Robotics

How e-mobility will change our world
The new issue of driven is out! It's a silent revolution. However, it can't be stopped: People are increasingly using electrical power for personal transportation and for moving goods, creating new requirements for drive technology.

Latest MapleSim Release Makes Difficult Modeling Tasks Easier
Maplesoft today announced a major new release of MapleSim, an advanced system-level modeling tool that enables innovation and reduces development risk, allowing engineering organizations to create better products, faster. The latest release provid...

Maplesoft Makes Model Based Systems Engineering Accessible to More Engineers with New MapleMBSE
MapleMBSE is a new product from Maplesoft that provides engineers with greater accessibility to model-based systems engineering tools, helping them create, maintain, validate requirements efficiently, with fewer errors 

Designing an Industrial Pick-and-Place Robot
A leading provider of packaging machines was experiencing repeated motor failures with their pick-and-place robots, facing substantial replacement costs on a regular basis. The company chose Maplesoft to develop a high-fidelity parameterized model...

Latest MapleSim Release Improves Engineering Design Productivity
Maplesoft today announced a major new release of MapleSim™, an advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform used by engineers to reduce development time and gain insight into system behavior. The latest release provides tools that increa...

IIoT for HMIs: Maple Systems Launches Easy EasyAccess 2.0
Enjoy secure remote access to Maple HMIs from anywhere in the world.

EPOS4 position controller
Compact power for your motion control application. The EPOS4 position controllers are suitable for efficient and dynamic control of brushed DC motors and brushless BLDC motors (EC motors) with Hall sensors and encoders up to 750 W continuous power...

Lapp Debuts New Cable and Cable Gland at IMTS
The Lapp Group will be debuting its new SKINTOP Hygienic stainless steel cable gland and ÖLFLEX® VFD 2XL symmetrical motor and drive cable at this year’s IMTS show. Lapp’s SKINTOP Hygienic stainless steel cable gland features FDA-appr...

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Visit Lapp’s Booth at Hanover Trade Fair
The Lapp Group today received a visit from President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the company's 2016 Hannover Messe trade fair booth. President Obama and Chancellor Merkel learned about the latest technology innovations from L...

Temperature Resistant Silicone & Cross Linked Cables
The Lapp Group is now offering a series of cables for extreme environments such as high and low temperatures, aggressive substances and areas with space and weight issues. Ideal applications include food and beverage machines, industrial ovens, s...

MapleSim used to speed up development of high-fidelity robotic manipulator models
ABB's Robotics business unit evaluated MapleSim, the high-performance modeling and simulation platform from Maplesoft, to develop high-fidelity manipulator models that included flexible joints, gears, and dynamic friction, and to determine the ease wit...

Ultra Motion B2 Linear Actuators Used in Test Flight for Mars Landing Technology
Video of Ultra Motion B2 Linear Actuators Used in Test Flight for Mars Landing Technology

ESCON Module 24/2 Servo Motor Controller
A miniature controller with maximum functionality.

More versions, more power - The new DCX motors and GPX gearboxes
New additions to the maxon family of X drives

Alpha Wire Expands EcoCable® Line with 300 V EcoCable® Mini
New EcoCable Mini is Alpha Wire's smallest and lightest 300 V cable ever

Alpha Wire Announces Expanded Inventory on VFD Cable
Cut-to-Length and Same Day Delivery Remain Unchanged

maxon motor takes part in chase to catch up with a comet
Rosetta mission

Alpha Wire Expands FIT® Heat-Shrink Tubing Line
FIT-221L LSZH halogen-free tubing and FIT-FILL adhesives give users more choice

Examples of Applications That Use Nabtesco Gearboxes
Precision Reaches a New Level. Nabtesco's high performance reduction gears and servo actuators are widely used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, industrial robots, machine tools and factory automation.

The Design That Makes our Gearboxes a Worldwide Success
Nabtesco's Cycloidal Gear technology is the far superior choice when compared to traditional planetary and cam indexing devices.

EC-4pole 32 HD with Planetary Gearhead
This 480 W motor can withstand 200 °C, 1000 G, -5000 m and 1700 bar.

Underwater Linear Actuators

High Precision Metric Ball Screws

Series B1: Small, Lightweight, but still Powerful Linear Actuator

Alpha Wire Master Catalog Now Available for PC, Mobile Devices
Digital Literature App lets you take the latest Alpha Wire products on the go

Alpha Wire Extends EcoCable® Product Line into 26 and 28 AWG

Introducing the new 4 mm micro motor and gearhead
maxon motor was challenged to deliver maximum power in the smallest possible space and the result is the EC 4 brushless motor.