Maxon Motor

Maxon Motor AG
Stock company
Industry Electric motors, motor controllers
Founded December 5, 1961
Headquarters Sachseln, Switzerland
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Dr. Karl-Walter Braun (Controlling)
  • Eugen Elmiger (CEO, Sales & Marketing)
Number of employees
 2023 (2012)[1]
Website maxonmotor.com

Maxon Motor is a supplier of high-precision drive systems up to 500 W. The company develops and manufactures brushed and brushless electric DC servo motors as well as corresponding encoders, gears and control electronics.

Products

The company developed and patented its own ironless winding system. Its motors are available brushless or brushed with graphite brushes or precious metal brushes. A part of its brushless DC motor program is available as flat motors for use in small spaces. The types of gearheads available are spur gearheads and planetary gearheads made of plastic, ceramic (zirconium dioxide and aluminium oxide) or stainless steel. The company offers motor-gearhead combinations for applications in extreme environments in terms of temperature, pression and durability as well as sterilizable motor-gearhead combinations for use in the medical field. The company also offers a range of encoders and two programs of motor control electronics.

Application areas

The company specializes in customer specific drive solutions, it produces more than 5 million drive units per year in approx. 12'000 variations. Its main market areas are medical technology, industrial automation, security technology, measuring and testing technology, communication technology, automotive and aerospace technology.[1]

Maxon Motors became known to a broader public when its products were chosen by the NASA for the Mars rover projects Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity.

Locations

Maxon Motor has its headquarters, along with a production plant, in Sachseln, in the Swiss Canton of Obwalden. The company gives its name to the railway station, Ewil Maxon, which adjoins the plant and has frequent connections to the city of Lucerne and beyond.[2]

Besides its Sachseln plant, Maxon Motor has production facilities at Sexau in Germany, Veszprém in Hungary and Cheonan in South Korea. Sales operations exist in Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, Benelux, India, Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea, and sales agents in numerous other countries.[2][3][4]

Literature

  • Stemme, Otto (2004) Magnetism. Basics, Forces, Application. ISBN 978-3-9520143-5-6[5]
  • Kafader, Urs (2006). Design of High Precision Miniature Drives. Basics and Examples. ISBN 978-3-9520143-4-9[5]
  • Braun, Jan (2012) Formulae Handbook. Available as PDF Version[5]

References

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