Frameless motors consist of a wound stator and a separate permanent-magnet rotor. They do not include the additional components that are part of a traditional housed servo motor — the motor housing, endbells. bearings, output shaft, cable connectors, feedback device or brake.
By eliminating the need to design your application to accommodate the extra components of a traditional housed servo motor, frameless motors enable you to engineer the most compact and lightest possible motion application.
Kollmorgen frameless motors provide industry-leading torque density, precision and efficiency in the most compact package. Our frameless motors are ideal for rotary actuators, submersible propulsion systems, flight control surface actuators, sensor gimbals, robot and cobot joints, or any application that requires ultimate precision, power and reliability in a compact application design.
When you can’t find the ideal-fit housed motor, frameless is your best choice. Learn more about what is a frameless motor in our Technologies Explained series.
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