Eric Nelson
Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator
Anybody here familiar with these motors from Kollmorgen?
I have 2 of these on an old rotary decorating machine and one of the speed controls for them just died. The speed control was made by a company called IED Inc. out of Central Islip, NY. Of course I can find zero information about it on the web...
Here's a picture of the beast (talk about old technology, huh?)
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I'm looking to replace it with something made in THIS century, but I don't know where to start because I'm not familiar with these ServoDisc motors. Kollmorgen pointed me to Advanced Motion Controls (www.a-m-c.com), but I don't see why I need an fancy servo drive when all that ran it before was this old clunky DC speed control.
I think the only reason these motors are on the machine is because of their 'pancake' design. There's not much room where they go. IOW, the application doesn't require any of the special things these ServoDisc motors are capable of. It simple turns a heated mandrel that applies foil to a cap. No feedback, and it just uses a pot to adjust speed. It ain't rocket science...
HERE'S a link to the Kollmorgen page with these motors if anyone wants to investigate. The motor in question is a U9FG/I gearmotor.
Bottom line. Does anyone know of a speed control that will work with this motor?...
beerchug
-Eric
I have 2 of these on an old rotary decorating machine and one of the speed controls for them just died. The speed control was made by a company called IED Inc. out of Central Islip, NY. Of course I can find zero information about it on the web...
Here's a picture of the beast (talk about old technology, huh?)
[attachment]
I'm looking to replace it with something made in THIS century, but I don't know where to start because I'm not familiar with these ServoDisc motors. Kollmorgen pointed me to Advanced Motion Controls (www.a-m-c.com), but I don't see why I need an fancy servo drive when all that ran it before was this old clunky DC speed control.
I think the only reason these motors are on the machine is because of their 'pancake' design. There's not much room where they go. IOW, the application doesn't require any of the special things these ServoDisc motors are capable of. It simple turns a heated mandrel that applies foil to a cap. No feedback, and it just uses a pot to adjust speed. It ain't rocket science...
HERE'S a link to the Kollmorgen page with these motors if anyone wants to investigate. The motor in question is a U9FG/I gearmotor.
Bottom line. Does anyone know of a speed control that will work with this motor?...
beerchug
-Eric