Application of Stepper Motor

APPLICATION OF STEPPER MOTOR:

The main application of stepper motor may be divided into the following groups.

1. Instrumentation applications.

2. Computer peripherals & Office equipment‘s.

3. Numerical control of machine tools and robotics.

4. Applications in semiconductor technology.

5. Space vehicles and satellites.

6. Electro medical and

7.     Miscellaneous applications.

1. Instrumentation application:

This involve low torque applications such as

Quartz watches.

Synchronized clocks.

Camera shutter operations.

2. Stepper motor application in computer peripherals:

This involve medium torque, high performance and high volume application such

as

Dot matrix and line printers.

Graph plotters.

Floppy disk drives

Digital X-Y plotters.

Magnetic tape drives.

Paper tape drives.

3. Application is office equipment:

Electronic typewriters.

Copiers

Facsimile machines.

4. Machine tool applications:

This involve high torque application such as

Numerical control system for milling machine

X-Y tables and index table.

Home use and industrial sewing machines.

5. Application in semiconductor technology:

Stepper motors used in high vacuum.

Goniometer-An instrument used to determine crystalline structure.

Electron beam micro fabricator.

6. Stepper motor used in space vehicles and satellites.

7. Robotics.

8. Electro medical applications:

This involve high torque applications such as

X-ray machines.

Radiation therapy units.

Ultra sound scanner.

9. Miscellaneous applications:

Nuclear reactors.

Heavy industry applications.

Automatic focusing mechanism in camera