We’ve seen plenty of motor projects, but [Jeremy]’s DIY Tubular Linear Motor is a really neat variety of stepper motor in a format we certainly don’t see every day. It started as … ...

For linear motor-driven axes, resolutions can be well below 0.1 μm, and even into the nanometer range. The quality of the current loops determines whether the linear motor can hold a position ...

After evaluating several solutions, engineers chose a linear step motor, mounting the tray on the motor. It smoothly moves the tray in small increments, 12,500 steps/in., meeting the application ...

We’ve all heard linear motors, like those propelling Maglev trains, described as “unrolled” versions of regular electric motors. The analogy is apt and helps to understand how a l… ...

Linear motors include myosins, kinesins and dyneins, that “walk” along actin filaments or microtubules, and generate mechanical motion using energy from ATP hydrolysis.

In addition to generating both the lift and the lateral motion required in pick-and-place machines with only a single linear track and a single forcer (consisting of three coils), the technology ...

Technically, the patented HET motor (described in some detail in the above video from Linear Labs), as described by Brad Hunstable, is a “3D Circumferential Flux Motor” with four rotors.