A new free design aid from alpha gearheads will save engineers' time and reduce the chance of errors when designing & calculating complex drive system

Features Included

• Complete Drive Trains Calculations
• 6 Types of typical Drive Applications available
• Data visible at every stage, including Inertia Ratios, Speeds, Torques
• Motor Data Base of some 3500 Manufactures, with Torque/Speed graphs
• Gearhead Bearing Forces & Life Calculation
• Motion Profiles can either be imported or created
• Details System Printouts
• Checks Motor / Gearhead Combinations instantly
• Gearhead CAD Data in 6 formats both 2D & 3D

Cymex (Cyber Motion Explorer) software simplifies servo system design and analysis, allowing engineers to more accurately design and specify high-performance systems in less time and at a lower cost. Unlike other sizing tools that apply only to a particular manufacturer's motors, Cymex contains a database of nearly 3,200 servo motors from a wide variety of manufacturers to expand the engineer's options. In addition, the user can add different motors, including stepper, DC, reluctance, or induction motors to the database.

The Cymex® Solution
Provided on CD-ROM, Cymex has a simple, intuitive Windows-based graphical user interface this allows the user to define path and time, path and speed, and time and speed in any combination or sequence. Using this data, the software calculates the complete motion profile of the system. Inertia is typically one of the more difficult and time-consuming values to calculate. This also allows the user to calculate inertia by modelling the object type, dimensions, and distance from axis of rotation and handles any inertial load in nearly any orientation and axis of rotation.

Parameters for general applications can be calculated with menu guidance. Users can easily calculate data for predefined standard applications, such as rack & pinion, ball screw, belt drive, turntable and pulley drive plus a general load case. This software also calculates output-bearing life, mass moment of inertia from several combined bodies, masses of combined components, transmission ratios, rigidity, backlash, mean and max speed, mean and max torque, and profiles of distance, speed, acceleration, and torque. Variables can be shown individually or in combination.

Virtual gauges at multiple points in the drive train diagram allow quick views of torque, inertia, etc., at those points.

A major difference between Cymex and other sizing programs is that it incorporates the gearbox into the servo system calculations. Other systems tend to calculate torque from the motor alone and size the gearbox according to motor parameters, which can lead to over-sizing problems.

Selecting Components
All of the specifications required to select a suitable motor and gear reducer for an application are stored in the database. Tables and graphics in the program help the user select the best gear reducer for the application. The graphics show a clear comparison among the available gear reducers.
The database contains detailed geometric parameters of nearly 3,200 motors. For example, there is enough detail that users can check to determine whether the optimum motor can be mounted to the selected gear reducer. Once the optimum design has been finalised, it will list geometrically equivalent motors and automatically select the correct adapter plate and bushing. It can also print out relevant data sheets, output a DXF file that can be imported into drawings, and generate orders with the correct part numbers and ordering codes. If a gear reducer from alpha gear drives is selected, you can print maintenance, mounting, and operating information as well. After calculations are performed, the system configuration can be stored for use in later projects.

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