Zero backlash linear motor

Staff  August 30, 2004  

Baldor Electric Company has announced a linear motor design said to combine the best features of traditional brushless technology with cost advantages of less expensive stepper technology. The HyCore linear motor is also said to bring these benefits to applications: zero backlash, high efficiency, unlimited travel, improved accuracy, fast velocities and accelerations over 60 ips and up to 3 G.