News Release
For Release: Immediately
Date:06/01/2005Contact:Patrick Berkner
Phone: 507-233-2316
Parker Releases MaxPlusPlus Motors
Customers Get Low Inertia & Higher Power
Rohnert Park, CA, June 1, 2005 — Parker Automation announces the release of its MaxPlusPlus (MPP) series of brushless servo motors. Designed for the demanding applications found in today’s high-performance servo systems, MPP motors offer lower inertia and higher power, all in a smaller package than conventional motors.
Parker’s MPP motors feature segmented lamination technology, which can yield up to 40% higher torque per unit size than conventionally wound servo motors. “Potted” stators improve heat transfer for better thermal efficiency, resulting in increased torque at the motor shaft. High-performance neodymium magnets are employed for higher acceleration rates.
“The MPP’s segmented lamination technology gives the motor series two important advantages,” said Patrick Berkner, product sales manager. “First, it allows the motor to be much shorter, since you no longer have the long end-turns found in conventionally wound servo motors. Most machine builders want shorter, more compact motors in their equipment just for space savings and aesthetics,” he said. “The second major advantage is that segmented lamination technology allows the torque density to be much higher. This is because each lamination section is machine wound, allowing more precisely placed copper and more copper in the winding. The more copper you can get into the stator, the more power you can get out of the motor. The result is a series of short, more powerful motors that cost less.”
MPP motors are ideal in applications for packaging, printing, semiconductor, and machine tool industries. “But any application requiring brute-force power will benefit from the MPP,” says Berkner. “In fact, this series is perfect for any customer interested in increasing production and machine throughput. With its very low rotor inertia allowing phenomenal performance, the MPP can be used in any high-speed indexing application.”
MPP motors are available in frame sizes 92, 100, 115, 142, 190, 230, and 270 mm. They come with thermistor protection; resolver, incremental encoder, or absolute encoder (single- or multi-turn); optional 24-volt failsafe brake and IP65 shaft seal. Torque ranges from 1.5 Nm to 160 Nm of continuous stall torque (5 Nm to 500 Nm peak torque).
The motors are also fully customizable. Parker is able to change mounting, shaft sizes, manufacture hollow shaft motors, coat the motors to customer specs using PTFE, white FDA coatings, and change windings to better match customer requirements – all of which allow our customers to differentiate their product offerings from those of their competitors.
About Parker Electromechanical Automation
A division of Parker Hannifin Corporation's Automation Group since 1987, Electromechanical Automation is a pioneer, developer and manufacturer of full-spectrum computer-based motion controllers, servo/step motor drives, servo motors and human-machine interfaces, positioning systems, gearheads and gear motors. These products automate the manufacturing of a significant fraction of the world’s goods and services. Electromechanical Automation products are sold via independent authorized Automation Technology Centers—a group of nearly 100 professional, highly trained organizations with more than 135 points-of-presence throughout the world—or directly from Electromechanical Automation by logging on to buy.compumotor.com. An informative and up-to-date Web site with downloadable libraries, tutorials, and background information on motion control and automation is located at
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