Masters of the Storm, wind simulation
Masters of the Storm Motor Technology has supplied the drives and motors that operate critical components within a huge wind simulator capable of recreating the conditions of a category five hurricane. Motor Technology worked with Cambridge Consultants who designed a unique wind simulation system for The University of Western Ontario, in Canada, for use in […]
MOTEC – Bespoke Servo Solution Delivers Precision Cutting
Bespoke Servo Solution Delivers Precision Cutting Motor Technology, of Stockport, have designed and installed a bespoke servo solution to provide the power, speed and pinpoint accuracy for the manufacture of a high-tech product for the paper making industry. The application, at Albany International, required an 8kW servomotor operating at speeds of up to 7,500rpm powering […]
Servo Drives Control Flying Mirror
Servo Drives Control Flying Mirror During the Edinburgh festival in August 1998 the Lyceum Theatre Company staged, ‘Life is a Dream’ by the Spanish playwright Calderon and received rave reviews from the press and theatregoers alike. The production was set on an open stage with a large 3x6m Rococo mirror, weighing in at 1,000kg, as […]
Beefed up Servos Test Jet Combustion
Beefed up Servos Test Jet Combustion Motor Technology has designed a servo system to drive a rotating drum at high speed in the exhaust of a test rig designed to replicate a jet engine combustor. The rig, which was project managed and built by Howco Oilfield Services based on a design by the Frazer Nash […]
Direct Drive Motor is solution for Revolutionary Urban Wind Turbine
Direct Drive Motor is solution for Revolutionary Urban Wind Turbine Motor Technology, working in partnership with Italian firm Motor Power Company, have designed a customised torque servomotor that will act as a current generator on a new range of innovative, vertical-axis wind turbines designed by the English firm Quiet Revolution. The vertical axis design is […]
Networked Automation System Speeds Helical Insert Production
Networked Automation System Speeds Helical Insert Production Motor Technology has designed and developed a networked automation system for new machinery that has recently been installed at WTI Fasteners of Measham. The new machines, designed and built by WTI to their own specifications, produce helical inserts that are used in fastening applications to prevent threads from […]
Cable colour coding – understanding DESINA
DESINA stands for DistributEd Standardised INstAllation Technology and is a standardisation for components used on industrial machines, including the drives, control systems and cabling. It’s a great idea with many benefits, but, where it relates to cable colour coding, the situation may be a little confusing and there’s room for error. The DESINA standard was […]
Quality audit for 2019/20 completed
Quality Audit for 2019/20 sucessfully completed We are proud to announce the successful completion of our quality audit for 2019/20 to the new ISO 9001:2015 guidelines. At Motor Technology we are excited to work under the continually updated regulations of QAS international. By achieving up to date ISO certification Motor Technology aim to build trust […]
Axor – MACK goes Miniature
Squeezing a servo drive with 2.5kW continuous rating in to a housing (approx. 58-68cm3 depending on the model) around half the volume of a standard package of cigarettes (approx. 106cm3) is no mean feat, but that is exactly what Axor, Italy, have achieved with the new MackNANO servo drives. Axor’s concept for the MackNANO was […]
Stand alone drives offer low cost option
Stand alone drives offer low cost option We’ve added a new low-cost option to our range of multi-axis MackDRIVE servo drives from Axor Industries. The new MackINDY is a range of servo drives and motors designed for single and low axis count applications where an economic solution is required. The range includes five servo drive […]