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Product Releasealpha gear drives, Inc. Changing Name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc. for Corporate Communications Synergy Print
 Blue gearboxes from alpha gear drives, Inc. have become the industry standard in servo gear technology. As of July 2008, the blue gearboxes will remain but alpha gear drives, Inc. will change its name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc. to be consistent with the other business units of the company. alpha gear drives, Inc. was founded in North America in 1992. By 1999, the strong demand for servo gear solutions branched out from industrial applications and was coming from fields such as military and medical technology. To better support customers in these specialized industries, additional subsidiaries of alpha were created, including WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation, Inc. and WITTENSTEIN arena, Corp. With the aim of synergizing research and communication efforts, WITTENSTEIN subsidiaries converged in 2005 with the building of WITTENSTEIN's Bartlett, IL headquarters. This move to a centralized facility symbolized WITTENSTEIN's commitment to its partners with all sales, development and production competencies unified under one roof. The ISO accredited WITTENSTEIN facility in Bartlett, IL has become the base of operations for all sales and development efforts in North America. WITTENSTEIN offers full training on its portfolio of alpha gearboxes and custom designed servo solutions, as well as in-depth operation analysis on its control loading systems for simulators. With a comprehensive North American sales and support channel, WITTENSTEIN is posed to fully support all its partners and their needs in the future. Today, WITTENSTEIN develops, manufactures and markets servo drive components and complete electromechanical systems. WITTENSTEIN solutions are used in applications for robotics, packaging, life sciences and aerospace. WITTENSTEIN products are everywhere - from satellites miles above the earth to crude oil extraction miles below. 
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Wittenstein Rack and Pinion Systems - Perfect Combo of Gearbox, Pinion & Rack – for All Applications
 WITTENSTEIN moves the classic system of rack & pinion back into the fast lane by offering the right alpha gearbox / rack & pinion combination for every application. Whether your requirement is low-cost or high-end, compactness in linear motion is specified to suit your specific application. ...More >> New Motion Catalog from alpha & WITTENSTEIN
 Introducing the new complete motion control catalog from alpha & WITTENSTEIN - providing customers and partners what they need, when and where they need it. Easy to use and navigate, this catalog includes the latest technical data, application examples and overview of the WITTENSTEIN corporate family. Replacing alpha’s previous system of blue binders and single-product loose catalogs, this new catalog gives customers and partners better access to WITTENSTEIN’s entire industrial solution portfolio. ...More >>alpha & WITTENSTEIN Announce New North American Office
 Continually improving its service to customers and partners around North America, alpha & WITTENSTEIN is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Canada. ...More >>alpha & WITTENSTEIN Announce New North American Office
 Continually improving its service to customers and partners around North America, alpha & WITTENSTEIN is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Canada. alpha & WITTENSTEIN view its primarily responsibility as being the best supplier of motion control components and systems that it can be to its growing base of customers and partners. Being the best supplier means providing customers with what they need, when and where they need it. Therefore, alpha & WITTENSTEIN has opened a new North American Global Center of Excellence in Canada to better serve its channel in the North. ...More >>Selecting Keyless vs Keyed Connections for Motor to Gear Reducer
 Knowing the differences between keyless and keyed-shafted connections is vital in distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of both types of specifications when choosing a gearbox for your motor. In today’s marketplace, the need for speed, precision and small size are not only dictating the standard for shaft locking devices but also challenging motion component manufacturers to evaluate methods of keyless shaft locking for dynamic loads. Motor and drive manufacturers are making products in smaller and smaller packages which are increasingly capable of rapid acceleration and rotary positioning accuracy. These industry changes are causing backlash, stress distribution and balance to all be addressed in shaft locking devises, in many cases rending the shaft key obsolete...
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The Smartest Gearbox in the Room by Alpha & Wittenstein
 Today’s manufacturing processes are pushing the limit of conventional drive mechanisms in striving for more precise control, better process management and optimal machine designs. Closing the loop on process variables gives engineers a means by which to optimize their designs and processes. Using modern sensor technology integrated into the output of a drive component simplifies this process and allows for easier sensor integration into a machine. Gearboxes are the components directly involved in the automation process - right in the thick of the activity. alpha & WITTENSTEIN offer the alphaIQ® solution - sensors directly loaded to the gearbox allowing all mechanical loads to be processed: torques, shear forces, speed thermal loads, wear and backlash. Customized software (included in the sensor kit) allows PC display of all the variables. ...More >> alphira® - a New Addition to the Alpha Family
 Ideal as a component of servo and stepper motor applications, alphira® is optimally equipped for the job. In terms of reliability, efficiency and precision, alphira® is every bit as impressive as its older brothers in the rest of the alpha family. Technical characteristics in brief:
New Right Angle from alpha Adds Value and Versatility
 With its sleek design, LPK+ combines real advantages for a variety of applications:
The New TPM+ From WITTENSTEIN is the Next Step in Servo Actuation
 With a design so compact and sleek - you’ll want the servo actuators out front. TPM+ is the latest addition to the WITTENSTEIN family. With the new sleek design and advanced technological features, WITTENSTEIN has pushed the boundaries of servo actuation to new limits. The TPM+ servo actuator is comprised of a high precision gearhead, a high-pole motor and feedback all integrated into a single package. Because the actuator concept eliminates any extra components, the size and mass have been reduced by 50% as compared to a standard motor and gearbox combination. ...More >>cymex - alpha application engineering in servo sizing software
 alpha makes finding the right servo gear reducer quick and easy with the most advanced servo gear sizing software for your design needs. cymex® makes use of extensive databases in which all alpha products and over 6000 motors from various manufacturers are stored - the largest library of its kind anywhere in the world. Simply enter your application data and cymex® will immediately calculate the complete drive train for you. ...More >>Alpha's TPK+ Dual Technology Gear Reducer
 TPK+ is a two-stage right-angle gearhead for servo applications featuring a robot flange according to ISO 9409 (without a pin). It is equipped on the output side with the alpha TP+ planetary gearhead introduced just last year. The focus of TPK+ is on power density, notably in the torque, the torsional stiffness and the torsional backlash.
This double technology advantage is the sum of the following components ...More >>alpha's Advanced Integrated Sensor Technology
 alpha continues to innovate the motion industry in developing a method to integrate torque and force sensors directly into the housings of it wide range of motion control solutions - from precision gear reducers to TPM integrated gear and motor products. The sensor technology allows for the most accurate measurement of torque, axial loading, and radial loading. The real time measurement of these performance criteria allow for more accurate process control by eliminating the inaccurate and cumbersome method of using motor current and a measured scaling factor (kt) to determine output torque. ...More >>Alpha's TP+ for Unbeatable Precision
 The TP+ is packed with exceptional precision in an intelligent, compact solution, offering alpha customers revolutionary, space-saving machine designs. Key performance characteristics of the innovative TP+ are low backlash and high torsional stiffness combining to create superior positioning accuracy, even in the micro range. This compact precision solution from alpha's range of innovative products achieves substantial more torque than other alternatives.
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Ternary is an all-in-one linear system that merges mechanics with intelligence, integrating several separate components: electronics, precision mechanics, feedback, control and software. Ternary is ideal in all situations where a pneumatic cylinder isn’t enough and a servo is too expensive and too complicated. alpha’s linear system allows multiple positions to be controlled with utmost precision, yet costs very little. Compactness, strength, intelligence and precision are the hallmarks of the linear actuator. All linear actuators can be used on a Profibus DP, CanOpen or DeviceNet fieldbus, whereby both parallel and serial control facilitate simultaneous starting.
In today’s world where the intensity of economic change is greater than ever, innovation has become not so much a sought-after key to exclusivity as a simple precondition of a company’s survival. Globalization, copying, volatile raw materials markets and added financial pressures are just a few of the factors which pose a multitude of risks. At the same time, the rapid pace of development in industry and science generates a steady stream of new innovation opportunities. For the machine building sector this means new challenges with regard to productivity, end product quality, plant availability and engineering flexibility. The urgent need for innovation remains unbroken in all these areas, with the design of the machine’s drive train frequently playing a vital role. Since precision and productivity are often constrained by the selected gearhead and motor
Always striving to offer the ideal gear reducer solution for customer application requirements, alpha is proud of its LP+/LPB+ Value Line series of gearheads. Its economic precision products are reliable and – thanks to a unique lubrication concept – maintenance-free for their entire service life. Focused on less demanding applications, these gear reducers offer outstanding efficiency with low tortional backlash. The LPB+ offers the option of adding an integrated geared pulley drive system. The belt pulley eliminates the need for a right angle gearbox, couplings and/or additional bearings - in turn, reducing cost, increasing performance, and reducing parts and engineering time for the system.
The alpha actuator system - an innovative alternative The alpha actuator system is based on a combination of several innovative elements, which only have the desired effect when united in this way: - Production and test engineering for rack-and-pinion units facilitate an unprecedented degree of precision - Innovative servo motor and transmission technology - Calculation, simulation, etc. of the complete system in tandem with other innovations (e.g. the type of connection between various system elements) The actuator system consists of a high-precision rack-and-pinion unit (positioning accuracy: < 12 microns) and a rotary actuator which moves the load on this unit.
As the first manufacturer to develop a hollow-shaft gearhead for maximum speeds, alpha now can supply the optimum right-angle gearhead for every application – be it worm, bevel or hypoid. The HG+ hollow-shaft gearhead made alpha the first manufacturer ever to develop a gearhead of this type capable of mastering even the most challenging servo applications. The HG+ is a low-backlash hypoid gearhead with a hollow-shaft, right angle design. Its numerous advantages include high torque and speed, gear ratios in a single stage, low noise combined with high efficiency and freedom from wear. The HG+ consequently offers a constant torsional backlash as well as perfect reversibility with all ratios. With innovative performance characteristics, a novel hollow-shaft flange output and impressive application flexibility, TK+ is a high-precision, multi-purpose product.
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