New family member for the medium performance range

Faulhaber has another houseless, very compact motion controller in its product range, which is particularly suitable for integration in device manufacturing and medical technology applications. With 36 V and 3 A (peak current 9 A), it covers the power range up to approx. 100 W and is suitable for DC motors with encoders, brushless drives or linear motors.

Only together with the appropriate motion controller do small and micro motors become a reliable drive system. In addition to its extensive motor portfolio, drive specialist Faulhaber (see company box) therefore offers a wide range of motion controllers, which are designed in different performance classes with or without housing for a wide variety of applications. Now another houseless family member has been added: the MC3603 (Fig. 1), which with its compact dimensions is particularly suitable for integration in device manufacturing and medical technology applications. With 36 V and 3 A (peak current 9 A), the new motion controller covers the medium power range up to approx. 100 W. It is suitable for "normal" DC motors with encoders, brushless drives and linear motors. I/O scope and encoder interfaces correspond to those of the entire family. USB, RS232, CANopen and EtherCAT are available for communication. The motion controller already contains the new firmware version "M". The latest update (version 6.9) of the Faulhaber Motion Manager is available for easy and convenient system setup.

EMC-compliant design for all Motion Controllers

With the new MC 3603, the motion controllers now cover the entire range of applications typical for small and micro motors, starting with the MC 3001, which is only the size of a postage stamp, with 30 W and 1 A (peak current 2 A) and extending to the largest family member, the MC 5010, with 10 A (peak current 30 A), which is designed for control cabinet mounting and has proven itself above all in industrial applications. All motion controllers comply with current EMC regulations. The drive specialists have dealt in detail with this complex issue (Fig. 2). Not only has the hardware been optimized accordingly, but the documentation has also been redesigned to provide the user with the best possible support in certifying his own device.