Brands A–Z
Overviews of the main motion control manufacturers and their product families, summarised by our team from published manufacturer data. Need a specific part or an equivalent? Ask an engineer.
ADVANCED Motion Controls
Servo drive manufacturer covering panel-mount, PCB-mount and custom drives for brushed and brushless motors.
Akribis Systems
Direct-drive specialist producing linear motors, torque motors and precision positioning stages.
Allen-Bradley
Rockwell's motion brand covering Kinetix VP, MPL/MPM and TL/TLY servo motors and Kinetix 5100 to 5700 drives, with several legacy Kinetix drives now discontinued.
APEX Dynamics
Taiwanese maker of helical planetary gearboxes, from economy to high-precision and stainless washdown versions, inline and right-angle.
Bogen
German specialist in magnetic measurement scales and sensors for linear and rotary encoders.
DINGS'
Chinese maker of hybrid stepper motors, captive and non-captive linear stepper actuators, slotless brushless and small brushed DC motors.
Exlar
Roller-screw actuator brand covering the GTX, GTW, GSX, GTF, FTX, FTP and KX families and the Tritex II integrated drive actuators.
Harmonic Drive
Originator of the strain-wave gear, with CSF, CSG, CSD and SHG/SHF gear units and FHA and SHA hollow-shaft actuators.
KappaSense
Israeli maker of capacitive absolute linear encoders with passive, lightweight read heads for dirty, hot or vibrating machines.
Kinco
Automation brand supplying servo systems, steppers, integrated servo wheels, PLCs and HMIs, configured with its DTools software.
LeaderDrive
Chinese maker of strain-wave (harmonic) gear component sets and hollow-shaft units used in robot joints and precision rotary axes.
Leadshine
High-volume producer of stepper and servo motors and drives, including closed-loop integrated steppers.
LinMot
Tubular linear motor specialist offering the P01, P02 and P10 motor families, linear-rotary PR motors and MagSpring passive compensators.
Moog
Major slip ring and fibre optic rotary joint manufacturer serving industrial, medical, marine, wind and defence markets.
Motion Control Products
Bournemouth-based motion systems supplier with its own ranges of capsule, through-bore, high-current, pancake and fibre optic slip rings.
Netzer Precision
Manufacturer of thin, hollow-shaft absolute rotary encoders using capacitive sensing, popular in robot joints and defence gimbals.
Novanta
Precision motion and sensing group whose ranges include encoders and frameless and slotless motors.
Piezo Motion
US developer of compact rotary and linear piezo motors that hold position without power, for very fine, low-voltage positioning.
Renishaw
UK metrology group producing open optical encoders including RESOLUTE, EVOLUTE, TONiC, VIONiC, QUANTiC and ATOM.
Sanyo Denki
Japanese manufacturer of SANMOTION servo and stepping systems and San Ace cooling fans.
Servotecnica
Italian slip ring manufacturer whose SVTS series spans capsule, Faston, through-bore, ruggedised, open and flat designs.
Siemens
Industrial automation giant whose SIMOTICS S servo motors pair with SINAMICS S200, S210, V90 and S120 drives.
Thomson
Linear motion manufacturer whose Electrak range (HD, XD, MD, 1, 10, 050), Max Jac and Whispertrak actuators are common on mobile and industrial machinery.
Tolomatic
US maker of electric rod and rodless actuators, including roller-screw and stainless hygienic designs used to replace hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders.
UIRobot
Maker of miniature motor-mounted stepper drives and controllers with pulse/direction, RS232 and CAN interfaces.
Wanshsin
Taiwanese maker of precision planetary and spiral bevel gearboxes with high-rigidity and high-radial-load options for machine tools and AGVs.
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