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In our esiBlog, we focus on technical topics and application possibilities in the fields of drive technology, positioning controls, digital displays, and automation technology.
Here, we’d like to discuss technical terms and terminology in a sort of expert discussion. Learn more about the advantages of decentralized drives, motors with hygienic design, synchronous operation, loop control, STO, and much more!
We welcome your suggestions and feedback and are happy to answer your questions. Enjoy browsing through the blog!

Fun with Drives 11 - Wissen rund um Antriebstechnik

Fun with Drives! No. 11: IP Protection Ratings in Drive Technology

Fun with Drives! No. 11: Protect Your Drives! IP Protection Ratings in Drive Technology All drive technology components have a protection rating—find out what they mean here.
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Practical Example: Synchronized Automatic Winding and Cutting

Winding and Cutting System for Film Webs: A common problem in this industrial application is the tensile force and cutting accuracy required for web material—which are among the challenges involved in the technical implementation.
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Kompaktantriebe für schaltschranklose Automation

Is the control cabinet too full?

A customer called us because his control cabinet was bursting at the seams. Not because of the control system or the drives themselves—but because of the wiring. A classic problem with centralized servo drives: Each axis requires its own power and signal lines back to the cabinet. On a custom machine with multiple axes, this quickly becomes confusing—and expensive to install.
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Fun with Drives 10

Fun with Drives! No. 10: Long Wires -> Dead Engine? Why?

Fun with Drives! No. 10: Phenomena Occurring in Long Cables—Cable Reflections Be careful, because these phenomena tend to occur further down the line, resulting in a shorter service life for the motors than they would have had if measures had been taken.
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From the production floor at esitron

Using drive technology to create innovative solutions and combine various disciplines of engineering. Here’s an example: a decentralized servo-gear actuator—a combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and control systems engineering. Application: AGV
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Fun with Drives 9

Fun with Drives! No. 9: Offset Angle in Encoder Systems

Fun with Drives! No. 9 on the interesting topic: How do I run a "third-party motor" on a servo controller? Correctly setting the offset angle in encoder systems is important to ensure that motors can run on controllers.
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Andreas Vonderschmidt mit esiMot Hygienic

Machine Concepts Without Control Cabinets for the Hygiene Sector – Compact Drives in Hygienic Design

Andreas Vonderschmidt shares aspects about decentralized servo drives for the hygiene sector—information that is relevant to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries.
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Fun with Drives 8

Fun with Drives! No. 8: Decentralized vs. Centralized Servo Controllers

Andreas Vonderschmidt shares some interesting insights on the topic: What are the actual advantages and disadvantages of decentralized drive controllers compared to control cabinet controllers?
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Fun with Drives 7

Fun with Drives! No. 7: Bus systems

Andreas Vonderschmidt explains interesting facts about fieldbuses: Where is which bus system used? Who uses what?
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Fun with Drives 6

Fun with Drives! No. 6: Suspenders-and-Belts Law

The suspenders-and-belt law: Why oversized drives are often requested and designed. Andreas Vonderschmidt explains it to us.
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Fun with Drives 5

Fun with Drives! No. 5: Strokes or bits—what matters in encoders?

In this episode, we take a look at what matters when it comes to encoders: lines or bits? An article on the important requirement: positioning accuracy of servo drives.
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Fun with Drives 4

Fun with Drives! No. 4: Permanent magnet brakes – rated torque vs. “real” holding torque!?

This episode is about how the nominal braking torque of a brake does not always correspond to the actual braking torque. The nominal torque is the ideal case when the brake is perfectly synchronized. In practice, the holding torque can drop to as low as 50% of this nominal torque. Great explanations by Andreas Vonderschmidt.
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Fun with Drives 3

Fun with Drives! No. 3: Is a BLDC the same as a servo motor—or not?

This episode is about whether a BLDC motor is the same as a servo motor—or not. Short answer: YES.
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Fun with Drives 2

Fun with Drives! No. 2: Pimp your Drive -> 3 levers to tune up a drive

This episode is about how to spruce up your drive, make it look better, or pimp it out. I have three insider tips for you today: each one will give you around 20% more power—without improving the drive.
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Fun with Drives! No. 1: Data Sheet Topic

What does a datasheet tell us? What should you pay attention to? -> Drive hack: When looking at datasheets, pay attention to the uniform temperature rise of the windings (Delta K).
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Fun with Drives! The new video format from Managing Director Andreas Vonderschmidt

Teaser: Video blog covering specialist knowledge on drive technology and featuring specific "drive hacks." From "data sheets" and "rating of electric motors" to "torque motors versus gear motors"—a wide range of topics with lots of tips and advice on drive technology, concisely summarized in videos lasting around 120 seconds.
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When is a servo motor with an integrated controller a good choice?

Whenever complexity becomes a problem: - Control cabinet too full - Cabling too complex - Commissioning too slow This is exactly where integrated drives like our esiMot really shine: less hardware, faster integration, and greater flexibility for modular machines. This is particularly exciting in industries such as packaging, material handling, and food processing.
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passgenaue Antriebe

Why should I choose esitron if I’m looking for a system or mechanical engineering solution involving drive technology?

With esitron, you’re not just choosing drive technology—you’re choosing a well-designed motion solution that enhances your machine’s performance. If you’d like, we can take a detailed look at your specific application for your plant or machinery and show you where performance, space, or costs can be optimized.
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Quality assurance as a fundamental premise at esitron

100% end-of-line testing for consistent quality assurance! At esitron, quality is not just a promise—it is a fundamental premise of our daily work. From the initial development phase to the final delivery of our products, consistent and comprehensive quality assurance is our top priority.
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Advantages of decentralized drive technology: efficiency, flexibility, and future-proof automation

What does "decentralized" mean? In decentralized drive technology, the motor, servo controller, and electronics are integrated into a single unit. The drive is mounted directly on the axis, eliminating long cable runs and complex control cabinet installations.
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esiMot M mit Schutzhaube_ATEX-Schutz

Explosion protection is also important when using modern technologies: ATEX drives for the future!

Occupational safety is of the utmost importance, especially in potentially explosive environments, such as in energy systems or production facilities in the chemical industry. Explosion protection considered!
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Automation power in Swabian – aaa trade fair in Heilbronn

esitron-electronic GmbH was an exhibitor at the regional trade fair for automation "all about automation" from May 15 - 16, 2024 in Heilbronn.
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In-depth know-how in drive and PLC technology, precision and customer-specific adaptations – that’s what we stand for!

Are you facing a motion technology challenge? We are at your side with competence and experience! We have been established in the servo drive and control technology market for over 30 years and are a successful manufacturer of devices with power electronics.
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Experience nature for yourself – on the earthquake sofa at Universum Bremen

An unusual but all the more impressive application example of our MP100 controller. One of our products is used in the permanent exhibition of the renowned Universum® Bremen museum - "an adventure into natural science for the whole family". The Micropos MP100 positioning controller coordinates the technical processes of the simulation of two different earthquakes, which can be experienced on a living room sofa.
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esitron presents its customer-specific drive technology in Düsseldorf

From October 18 - 19, 2023, esitron-electronic GmbH presented itself for the first time with a booth at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.
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Product launch: Large digital LED display – the DMD128 dot-matrix display

DMD128: The new graphics-capable large display for industrial applications from esitron-electronic
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Software ServoLink: commissioning programming set for esitron devices like esiMot decentralized servo drives and motion controllers

ServoLink commissioning programming kit

The esitron ServoLink parameterisation software is a comprehensive program - a complete Windows application with a user-friendly interface. Your operating data is mapped in plain text and grouped and displayed in a meaningful arrangement. The controller settings can be made online with sliders. Our service team is at your side.
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Customer-specific solution: motor flange plus engine shaft for linear axis

And another addition to the esitron family! We have found a customised solution: Motor flange plus motor shaft for linear axis.
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Familienzuwachs bei esiMot M-Baureihe

Expansion of the product portfolio in the esiMot M series

New addition to the esitron drive family! The esiMot M series has been expanded - with a wide variety of mounting options for the electronics.
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External encoder system / external encoder

Our decentralized servo drives have proven themselves for years in a wide variety of machines and systems. Now they open up NEW with an input for external encoders the use in applications with slip.
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Loop drive and game balancing

In mechanical engineering and in the design of drives and automation technology, for example, these are high-precision processes for the precise execution of machine sequences.
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Where are servo motors used? And how are they used?

Servo motors are mainly used in logistics as well as in industrial plants and machines. Examples are machine tools, industrial robots, AGV's etc.
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Electronic synchronization

In our Expertise series on LinkedIn, we have devoted ourselves to the topic of electronic synchronization. What is that exactly?
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Safe Torque Off (STO) – torque safely switched off

Safe Torque Off (STO) is a safety function integrated within the motor. When this is activated, the motor is no longer supplied with rotation - or movement-causing energy.
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