Stepper or Servo Motor?
Here’s how to decide
Stepper and servo systems each have advantages based on their differing design and operating principles. Understanding these differences is the key to choosing the best technology for your application. Check out our Blog in Motion for an overview of the most common selection scenarios.
Want a deeper dive?
Supercharge your motion expertise with our new guide, “Stepper Motor or Servo Motor: Which Should It Be?” We’ll walk you through detailed considerations of torque and speed, inertia matching, coordination of axes, accuracy, resolution and more. There’s even a handy decision table to make your choice easy.
Size Your Motor and Drive in Minutes
Keep it simple. If you know your application requirements, the Motioneering tool will guide you to the motor and drive pairings that best fit your needs.
Fast, Precise, Reliable Motion
Optimize the performance of your high-definition metal cutting machine
Whether you’re designing a new or upgrading an existing machine, next-generation performance depends on achieving the most precise and efficient motion possible. From your fieldbus architecture to your feedback devices and more, these optimization tips can put your machine a cut above the rest.
Discover all there is to know about how servo motors work
Learn the history of servo motors, key elements in their design, and how feedback devices and controls complete the system. You’ll also learn the types of control loops from the simplest examples to multiple embedded current, velocity and position loops hat enable servo efficiency and precision.
AKD2G Servo Drives
Give Your Machine the Power to Be More
Integrated SafeMotion functionsTM. Unparalleled connectivity. Higher power density. Simpler usability. Next-generation AKD2G drives put you in control to design more ambitious machines with more capable performance and more confident engineering. Learn more.
5 Key Reasons to Consider an Upgrade to AKD2G Servo Drives
AKD drives will continue to deliver great performance for many years to come. But whether you’re upgrading an existing machine or designing a new one, the next-generation AKD2G drive offers several key advancements. How much value could they add to your machine?
Compact, Precise, Powerful
Optimize Frameless Motor Performance
All it takes is five steps or less to optimize a frameless motor for your application. In most cases, an off-the-shelf motor or a cost-effective standard modification will provide the exact fit and performance you need—with no custom development required. Learn how easy it can be.
Three Design Considerations that Indicate a Machine Needs a Frameless Motor
Does your machine need to operate in a smaller footprint, deliver enhanced performance or endure extreme conditions? Learn why a frameless direct-drive motor is likely your
best solution.
Discover KBM Series Frameless Motors
Eliminate the bulk and mechanical compliance issues of transmission components while providing exceptional protection from rigorous environments. It’s all possible with KBM.
Reimagine Cobot Performance
Robot-Ready Motors Create New Possibilities
Your collaborative robot can be faster, stronger, more compact, more resilient. And you can bring it to market faster, with assurance of consistent frameless motor quality and supply, anywhere in the world. Learn how to engineer exceptional cobot capabilities with Kollmorgen as your partner.
Ready to Design. Ready to Perform. Ready to Scale.
Take your cobot design to the next generation of performance and manufacturability. TBM2G motors pair with standard harmonic gearing, deliver the highest performance, and are always available in the sizes, specifications and options you need.
TBM2G frameless motors
The new TBM2G frameless motors provide torque density and next-generation speed in a more compact package. They are ready to adapt to your design, increase its performance and expand to full production. Smaller engines for big engineering ideas - are you ready?
TBM2G — Get all the details
Reconsider the possibilities of a frameless motor. Learn the TBM2G series design philosophy, performance specifications, target applications and more
Choose your TBM2G
Our online product selection tool can help you get started on the road to finding the perfect engine. Start by clicking on Rotary Motors with direct drive.
Simplify Machine Design with Stepper Motors
If you’re looking for precise motion with easy setup, then stepper motors should be your first choice. They offer servo-like positioning without the need for complex feedback devices. See the benefits and how you can find the right motor for you.
Max Torque, Small Size
The CT Series of motors uses innovative cooling technologies and magnetic designs to deliver higher current and torque ratings at a lower temperature. CT stepper motors can support large mechanical loads without worry due to the oversized bearing design.
Modular I / O terminals for any requirements
The Koltmorgen AKT2G I / O terminals offer all the functions you need to connect digital and analog sensors and actuators, encoders, thermocouples, bus couplers and more to the EtherCAT® bus in real time. Adding these terminals to your system couldn't be easier with automatic recognition and automatic configuration.
Step in motion: The best applications for stepper motors
Do you need full servo control, or can a simple and economical stepper motor serve your application just as well? Watch this on-demand web session to learn how stepper motors work, their benefits, the best applications, and how to choose the best stepper motor for your needs.
Certified safety for engines in hazardous areas
Energy exploration and refining, mining, grain and textile mills, paint shops and more: Every dangerous place has very specialized requirements for movement. Get the engines you need, certified to global UL, ATEX, CSA and CCC standards and supported by service and support within a region, region.
When choosing an explosion-proof motor, you will first want to understand the different types of hazardous locations and engine construction techniques that ensure safe operation. Get a quick overview of our new blog post on the go.
Online, interactive, product selection form from KOLLMORGEN
Choose with confidence every time. Watch our instructional video!
Find out how easy Perfect-Fit movement can be From torque, speed and power to form factor, control Elements and accessories - perfect fit is the key to your success applications. With our selection tools, you can choose with confidence movement products. Our tutorial video will show you how simple it is can be. Check it!
How does a servomotor work?
Do you need a servomotor? AC or DC? Brushed or brushless? How can you precisely control its torque, speed and position? In this webinars we got answers to questions about your servo system. Watch and learn anytime, whenever it suits you!
Moog products ensure a successful Mars Rover landing
Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) today announced that the company's space products have played a critical role in NASA's successful Perseverance Rover landing on Mars. Perseverance is NASA's latest mission to explore Mars and builds on the success of the 2012 Mars Curiosity Rover mission. The Moog team designed, built and tested several components necessary for the mission. During the final descent, the Moog throttle assemblies controlled the inlet spacecraft's engines. The spacecraft entered the atmosphere at 12,500 miles per hour, stabilizing and lowering the level of the Perseverance Rover until it successfully touched Lake Crater at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET today.
Moog also played a key role in launching the Rover on the Red Planet. The mission fired from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2020. Moog propulsion took the launch vehicle out of Earth's atmosphere. In addition, Moog rocket engines were used to steer a 350 million-mile spacecraft carrying the Perseverance Rover, ensuring it stayed on course at 55,000 miles per hour. With Rover now safe on the Red Planet, Moog technology will continue to support the mission. Moog valves and filters will help keep the Rover drill clean when digging samples during one Mars, which is 687 days on Earth.
"I am proud of the work that our talented and dedicated team members have put into this project to ensure its success. Their ingenuity and commitment drive innovation and the continued success of Moog, our local community, and exploring worlds beyond our own, ”said Maureen Athoe, president of Moog’s Space and Defense. Steve Witkowski, market manager for space electronics, added: “From the engineers who create the individual hardware, to our technicians integrating the individual components into a larger system, it is truly a mission in a mission. It's unbelievable to think that your work is an important element in exploring another planet.
"Mars 2020 is another major step forward in space exploration and another significant success in Moog's Space and Defense," added Steve McDonald, manager of propulsion engineering. "Seeing how our hardware successfully fulfills such an important mission is both inspiring and fulfilling."
