SmartMotor™ Machine Applications

7-axis semiconductor manufacturing machine that fills, caps and welds axial leads. The entire machine is controlled by one NEMA 23 SmartMotor.

6-axis machine (one SmartMotor unseen) that cuts off a tape material into short lengths, stacks the material it just cut, and then deposits material into a package for consumer use. Product are dissolving breath freshening strips.

2 SM2337D SmartMotors control the folding of the airplane wings. Wings are folded in for high speeds and extended is for slow speeds, take off and landing.

This application is for the welding process of a fire main. One SmartMotor rotates the welding mechanism around the pipe and another SmartMotor moved the welding mechanism up and down. By utilizing electronic camming, the rotary axis acts as a master rotating the z-axis around the pipe fitting while the z-axis moves vertically along the path of the needed weld.

Bridgeport milling machine controlled by Class 4 SmartMotors and JenCNC.

4 axis welding machine that fill-welds and creates weld buildups.

CNC Plasma cutter utilizing SmartMotors and a host PC

Class 4 Ethernet SmartMotor with external brake and gearhead

Black poly butylene is heated up and dispensed onto the back panel of a solar collectors.

SmartMotor with gearhead used on a roller feed for printing press operations

CNC machine for applying screws in sheet metal fabrication processes

Plasma cutting CNC machine with automatic torch height control in the Z-axis

Rotac actuator rotating a ball nut around a stationary ball screw

Glue dispensing where the glue bead width is kept consistent throughout the entire path.

Screen shot of SMI (SmartMotor Interface) used to monitor a welding oscillator head controlled by a SmartMotor.

SmartMotor using Phase Offset feature to dampen vibration of the Pan & Tilt System by creating a differential velocity between the external gyroscopic measurement and the

SmartMotor’s internal encoder.

Dual head glue dispensing pump for two part epoxy

SmartMotor applied to large rotary carousel for positioning plasma screens for a TV studio

SmartMotors used on wheels of pipe inspecting robot in Alaska. Each of the SmartMotors utilized an external differential encoder input to create a ratio of speeds in the drive wheels in order to steer the pipe crawler along pipes of changing diameters.

SmartMotor controlling CNC surfboard shaping machine.

SmartMotors control the spool that winds and unwinds to open and close claw-like robotic art. Installation appears in Terminal B of San Jose Mineta International Airport.

SmartMotor controlling azimuth and elevation for positioning an antenna with pointing accuracy better than 0.1 degrees. This level of accuracy accomplished through mature servo

compensation algorithms at the most complex level of tracking.