Application Notes

Nippon Pulse’s linear stepper seriesprovides a simple motion system at a fraction of the cost of conventional rotary stepper motors and traditional linear motion systems. Our LINEARSTEP^®series are permanent magnet type stepper motors that enable linear motions without the need for external transformers. The LINEARSTEP^®series offers a wide range of customizable options, including various screw pitches, screw lengths, bipolar or unipolar windings, and several operating voltages.

Nippon Pulse’s SLP Acculine stage series is an all-inclusive solution that integrates shaft support within the housing, simplifying your transition from traditional linear motion systems, including ball-screws and pneumatic actuators. Because it is an all-inclusive stage, the SLP series vastly simplifies and eases installation and reduces the amount of machining you’ll be required to perform.

Nippon Pulse’s MotionChecker Series to Ease Design and Prototyping

Nippon Pulse MotionCheckers are palm-sized controllers that contain an integrated driver designed to offer engineers an easy and affordable option to drive and control two-phase stepper motors during the prototyping and analysis phase.

The MotionChecker series can be used by your mechanical engineer to ensure a stepper motor is going to work properly without getting your electrical engineer involved during the early design stages.

Nippon Pulse’s Cost Effective Stepper Motors for Accurate Positioning

Nippon Pulse rotary stepper motors are cost effective motion control solutions and are easily controlled, driven, and integrated into a variety of applications. Nippon Pulse has been manufacturing stepper motors for 60 years and in that time has developed the industry’s most reliable and affordable motors available. We offer tin-can, linear, hybrid, and synchronous stepper motors for you to design into your project.

SCR Nanopositioning Linear Stage Series for Precision and Accuracy

The SCR Nanopositioning series offers high-precision, accuracy, speed, and smooth motion in an easily integrated linear stage system. Ideal for small-scale precision movements, the SCR stage features Nippon Pulse’s Linear Shaft Motor (servomotor), which is the first linear motor designed for the ultra high-precision market.

Linear Shaft Motor for Ultra High-Precision Markets

Nippon Pulse's Linear Shaft Motor is the first linear motor designed and built for the ultra high precision market. The design of the Linear Shaft Motor maximizes use of magnetic flux, provides stiffness 100 times greater than that of other coreless linear motors, can complete movements with sub one-micron resolutions, and minimizes heat production and the impact of generated heat.

Nippon Pulse recently took its Linear Shaft Motor comparison demo unit to the University of Virginia to receive an independent evaluation of the claim that the Linear Shaft Motor is 50% more energy efficient than a comparible u-shaped linear motor.

Effectively immediately, all Nippon Pulse SCR nanopositioning stages are available with a upgraded encoder, the Renishaw Tonic Encoder. Any stage built after September 1, 2010 and beginning with unit SN# 080210-001, will come standard with the upgraded Tonic Encoder.

This document describes the basic terms and functions of the Motionnet G900x series device.

This document explains to the user how to handle any unused terminals on the PCL/PCD series LSIs.

This document explains the difference between a servomotor and a stepper motor when connected to a servo driver. It covers the terms used in controlling the pulse train supplied to servomotors by a PCL series controller. It DOES NOT explain the principles of operation or the design of the motors and drivers themselves.

This document outlines the major functions of the PCL series pulse control LSIs.