Find additional information about our motors and their application. If you need assistance during commissioning of any of these motors try and contact our support here. If you need a quotation or general information about our motors like a thermal calculation please contact our sales or info@faulhaber.com.
Yes. In fact, if you can design your device to run the motor slower (lower than nominal voltage) this is a very good thing. Running at lower voltages (and therefore lower speeds) means less brush bounce and less brush/commutator wear for brush type motors, lower current consumption, and longer motor life. On the other hand, if size restrictions and performance requirements demand additional torque and/or speed, overdriving the motor is possible. You must, however, be willing to sacrifice product lifetime if you overdrive the motor.
This varies according to each application. Factors such as operating environment, duty cycle, input power, and how the motor or gear motor is coupled to the load all directly affect product life. Mechanical design factors of the overall mechanism, such as running the motor into hard stops or back-driving the gearheads, affect product lifetime. Generally speaking, brush type motors can run for several thousand hours, when run at nominal conditions. If long lifetime is one of your design criteria, you should consider using brushless motors. These motors are typically limited in their life only by ball bearing wear. If you have detailed questions on this point, it would be best to contact us and call one of our Application Engineers.
This can be calculated from the specifications shown on the motor data sheet. Here's how:
Maximum rotor temperature - Ambient temperature = Allowable temperature rise Allowable temperature rise divided by thermal resistances (add up rotor-to-case and case-to-ambient) = Continuous power that can be dissipated in W.
Set this power = to the current squared x armature resistance. P = I x I x R , Solve for I
There are many more examples of how to determine motor calculations and formulas in our tutorials.
The term "servo" implies that there is a feedback loop which adjusts one or more operating parameters of the motor such as velocity, position, and/or torque. Servomotors are used in closed loop systems where accuracy and repeatability are important. "Regular" motors (without feedback) are run "open loop" where positional accuracy is not an important factor. Learn more about feedback systems and their advantages, here.
Yes. We have a Class 100,000 capable clean room that is used for motor and gearhead assembly, cable making, custom circuit board assembly, special soldering operations, and other value-added processes. If you have a special requirement, please contact us.
In most cases, yes. You can select almost all of our motors (both brush, brushless, and stepping) with either a single output shaft or a thru- (double) shaft. Submit a contact form if you want specific information on pricing and product availability.
Yes, FAULHABER products are designed to accommodate a large variety of supplemental devices. Some of these are spur, planetary or right angle gearboxes, power-off brakes, optical or magnetic encoders. Submit a contact form or call your FAULHABER applications engineer for more detailed information or to review your design.
Yes. We can do that. Please submit a contact form to make the request.
Product
Category
Document
Category
AN 001 - Stepper motor basics
Category: Essentials
AN 002 - Reading and understanding a torque curve
Category: Essentials
AN 003 - Drivers and controllers: how to drive a stepper motor?
Category: Essentials
AN 004 - When and why using an encoder
Category: Essentials
AN 005 - Stepper motors and Gearheads
Category: Product combination
zip
AN 006 - Lead Screw
Category: Product combination
AN 007 - Recommendations for soldering a cable on a stepper motor
Category: System setup
AN 008 - Thermal behavior of a stepper motor
Category: Essentials
AN 009 - Choosing the proper lubricant
Category: Modifications
AN 011 - Final quality control data
Category: Essentials
AN 012 - Custom solutions (A and E number)
Category: Modifications
AN 013 - Improving reliability: redundant stepper motor
Category: Essentials
zip
AN 014 - Using the stepper motor HTML animation
Category: Essentials
AN 015 - Microstepping
Category: Essentials
AN 020 - Large DM Steppers connection
Category: System setup
AN 021 - DM66200H – Cables and mounting flange
Category: Product combination
zip
AN 022 - Torque and Temperature Calculator user guide
Category: Tools and Libraries
AN 132 - Speed Controllers for Motors with Analogue Hall Sensors
Category: System setup
AN 149 - Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 and FAULHABER MC V2.5/V3.0 CANopen
Category: PLC Setup
AN 151 - Feedback Control Tuning with Motion Manager 6.3 or higher
Category: System setup
AN 158 - Support of Absolute Encoders with SSI / BiSS-C interface
Category: Third-party Components
AN 159 - Position encoder on the load-side of a gearbox
Category: System setup
AN 165 - Using BASIC Scripts of a FAULHABER Motion Controller V3.0
Category: System setup
AN 177 - Datasheet operating points of Speed Controller Systems
Category: System setup
AN 178 - Reduction of PWM motor power losses using additional inductances
Category: System setup
AN 185 - Operating a MC V3.0 EtherCAT driver as a CODESYS SoftMotion drive
Category: PLC Setup
AN 186 - Operating a FAULHABER CO driver out of a CODESYS environment
Category: PLC Setup
AN 187 - Grounding, shielding and filtering - Installation of the drive system in the machine
Category: System setup
AN 188 - Settings for a RS232 network of Motion Controllers
Category: System setup
AN 189 - Designing a motherboard for a MC3001 Motion Controller
Category: System setup
AN 190 - Selection of a third-party motor driver
Category: Third-party Components
zip
AN 191 - Control MC V3.0 MotionController via RS232 an Arduino Library
Category: Tools and Libraries
zip
AN 193 - SIEMENS S7-1500 PN/CAN Link and FAULHABER CANopen Motion Controller
Category: PLC Setup
AN 195 - Change from Motion Controllers V2.5 to V3.0 - CANopen interface
Category: System setup
AN 196 - Change from Motion Controllers V2.5 to V3.0 - Control via RS232 interface
Category: System setup
AN 204 - How to connect the new SXR/GXR Motor family with the FDS Motion and Speed Controllers
Category: Product combination
AN 205 - Condition Monitoring using the IoT ready functionality
Category: System setup
AN 301 - Concerning Stroke and Rod Length for Linear DC-Servomotors
Category: Modifications
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All about Stepper Motors
Getting started with Drive Electronics
Tune your Motion Controller
Using discrete inputs with FAULHABER Motion Controller
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