Putting creativity firmly in the hands of design engineers

Motion control and power transmission drive designers and engineers can create their own drive specification in real time, with a new online drive design system from STOBER Drives. The STOBER Configurator enables specifiers to generate many configurations, integrating products from the STOBER motion product portfolio, at speed.

“The powerful Configurator has the most popular 3rd party servo motor brands inside for quick selection of a STOBER gear unit to suit or users can take the complete STOBER Geared Motor Solution,” says the company.

This new development from the STOBER drive and automation experts is part of its strategy to provide customers with comprehensive support through its digital services.

Faster product specification

The Configurator allows mechanical and design engineers to save a great deal of time, as previously they had to gather and compare extensive manufacturer-specific documents. “Now, they can use this new online tool to quickly and easily construct the right solution from gear units, geared motors, motors, drive controllers, motion controllers and matching software,” says the company.

The intuitive and practically designed interface allows users to design their own unique solution quickly in real time with just a few clicks. Numerous filters and comparison options are available within the online Configurator to make this straightforward.

For example, users can compare components by price, power density, backlash, speed and, depending on which filter is set, the best solution is displayed automatically. Users can then configure this result to suit their specific project needs. In the case of geared motors, for example, users will find a selection of versions for the output shaft or hollowbore, housing and even mounting position.

The latest STOBER motor technologies are all selectable, including its Lean Motor sensor-less design, Synchronous Servo, all with or without gear units, as well as ballscrew and rack pinion solutions.

Design benefits with sharing options

Within the Configurator software, design engineers can also gain direct access to technical data sheets, as well as dimensional drawings and 3D models for immediate download. Selected items can then be quoted directly from STOBER for their applications. And once the specifier has used the configuration interface to build the optimum drive for their needs, the data and drawings can then be downloaded and a quote requested from STOBER.

“The finished selection can also be saved for later use and shared with others. This makes selecting the ideal STOBER product combination extremely easy,” adds the company.

To try out the new STOBER Configurator, click here

 Then, it’s just three easy steps to that first drive configuration - Select – Configure – Download.

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Link to short demonstration video:  https://youtu.be/UgnLE7btOjo