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Axial Flux Brushless DC Motors Explained
From: PortescapDescription: Axial flux and radial flux motors are two different configurations of electric motors, specifically permanent magnet motors, that have distinct arrangements of magnetic fields and winding layouts. The ...
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Streamlining Aerospace and Defense Development with COTS Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Innovation and efficiency are crucial for meeting stringent specifications and demanding environments in the Aerospace and Defense industry. Enter Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) motors, or readily ...
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Reliability Demonstration Testing For Miniature DC Gearmotors
From: PortescapDescription: A DC gearmotor is an assembly of a brushed or brushless DC motor and gearbox that specifically fulfills an application's torque, speed and efficiency requirements. Adding a gearhead to the motor ...
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Miniature Motors Ensure Accurate Medication Delivery in Hospital Settings
From: PortescapDescription: Infusion systems are responsible for delivering the required drug or nutrition both accurately and reliably, making these systems a critical aspect of patient care. The motion solution plays a key ...
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Best Practices for Grounding, Shielding, and Termination
From: Genesis MotionDescription: An understanding of grounding, shielding and interface signaling is critical to the successful installation of servo drives and servo motor systems. This paper reviews the different grounds found in a ...
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Performance Advantages with Active Cooling
From: Genesis MotionDescription: The heat generated during servo motor operation poses significant challenges to system integrators. This paper presents a review of passive motor cooling, the pros and cons of liquid and forced-air ...
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Air Transportation Taken to New Heights with Miniature Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles, propelled by electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) technologies, are transforming the way we perceive urban air travel. These vehicles demand high ...
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Challenges and Guidelines for Motor Drop-In Replacements
From: PortescapDescription: Finding a drop-in replacement motor can be a challenging task and requires extensive knowledge and experience of both the motor and the application. However, with the right collaboration between the ...
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Comparing the Maximum Voltage of Brush DC and BLDC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: The maximum voltage capabilities of brush DC and brushless DC (BLDC) motors are fundamentally different, which is primarily due to each motor technology's specific design and operating principles. In ...
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The Choice Between Servo Motors and Stepper Motors
From: Oriental Motor USADescription: The best motor is the one that meets the application requirements. However, when both servo motors and stepper motors satisfy the basic requirements of a positioning application, it's important to ...
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The Right Motor for Tension Control
From: Oriental Motor USADescription: Tension control is a niche application that is not easy to implement. Using the right type of motor is the first step to success. Hint: you don't always have to use a servo motor. ...
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Troubleshooting Basics: AC Motors
From: Oriental Motor USADescription: AC motors are the workhorses of industrial automation. They're robust, easy to use, and offer a wide product breadth. What do you do if they stop working, and you don't have a spare? ...
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Troubleshooting Basics: Motor Noises
From: Oriental Motor USADescription: Motors exhibit noise. The important thing to know is how you distinguish normal noise from abnormal noise, and how to troubleshoot. ...
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Atherectomy Device Relies on 16ECS BLDC Motor
From: PortescapDescription: Atherectomy devices assist surgeons in critical care of patients with arterial calcium build up. A motor powered, rotating device is guided through the artery and uses a combination of centrifugal ...
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How Micro Motors Help Power Robotic Applications
Description: Robots are intelligent machines used to assist humans by performing repetitive tasks and reducing instances of human error. By automating simple tasks, robots save time and money, allowing human ...
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If Efficiency and Reliability Matter, so do Fan Motor Types
Description: If efficiency and reliability matter, so do fan motor types. Fans are used in several industries and applications to move air for heat transfer, (such as convection cooling and heating), air exchange ...
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Challenges and Opportunities in Miniature Slotted Motor Design
From: PortescapDescription: Slotted BLDC motors enable an increase in the amount of magnetic flux density in the airgap, which results in higher torque generation; this helps improve the motor's dynamics, making this design more ...
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Surgical Applications Aided by Advancements in Motor Technology
From: PortescapDescription: The development of miniature motors has driven innovation in surgical tool design. As smaller and smaller motors become more readily available in the surgical field, design engineers gain the ability ...
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The Effect of PWM Frequency on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Noise
From: PortescapDescription: PWM frequency has a significant impact on the noise generated by permanent magnet synchronous motors. A higher frequency results in smoother and quieter motor operation, with additional benefits like ...
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The Effect of Speed on Stepper Motor Torque Performance
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are generally selected for applications where precise positioning, holding torque, and dynamic torque at low speeds are required. They have also been used to deliver relatively high ...
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Portescap Announces DO-160G Design Capabilities
From: PortescapDescription: Portescap is excited to announce that its standard motors can now be designed to meet the requirements of RTCA DO-160G, an aviation industry standard that outlines environmental test conditions for ...
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How Miniature Electric Motors Power Electric Grippers
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to designing a new gripper solution, electric motors are often preferred over pneumatic motors due to several advantages they offer in terms of performance, efficiency, control, and ...
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Optimizing SWaP in A&D Applications
From: PortescapDescription: Though the Aerospace and Defense industry is constantly evolving, one thing remains the same: the need for more power, higher efficiency, and improved ruggedness in ever-smaller spaces. This is where ...
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A Guide to Stepper Motor Terminology and Parameters
From: PortescapDescription: The operation of stepper motors is less intuitive than the operation of either brush DC or brushless DC motors. As a result, they are often perceived as more difficult to understand and control. ...
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Early Engagement is Critical in Device Development
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to developing a successful device, the role of miniature motors cannot be underestimated. These small yet powerful components are the backbone of many devices, from surgical robotics to ...
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Harnessing Coreless Brush DC Motors for Efficient Blood Clot Removal
From: PortescapDescription: Proper blood flow is essential for good health, so when that blood flow is slowed or blocked by a blood clot, it's not only hazardous - it's potentially fatal. The clot must be removed quickly to ...
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Exploring Permanent Magnet Motors
From: PortescapDescription: As its name would suggest, a permanent magnet motor contains a permanent magnet that is composed of a material that can be magnetized. In a permanent magnet motor, the magnetic field of the rotor or ...
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The Importance of SWaP (Space, Weight, and Power) in Aerospace and Defense Applications
From: PortescapDescription: Though the Aerospace and Defense industry is constantly evolving, one thing remains the same: the need for more power, higher efficiency, and improved ruggedness in ever-smaller spaces. This is where ...
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The Latest Trends in Surgical Power Tools Design
From: PortescapDescription: Let's explore the latest trends in surgical power tools and the qualifications to consider when searching for a motion solutions supplier to partner with when developing a new hand tool. ...
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The Perfect Partners: High-Speed BLDC Motors and Atherectomy Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Optimum Motor Selection for Cardiovascular Applications Series ...
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Absolute Encoder Interfaces for Brushless Motors
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper discusses absolute encoder interfaces commonly used in brushless motor control systems. The concept of encoder latency is presented. SSI, BiSS-C®, DRIVE-CliQ and several versions of ...
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Benefits of Direct Drive Motors
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note describes concepts of geared and direct drive motors. Inertia ratio and gear equations are provided. Geared motor challenges are discussed and the solution to those challenges, ...
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Frameless Motor Advantages
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note reviews mechanical resonance issues associated with inertial loads driven by framed motors via compliant couplings and frameless motor advantages. The mechanical system is modeled, ...
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How to Calculate Torque - Peak and Continuous
From: Genesis MotionDescription: The basic methodology is to calculate the individual torques required for all segments of a motion profile. The largest of the individual torque values is the Peak Torque. Each torque value is ...
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Impact of Thermal Limits on Motor Performance
From: Genesis MotionDescription: For semiconductor equipment, motors are essential components, and are used in various systems such as indexing (theta) tables and wafer-handling robots. Motor torque is extremely important, but to get ...
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Machine Functional Safety - PL and SIL Ratings
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper reviews the concept of Functional Safety as it relates to machinery. The design steps for a safe machine are outlined and the methodology for determining appropriate PL/SIL safety ratings ...
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Motor Inductance & PWM Frequency
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper discusses the effect of servo drive Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) frequency on heat generating current ripple in a permanent magnet motor. The basic idea of PWM is introduced and the RL ...
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Optimal Motor Sizing
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note describes optimal motor sizing process for a servo motor. A motor model is provided, and thermal issues are discussed. Torque speed curves and typical load torques are reviewed. ...
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Servomotor Power Supply Sizing
From: Genesis MotionDescription: Correctly sizing a servomotor and drive power supply is critical to optimizing system cost. Power supply capacity is important in battery-powered mobile applications. To size servo drive power ...
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What are Resolution, Accuracy & Repeatability
From: Genesis MotionDescription: Understanding resolution, accuracy and repeatability is critical to specifying a position sensor. This paper defines these terms and discusses how they relate to overall system performance. It is ...
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Beyond the Purchase: How to get the most from your variable frequency drive
Description: For machine control and other applications, controlling motor speed with variable frequency drives can save energy, but it's not as easy as just adding a VFD. What else needs to be considered for ...
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30ECT, M-Sense22 Exceed CAS Requirements
From: PortescapDescription: It is critical to accurately control the flight trajectory of a missile so that it reaches the intended target. Based on inputs from the guidance system, actuators precisely adjust the position of ...
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Fuel Metering Valve
From: PortescapDescription: High-performance aircraft require a reliable, accurate, and stable fuel flow to power their engines. A fuel metering valve throttles the appropriate amount of fuel based on the engine power required. ...
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Mechanical Thrombectomy - Clot Removal Device
From: PortescapDescription: A leading manufacturer of mechanical thrombectomy devices needed a high-speed DC motor to power a new device to remove clots in the brain. Since brain clots can be fatal, motor precision and ...
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Medical Infusion Devices Benefit from Worm-Wheel Drive Gearing Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: Gearboxes are miniature motor accessories that are critical to a number of applications and industries, given their ability to either increase torque or reduce speed. Here we explore how worm gears ...
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Missile Fin Control Actuation System (CAS)
From: PortescapDescription: It is critical to accurately control the flight trajectory of a missile so that it reaches the intended target. Based on inputs from the guidance system, actuators precisely adjust the position of ...
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Missile Fin Control Actuation System Considerations
From: PortescapDescription: Based on inputs from a guidance system, a missile fin control actuation system (CAS) is used to precisely position control surfaces such as fins and canards. The guidance system defines the flight ...
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What is a Gearmotor?
From: PortescapDescription: You're probably familiar with a gear and a motor - but are you familiar with a gearmotor? Combining an electric motor and a gearbox, gearmotors play a significant role in various industries, providing ...
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Why You Need to Engage Your Miniature Motor Supplier Early in Device Development
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to developing a successful device, the role of miniature motors cannot be underestimated. These small yet powerful components are the backbone of many devices, from surgical robotics to ...
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16DCT Motor Powers Automated Aircraft Window Shade
From: PortescapDescription: A major airline uses automatic, reliable and simple to operate passenger window shades to darken or block light. The motors that perform this function must adhere to stringent design requirements for ...
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Micro Motors Advance Robotic Surgeries
From: PortescapDescription: Surgical robotics is a rapidly advancing field that is revolutionizing the way surgeries are performed. Robotics offers many advantages over traditional surgical methods, such as enhanced precision, ...
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The Basics of Motor Selection
From: PortescapDescription: A variety of motor manufacturers provide online tools and calculators to assist users in selecting an ideal miniature motor, including our own MotionCompass™, a web-based application designed to ...
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An Overview of Stepper Motor Drivers and Their Types
From: PortescapDescription: A stepper motor is a brushless DC electric motor that turns in steps, with input in the form of programmed energization of the stator windings and output in the form of discrete angular rotation. The ...
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The Advantages of DC Coreless Motors vs. DC Iron Core in Thrombolysis Treatment Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Let's review why DC Coreless motors are a superior selection for this application. ...
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Agricultural Automation Enabled by this Superior Propulsion Solution
Description: Recent demands for sustainability and the reduction of carbon footprints have fueled the trend toward electric vehicles (EVs) for personal, public, recreational and industrial transportation. This ...
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Position Mode of Servo Motor
Description: We know that there are generally four working modes of the servo system. ...
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Miniature BLDC Motors for Flight Control Systems
From: PortescapDescription: Though small in size, brushless DC mini motors serve a variety of critical roles in today's commercial and military aircraft. From delivering active force feedback to the pilot, thus reducing pilot ...
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Exploring Power Density in Micro DC Motors for Surgical Tools
From: PortescapDescription: With the ever-increasing need for precision and miniaturization in surgical tools and medical devices, power density is a critical consideration when selecting miniature DC motors for these ...
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SDP/SI Solves Integration Challenges with Frameless Brushless DC Motors
Description: Invented in 1962, brushless DC (BLDC) motors are now commonly used in multiple applications such as robotics, industrial automation, autonomous ground vehicles and personal transportation devices. ...
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An Overview of Commonly Used Control Techniques for Brushless DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: 3 phase brushless DC motors are popular miniature motors that power a variety of applications, including medical devices, surgical tools, and fans ...
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Brush Selection for Brush DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: DC motor selection criteria ...
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Center Distance Variations Influence Noise in Compound Gearboxes
From: PortescapDescription: Although gearboxes are a well-understood technology, they don't always operate as designed. ...
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Every Infusion Can Now Be Counted - Infusion Flow Meters and Motion Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: As you're searching for your next motion system supplier (or are analyzing your current provider), here are four resolutions we recommend sticking to: ...
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Miniature Motion Technologies Help Improve Heart Health
From: PortescapDescription: how miniature motion technologies work to treat difficult heart conditions. ...
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Miniature Motors Help Bring Medical Diagnostics to the Patient
From: PortescapDescription: Today's healthcare, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries demand faster yet more compact diagnostics equipment that will deliver accurate and repeatable results. Miniature electric motors, along ...
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Motor Selection Basics: Inertia and Power and Torque Requirements
From: PortescapDescription: Let's explore two of the key motor selection factors, inertia matching and torque/power requirements, which will help illustrate the importance of understanding these concepts while simultaneously ...
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Remember Iron Losses During BLDC Motor Selection
From: PortescapDescription: Here are three factors relevant to BLDC motor efficiency and losses and how they play a role in motor design and selection: ...
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Service Robots Prioritize Dynamic Motors and Precise Feedback
From: PortescapDescription: What Mini Motor Will Work Best for My Service Robots? ...
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The Advantages and Applications of Strain Wave Generator Gearings
From: PortescapDescription: Advantages of Strain Wave Generator Gearings ...
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Understand and Measure a Stepper Motor's Pull-Out and Pull-In Torque
From: PortescapDescription: Today's healthcare, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries demand faster yet more compact diagnostics equipment that will deliver accurate and repeatable results. Miniature electric motors, along ...
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White Paper - What is Cogging
From: TecnotionDescription: Cogging force is a phenomenon that is caused by the attraction of the iron lamination stack of the motor to the permanent magnets. The direction of this force is either the same or opposite as the ...
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Calculate the Expected Amount of Friction Force for your Application
From: TecnotionDescription: When designing an application the expected amount of friction is an important specification to consider. Friction directly dictates how much force a motor must overcome to reach the desired motion ...
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Temperature Monitoring and Protection
From: TecnotionDescription: Three ways to protect your linear motors from overheating ...
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Peristaltic Pump Motor Selection Recommendation
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: There are various types of peristaltic pumps, and different applications have different parameters and specifications. The core component is the motor. So how to choose the peristaltic pump motor is a ...
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Exploring Duty Cycle in Miniature DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Selecting a miniature motor for a motion system is rarely straightforward. Not only does every application have its own unique set of requirements, but each motor technology features a variety of ...
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Let's Talk New Year's Resolutions - Miniature Motion Style
From: PortescapDescription: Do you normally create New Year's resolutions for your business? If not, 2023 is an excellent time to start! Not only can resolutions help keep you and your teams aligned regarding the upcoming year's ...
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Miniature Motors Power the Holiday Season
From: PortescapDescription: The holidays are one of the happiest times of the year. From spending quality time with family and friends to enjoying the festive décor, winter activities, and delicious meals, this season is ...
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Torque-Speed Curve Generation in Stepper Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Let's explore the steps for generating dynamic torques. ...
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New Frameless Motor
Description: Frameless motor is the part of the traditional motor used to provide torque and speed, and can be installed directly into the whole system. The system's own bearings will be used to support the rotor. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Fusion Splicer
From: PortescapDescription: A leading manufacturer of fusion splicers needed a cost-effective solution to drive an automatic jacket stripper module. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Gas Diaphragm Pump
From: PortescapDescription: A leading European pump manufacturer required a motor to power a revolutionary micropump for gas flow in medical apparatus, life science applications, and gas detection devices. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Handheld Bladder Scanning Device
From: PortescapDescription: A medical device manufacturer required a compact, efficient motor that would run a battery-powered handheld ultrasound device using available low-voltage and current. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: ICU and Mobile Ventilators
From: PortescapDescription: A large medical device manufacturer asked Portescap to design an electric motor solution for a new mobile, battery-operated ventilator suitable for neonatal, pediatric and adult patients ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Massage Therapy Rollers
From: PortescapDescription: A leading European device manufacturer approached Portescap to develop a selection of motors to power their next generation massage rollers. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Surgical Hand Tool - Arthroscopic Shaver
From: PortescapDescription: A leading surgical tool company required a small gear motor that could power a shaver hand piece used for small joint arthroscopic surgery. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Surgical Hand Tool - Biopsy Device
From: PortescapDescription: A leading medical device manufacturer approached Portescap to replace the existing motor driving the needle mechanism in its biopsy device. ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Surgical Hand Tool - Small Bone And Trauma
From: PortescapDescription: A European medical device manufacturer of small bone power tools approached Portescap to develop a robust motor solution, capable of over 1,600 autoclave cycles, that provided high power in a compact ...
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APPLICATION PROFILE: Torpedo Launcher
From: PortescapDescription: A global provider of aerospace and defense solutions needed a highly customized motor for a projectile deployment system. ...
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Environmental Control Systems Critical to Regulating Aircraft Passenger Environments
From: PortescapDescription: One of the key expectations when on board a passenger or commercial aircraft? Comfortability and safety in the passenger cabin! This is accomplished via Environmental Control System valves, or ECS ...
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Maximizing Green Energy with Solar Panel Cleaning Robot (SPCR) Motion Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: Given the adverse impacts of climate change, increasing carbon emissions, and other global environmental issues, the topic of sustainability has continued to gain heightened priority in the 21st ...
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Regaining Mobility through Bionic Limbs and Power-Dense Motion Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: The loss of mobility can be devastating, but the ability to move can potentially be regained and independence re-established through the use of bionic limbs. ...
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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Excel with Brushless DC Motor Technology
From: PortescapDescription: When the heart is healthy, the heart beats at a normal pace and delivers the right amount of blood. Unfortunately, acute or advanced heart failure can temporarily stop the heart from pumping; this can ...
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Bringing Our Latest Motion Innovations to Life
From: PortescapDescription: The teams at Portescap are constantly in motion, and this is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the launch of our latest product developments. Sparked by customer feedback and driven by technical ...
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Improvements and Enhancements on the Portescap eStore
From: PortescapDescription: In the year and a half since its launch, the Portescap eStore has quickly become a go-to destination for sourcing miniature motor prototypes in the online space. Our ultimate goal when launching the ...
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Miniature Motors Help Improve Breast Cancer Management
From: PortescapDescription: Brushless slotted DC gear motors are able to fully meet these challenging performance requirements for powered breast biopsy devices, which allow doctors to take multiple tissue samples from a single ...
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Motion Solutions Improve Breathing Quality Air with Powered Air-Purifying Respirator Systems
From: PortescapDescription: The heart of the PAPR system is the blower's motor unit, which drives the blower itself. Each PAPR system is different and features unique application specifications that are wholly unique to each use ...
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Choose the Right Drive System for Your Biologic Injection Device
From: PortescapDescription: Thanks to advances in biotechnology, new and innovative biologic drugs are gaining popularity. That's good news for patients, but biologics present drug delivery challenges. ...
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Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Motors Decrease Aerospace & Defense Development Time
From: PortescapDescription: Most projects in the aerospace and defense (A&D) market require stringent specifications to develop a robust and durable product capable of operation in extreme environments. ...
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How to Integrate a Brake With Your Mini Motor Application
From: PortescapDescription: While alternative torque control devices could be used, electromagnetic brakes can combine precision with a compact, reliable, energy efficient and cost-effective design. ...
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Automated Window Shades and Miniature Motors are a Winning Combination
From: PortescapDescription: Aircraft shade systems rely on miniature brush DC motors to work effectively, as these motors are what power the up and down motion of the window shades. Powered shade systems also commonly use a ...