Stepper Motor Applications (Step Motor, Stepping Motor)
Overview
Stepper motors are used in a wide variety of applications in industry, including computer peripherals, business machines, motion control, and robotics, which are included in process control and machine tool applications. A complete list of applications is shown below. stepping motor use permanent magnets, inclued neodymium magnets, smco and ferrite magnets
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Computer Peripherals
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Application
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Use
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Floppy Disc
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position magnetic pickup
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Printer
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carriage drive
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Printer
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rotate character wheel
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Printer
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paper feed
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Printer
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ribbon wind/rewind
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Printer
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position matrix print head
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Tape Reader
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index tape
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Plotter
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X-Y-Z positioning
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Plotter
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paper feed
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Business Machines
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Application
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Use
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Card Reader
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position cards
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Copy Machine
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paper feed
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Banking Systems
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credit card positioning
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Banking Systems
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paper feed
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Typewriters (automatic)
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head positioning
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Typewriters (automatic)
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paper feed
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Copy Machine
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lens positioning
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Card Sorter
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route card flow
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Process Control
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Application
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Use
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Carburetor Adjusting
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air-fuel mixture adjust
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Valve Control
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fluid gas metering
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Conveyor
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main drive
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In-Process Gaging
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parts positioning
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Assembly Lines
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parts positioning
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Silicon Processing
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I. C. wafer slicing
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I. C. Bonding
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chip positioning
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Laser Trimming
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X-Y positioning
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Liquid Gasket Dispensing
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valve cover positioning
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Mail Handling Systems
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feeding and positioning letters
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Machine Tools
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Application
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Use
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Milling Machines
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X-Y-Z table positioning
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Drilling Machines
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X-Y table positioning
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Grinding Machines
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downfeed grinding wheel
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Grinding Machines
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automatic wheel dressing
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Electron Beam Welder
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X-Y-Z positioning
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Laser Cutting
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X-Y-Z positioning
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Lathes
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X-Y positioning
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Sewing
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X-Y table positioning
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The many varied applications of stepper motor:
Consumer Electronics – Stepper motors in cameras for automatic digital camera focus and zoom functions. Stepper motors as actuators for mobile phones camera modules
Automotive and Aircraft – Stepper motors help enable cars, SUV’s and RV’s to receive telecommunication signals. Stepper motors are also used for cruise control, military antenna positioners, automated sensing devices, and automated cameras. In aircrafts, stepper motors are used in aircraft instruments, sensing devices, antennas, scanning equipment.
Office Equipment – Stepper motors are incorporated inside PC based scanning equipment, data storage tape drives, optical disk drive head driving mechanism, printers, bar-code printers, scanners
Medical – Step motors are used inside medical scanners, multi-axis stepper motor microscopic or nanoscopic motion control of automated devices, dispensing pumps, samplers, and chromatograph auto-injectors. Also found inside digital dental photography, fluid pumps, respirators, and blood analysis machinery
Industrial machines – Stepper motors are used in automotive gauges, machine tooling automated production equipment (single/multi axis stepper motor controllers) and also in retrofit kits [stepper motor controllers and motors] for CNC machine control
Scientific Instrumentation – Scientific Equipment Spectographs, observatory telescope positioning
Chemical – Mixing and sampling devices utilizing stepper motor controllers and single/multi axis stepper motor controlled environmental testing equipment.
Security – new surveillance products for the security industry
Gaming industry – Stepper motors are used in the motors that power slot machines, wheel spinners and card shufflers.
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