About this book

The Importance of servo motor sizing should not be underestimated. Proper motor sizing will not only result in significant cost savings by saving energy, reducing purchasing and operating costs, reducing downtime, etc.; it also helps the engineer to design better motion control systems. However, the knowledge of mechanical systems and their influence on motor speed, inertia and torque requirements seems to decline in a world where modern technology aspects, such as tuning and programming, seem to be the main focus. The motor sizing process involves a number of mathematical equations, which are most certainly documented, but not necessarily with the motor sizing process in mind. This book focuses primarily on servo motor sizing and it documents in detail the inertia and torque calculations of standard mechanical components and the motor selection process.

About the author
Wilfried Voss is the President of Copperhill Technologies Corporation, a company specializing in motor sizing software development for various motor manufacturers all over the world. In addition, Copperhill Technologies sells user licenses of its generic motor sizing program, VisualSizer-Professional^TM.

Mr. Voss has been involved with motion control applications since 1985 as a specialist in the paper industry. He has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wuppertal in Germany. Mr. Voss has traveled the world extensively, settling in New England in 1989. He presently lives in an old farmhouse in Greenfield, Massachusetts with his Irish-American wife and their son Patrick.

Mr. Voss has been involved with motion control applications since 1985 as a specialist in the paper industry. He has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wuppertal in Germany. Mr. Voss has traveled the world extensively, settling in New England in 1989. He presently lives in an old farmhouse in Greenfield, Massachusetts with his Irish-American wife and their son Patrick.