motion 02.2018 The magazine with drive
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motion THE MAGAZINE WITH DRIVE

SHORT MESSAGES 04 Top 100 FAULHABER is one of the leading innovators of 2018 INDUSTRIAL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 06 A strong partnership Efficient and precise soldering and welding AEROSPACE Is there seismic activity on the Red Planet? The most sensitive seismometer that has ever been built will begin its work on Mars MEDICAL SCIENCES High-tech instead of side effects Drives from FAULHABER open clogged arteries AEROSPACE Little helper in space Motors from FAULHABER enable CIMON to move freely about the station NEWS Power in new dimensions With the new BXT drive family, FAULHABER extends the limits...

Dear readers, In boundless outer space or the smallest installation space: drives from FAULHABER have proven themselves many times over. For example, they move the CIMON robot assistant of the current ISS commander Alexander Gerst freely Publisher / Editor: DR. FRITZ FAULHABER GMBH & CO. KG Schönaich · Germany Phone: +49 (0)70 31/638-0 Fax: +49 (0)70 31/638-100 Email: info@faulhaber.de www.faulhaber.com and safely through the International Space Station. And in November, six of our motors will land on Mars – as part of SEIS, the most sensitive seismometer ever deployed on an interplanetary...

SHORT MESSAGES For the 25th time, TOP 100 has selected the most innovative of Germany's small and mediumsized enterprises. This year, these leading innovators include Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG. On 29 June 2018 in Ludwigsburg, mentor of TOP 100, Ranga Yogeshwar, together with Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and compamedia honoured the company With the new IEH3-4096 L encoder series, FAULHABER again takes miniaturisation to the extreme. The existing products – IEH2-4096 with 2 channels and IEH3-4096 with another index channel – are already extremely compact. Integrated in the preciousmetal...

S A F E T Y FOR H U M A N-M ACH I N E C OL L A B OR AT ION Optimised for the FAULHABER drive program, our new Motion Controller MC 5004 series gets the maximum out of every motor. With redundant shutdown based on the STO principle in line with IEC 61800-5-2 (SIL 3) and EN ISO 13849-1 (PL e), the new MC 5004 P STO series ensures certified safety during cooperation between man and machine, also in an Industry 4.0 environment. At the same time, the devices meet the requirements of highly interconnected processes with their communication capabilities. They are available with USB, RS232, CANopen...

INDUSTRIAL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT PA R T N E R S H I P Laser beams can melt and even vaporise metals highly efficiently and very precisely. For this reason, they are increasingly used as a tool for joining components, namely for welding and soldering e.g. in the automotive industry. Normally, laser devices – like conventional welding torches – have a single focal point or "spot". Laserline has now developed multispot optics for laser soldering and welding which also allow particularly difficult materials to be processed. Motors from FAULHABER help to ensure that the spot energy is distributed...

actual seam. It was rougher and often formed socalled wavelets, in the other words points at which the solder crosses the planned seam boundary." Soldering solution for hot-dip galvanised metal sheets It was obvious that these problems had something to do with the zinc layer on the steel sheet. As a result of the hot-dip galvanisation, this layer had become thicker and less regular. Furthermore, it exhibited a different reflection behaviour, which also had a negative effect on the soldering process. Thorge Hammer, who as an engineer in the technology planning and development department at...

spot proved to be a good solution: It distributes heat over the solder more evenly than its circular counterpart, which also contributes to a calmer solder bath. "With this technology, we were finally able to solve all of the problems that we encountered with hot-dip galvanised metal sheets." says a delighted Dr. Luft. "It is now used in series production at VW. And it allows us to achieve a soldering speed of up to 4.5 metres per minute. Other manufacturers will follow soon." Beam splitting with optics module An optics module is responsible for ensuring precise alignment of the spots. It...

LASER BEAMS EFFICIENT AND PRECISE actuated via a CAN bus system without needing to make any changes to the mechanics or housing. The RS232 controller can easily be replaced with a version with CANopen interface. Motor with position guarantee The laser optics are mounted to a robot arm dur­ ing soldering and welding; this robot arm moves the laser optics to the required position. The optics must withstand considerable dynamic loads which act on the motors and which can trigger unwanted changes in position. "This is no problem for the FAULHABER motor because it detects its current position...

Is there SEISMIC ACTIVITY ON THE RED PLANET? When SEIS reaches its destination at the end of November, the most sensitive seismometer that has ever been built will begin its work on Mars. Six FAULHABER stepper motors with planetary gearheads are currently on their way through space and, after the instrument has landed, will have two tasks: firstly to precisely balance the measuring mechanics and secondly to compensate for the tension forces that occur as a result of severe seasonal temperature fluctuations.  Quakes are a sure sign of the movement of masses below a planet's surface. This...

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More sensitive than any other device The Upper Rhine Plain in Germany stretches over a length of around 400 kilometres. The Valles Marineris on Mars is ten times as long and at some points is seven kilometres deep. Was the canyon on our neighbouring planet also formed as a result of plates shift­ ing on the planet's crust? And: did this process end long ago, or is it still continuing today? These ques­ tions can be answered by measuring seismic waves. Is there seismic activity on Mars? NASA's "InSight" mission, which was launched on 5th May 2018, should provide an answer to this and other...