Mini-motor lasts longer

Monday, December 4, 2000

Based on Potescap's ironless-rotor concept that minimizes both power losses and rotor inertia, API Motion's 17S 17-mm miniature brush dc motor series uses a precious-metal commutation system with gold-alloy brushes and silver-alloy collector materials to increase efficiency and extend service life.

"Motor life increases up to 50% because our patented Electro-Erosion Reduction (EER) system decreases the number of wear-causing sparks and peak currents in the commutation system," says Product Manager Steve Veya.

The 18.7-mm long motor achieves almost 11 milliNm of stall torque. Targeted at battery-powered devices such as medical pumps, security cameras, and model trains, the motor starts at $33/unit list.

For more information on API motors check out http://www.apimotion.com/prod/motors.asp.