TRINAMIC is a German company that designs, develops and produces integrated circuits, modules and mechatronic solutions for the control of small electrical motors in a wide variety of applications. Wherever small motors are deployed the growth of such drives is increasing rapidly, particularly in growing markets like biotech, medical, lab automation and semiconductor handling.

TRINAMIC is a recognised world leader in developing ASSPs for motion control of fractional horsepower stepper motors and brushless DC motors. This ability differentiates them from other IC manufacturers because its expertise is a combination of understanding the specific requirements of motors and having IC design know-how. The competition often comes from and focuses only on semiconductor technology whereas TRINAMIC is at home in both worlds.

TRINAMIC chose Micromech to be its UK partner because of their extensive experience in motion control and they are well known as a major supplier of motor and control solutions. Their software and electronic design team makes them the ideal specialist distributor to integrate these exciting products into customers’ equipment.

For customers there is not a need for in-depth knowledge about motors nor about DSPs or control circuitry in general so with regard to this the design phase has been vastly minimised, with the added result of significant labour and cost savings. The mechatronics approach – the integration of electronic control, system thinking and precision mechanical engineering achieves an optimal balance between the mechanical structure, the motor and its overall control. For example the patented stallGuardTM feature used in many products allows to reduce cost and to increase the reliability of the application offering an integrated stall and load detection without additional sensors.

The Trinamic Motion Control Modules and PANdrive mechatronic solutions combine a dedicated stepper or BLDC controller and driver with extensive experience in designing custom and off-the-shelf motion control solutions. The powerful, yet easy to use programming language TMCL (Trinamic Motion Control Language) with the comprehensive PC development environment makes embedded motion control as simple as a few mouse clicks, so cutting six months off the time to bring to market compared to chip-level development.

According to experts mechatronics is an emerging technology that revolutionises classical automation technologies where it will create completely new features to enhance functionality and safety. They will replace pure mechanical systems. These developments will vastly improve the commercial and industrial automation environment.

Speaking for TRINAMIC, Guido Gandolfo said “we are delighted with this appointment of Micromech whose motion control expertise makes them the perfect distributor to ‘design in’ and develop our UK markets”. “Their knowledge of both the technical aspects of our products and wide recognition as a motion supplier in the UK we believe will bring us both growth and success”.

Stirling Morley of Micromech replied “the desire to cut costs has never been more important than right now and imbedded system control is the answer for many manufacturers. Simplifying design, reducing components and assembly times are clear cost savers”. “The integration of a customised solution also gives customers an enhanced new product to launch onto the market, which of course is another major added benefit” he added.

If you wish to know more about these products then contact Stirling Morley on 01376 333333 or email stirling@micromech.co.uk

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