CT scanners, MRI machines and other advanced imaging systems require the highest motion precision. Any inaccuracy can cause blurring or artifacts that make interpretation difficult. It may require repeating the procedure – consuming resources while exposing the patient to an additional dose of radiation. In a worst case, it can even mean completely missing a potentially lifesaving diagnosis.

No Room for Error

CT scanners and MRI machines require precise motion control for very high inertial loads at very high speeds, especially with today’s multidetector row machines. For example, a 320-slice CT scanner with subsecond rotation can produce a detailed 3D model of the heart in just a few seconds, coordinating with ECG data to capture images only while the heart is at rest between beats. With so much happening all at once, there’s no room for mechanical error.

Higher Resolution in a Faster Scan

Microns and milliseconds make the difference between an accurate diagnosis and an unusable image. That’s why Kollmorgen servo motors, drives and controls are found in the most advanced CT scanners. Working together, they produce optimum acceleration, torque and precision – achieving less than 0.1 percent velocity ripple while overcoming an extremely high moment of inertia to enable the most accurate and detailed images possible.

Co-Engineering and Support for a Better Scanner

For imaging machine OEMs that have a full motion engineering team on staff, Kollmorgen can serve as a motion consultant and component supplier. For OEMs looking for complete electromechanical solutions, we can provide fully integrated motion systems designed to your specifications. Either way, you have access to the industry’s most knowledgeable motion experts, along with a global supply, support and engineering network to ensure access to all the components, service and expertise you need – with the shortest lead times and best value.

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Proven Success

We’re prepared to rapidly prototype and produce your optimum motion solution, with in-region production on four continents to help you confidently fight disease around the world. Explore the successes we’ve had with a wide range of motion-critical, time-sensitive medical device applications, including CT scanners, blood gas analyzers and breathing mask machines.

Rapid Scale-Up of Blood Gas Analyzer Production, Kollmorgen

Rapid Scale-Up of Blood Gas Analyzer Production

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive spike in the demand for medical equipment in every region of the world, including personal protective equipment, laboratory test systems, ventilators and more. A major global supplier of blood gas analyzers reached out to Kollmorgen—its motion partner of 15 years—with an urgent request to more than quadruple production of the specialized steppers that are all-important to blood gas analyzer accuracy, reliability and efficiency.

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Rapidly Scaling Production of Critical Equipment, Kollmorgen

Rapidly Scaling Production of Critical Equipment

In the fight against COVID-19, the soaring demand for face masks has led to a severe undersupply.  Beckmann Automation GmbH, a German machine builder that has traditionally manufactured machines for mattress and belt production, quickly stepped in to meet this urgent need.

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Kollmorgen Helps Rapidly Scale CT Scanner Production, Kollmorgen

Reliable and Consistent Supply of Motion Systems

When the world became aware of the COVID-19 outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China, it quickly became clear that greatly increased diagnostic capacity would be needed. Early in the outbreak, one of the world’s largest producers of diagnostic equipment—and a leading supplier of CT scanning equipment in China—reached out to Kollmorgen for help ramping up production.

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Count on Kollmorgen support to help you design and build a successful machine and keep it reliably productive, anywhere in the world. Our co-engineering experts will work with you to tailor a perfect-fit solution for your motion requirements.

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For more than 100 years, Kollmorgen has been creating innovative solutions that bring big ideas to reality, keep the world safer and improve lives. Our history of reliability is unsurpassed, and our solutions are supported through engineering centers of excellence and customer service in all major regions of the world.

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