Motion Control Buyers' Guide
EP Normand

159 Galjoen Road, Wadeville, Germiston

tel:  
+27 11 824 1320
fax:  
+27 11 824 1353
cell:  
+27 83 454 9864
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.epnormand.co.za

Core business offering: variable speed drives, AC drives, DC drives, soft-starters, linear actuators, hollow shaft and solid shaft incremental encoders, servo drives, servo motors, resistors, power supplies, touchscreens, variable speed motors, sensor-less vectors, AC inverters.


Cape Town

tel: +27 82 822 5705
[email protected]
Adel System
(Shared Agency)
Celesco
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Cosmotec
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Eldon
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Elsteel
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Eurotherm
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Fairford
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Frizlen
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Leine & Linde
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
MKS
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Motrona
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
MTS
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Opkon
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Parker
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Parker (SDD drives)
(Shared Agency)
Sony
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Temposonics
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Thalheim
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
TWK
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Electrical
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Housings and enclosures
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
-AC controllers & starters
- 3-phase; frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; 10 - 100 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; Over 100 kW
- Flux vector control
- Single phase; Frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- Single phase; Frequency control; Over 10 kW
- Soft starters; Star-Delta
-AC Motors
- 3-phase
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
- Single phase; 1-10 kW
- Single phase; Over 10 kW
-Controller motor sets
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Open loop
- AC; Single phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
- AC; Single phase; Frequency control; Open loop
- DC; Motor controller combination; Closed loop
- DC; Motor controller combination; Open loop
-DC controllers & starters
- Current control; 10-100 kW
- Current control; 1-10 kW
- Current control; Over 100 kW
-DC Motors
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
-Other
- Motor Control Centres (MCC)
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Electrical
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Housings and enclosures
Section - Services
-Manufacture
- DB
- MCC
News from EP Normand:
Fully equipped drive
Third Quarter 2008, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, EP Normand

Parker SSD Drives, part of the Automation Division of Parker Hannifin, has developed a modular, high power AC drive system to help customers reduce installation time and costs. The 890PX is easy to install, ...

Soft starters - a cost saving tool for mechanical engineers
Third Quarter 2004, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, EP Normand

Soft starters provide an electronic solution to mechanical problems at relatively low cost

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Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced the latest update to its Simcenter portfolio, delivering advancements in aerostructure analysis, electric motor design, gear optimisation and smart virtual sensing. These enhancements are designed to streamline workflows, accelerate certification and provide deeper insights into system performance.

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Planar motor system for quality assurance
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Achieving the shortest possible inspection times, even when working with different components, is paramount when it comes to series production. This is precisely what special machine builder, stoba Sondermaschinen set out to achieve with its InspectorONE optical inspection system, which is based on deep learning and features the Beckhoff XPlanar planar motor system at the conveyor system core.

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