
Kollmorgen Europe (www.computer-automation.de)
Encoder offers multiturn absolute value position
Kollmorgen launches the 'SFD-M' (Smart Feedback Device, Multi-Turn). It provides machine builders with high-resolution multi-turn feedback with absolute position information that is available at system startup.

Kollmorgen (www.computer-automation.de)
More smooth running, precision and torque density
The stepper drive 'P80630-SDN' from Kollmorgen supplies and controls stepper motors that are operated with 24 to 75 V(DC) with up to 5.5 Aeff current per phase (7.8 Aeff maximum value).

Kollmorgen (www.computer-automation.de)
Robot-compatible servomotors without housings
Kollmorgen launches the TBM2G series of caseless servo motors suitable for collaborative and medical robots, aerospace and defense robots and other robots.

SPS 2019 (www.computer-automation.de)
New products in Nuremberg
What new products did the exhibitors present at SPS 2019? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what awaited visitors to the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.

Servo solution for fluid applications (www.industrial-production.de)
Valves out, electric motors in
Kollmorgen has developed a prepared drive solution for hydraulic applications for the S700 series of servo controllers. The new technology is designed to improve the energy efficiency of applications that require the high force density of hydraulics.

Kollmorgen (www.computer-automation.de)
New Vice President and General Manager for EMEA
Kollmorgen announced at the beginning of June 2019 that Alberto Favalessa - former Managing Director for Italy and Switzerland - has been appointed as the new Vice President and General Manager for the EMEA region.

Drive technology (www.industrial-production.de)
Kollmorgen: Alberto Favalessa leads the EMEA team
Kollmorgen has appointed Alberto Favalessa, former Managing Director for Italy and Switzerland, as the new VP/GM for EMEA with immediate effect.

Functional safety (www.computer-automation.de)
Secure hold in the slip ring
Transmitting safety-relevant data via slip rings is no trivial matter. Motion control experts from Kollmorgen have developed a TÜV-certified safety solution, including UL approval, together with slip ring manufacturer Stemmann-Technik.

Drive technology (www.computer-automation.de)
Billion-euro merger on the US market
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. is merging with four companies from the Fortive Automation & Specialty Platform, including Kollmorgen, Thomson, Portescap and Jacobs Vehicle Systems, effective October 1. The transaction is valued at around 2.9 billion US dollars.

Servo controller with single-cable... (www.industrial-production.de)
Functional cable connection technology from Kollmorgen
Following the AKD and AKD-N servo controllers, Kollmorgen is now also equipping the S700 with single-cable connection technology.

BiSS Association (www.computer-automation.de)
Users found user organization
There is now an independent user organization for the BiSS bidirectional sensor interface, the "BiSS Association" - with an Internet platform where providers of BiSS solutions can present and exchange information.

Product picture gallery (www.computer-automation.de)
Innovations in drive technology
Without drive technology - in the truest sense of the word - nothing would turn in most machines and systems. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest innovations in this automation discipline in a series of pictures.

Linear direct drive technology (www.computer-automation.de)
Faster material feed via magnetic field
Linear direct drive technology makes it possible: Thanks to a sophisticated magnetic field, a new method for material feed in metal processing works completely contact-free and significantly faster than conventional roller feeds.
