will be operational in 2001.By joining forces, the companies hope to reduce time to market and […]
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Automotive Electronics
Unique Mobility Awarded DOE Contract to Develop HEV and FCV Motors
Unique Mobility Inc. (UQM, Golden, CO) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 contract from the US Department of Energy to continue development of a modular line of high-performance motors for hybrid-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles under the Small Business Innovation Research Program.The award stems from the successful completion of an initial study and evaluation contract […]
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Automotive Electronics
STMicroelectronics Unveils New STGD3NB60SD IGBT
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Switzerland) unveiled its 3A, 600V IGBT that combines a low on-voltage drop (VCEsat), a low gate charge and an integrated freewheeling diode in a compact DPAK form factor The STGD3NB60SD transistor has a VCEsat of 1.1V at 3A, a total gate charge of 18nC on a double die assembly, and a compact surface-mount […]
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Automotive Electronics
Nissan Diesel Motor Co. Develops Hybrid Natrual Gas Trucks
Nissan Diesel Motor Co. (Tokyo) announced that it has developed hybrid-powered trucks using natural gas and an electric motor, which are expected to meet the stricter emissions standards that take effect in 2005. The news caused Nissan shares to go up. After the announcement, shares were up 27 yen, or 37 percent, at 100 yen. […]
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Automotive Electronics
Unique Mobility Announces Departure of Michael G. Franklin
Unique Mobility Inc. (UQM, Golden, CO) announced that Michael G. Franklin, vice president of electronics manufacturing and president of its Franklin Manufacturing Unit, will be leaving the company in July to pursue other interests. Franklin has also resigned as director of UQM, reducing the size of UQM's Board of Directors to five members.William C. Moffitt, […]
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Automotive Electronics
Delphi Automotive Sponsor in the FutureTruck 2000 Program
Delphi Automotive Systems (Troy, MI) participated as a sponsor in the FutureTruck 2000 program. To achieve a cleaner and efficient transportation, Delphi and FutureTruck are exploring technologies such as fuel cells, advanced diesel management systems, hybrid-electric propulsion systems and advanced materials.
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Motion Control
Precision MicroDynamics Releases New MotionTools v1.2 Software
Precision MicroDynamics Inc. (Victoria, BC) has released their newest software, MotionTools v1.2. This software is a full-featured graphical front-end used for accessing and controlling the company's motion-control cards. MotionTools can run on a local host computer containing a Precision MicroDynamics motion card. It can also be used as a motion-control Internet browser to control servomotors […]
