NEW PRODUCTS
THRUSTERS
Low Cost ROV/AUV Thrusters
CrustCrawler is releasing a lower cost version of
their popular "Hi-Flow" series
ROV/AUV thrusters. At just
6. 25" (158.75 mm), they
are compact,
lightweight, and
powerful. The Hi-Flow Model 400HFS
will feature all
aluminum construction,
85 mm four blade
propeller,
machined
aluminum
propeller
adaptor,
and a type
37 Kort
nozzle. The
CrustCrawler’s new 400 watt thrusters were
engineered to be rugged, customizable, and provide
maximum thrust in a compact, easy to integrate package
for all types of ROV/AUV's. With the optional
programmable brushless speed controller, the throttle and
brake curves can be customized to provide the
programmable flexibility needed to set specific thrust
parameters for different underwater conditions. These
units are machined from top-of-the-line materials,
embedded with a gear reduced, powerful brushless motor,
and sealed with a custom engineered, replaceable
fluoroloy spring jacket seal with a life span of 7–10 million
cycles.
Some key features include:
• 5,000+ ft depth rating (oil compensated).
• Propeller is efficient in both forward and reverse
thrust.
• Type III hard anodized finish for maximum corrosion
resistance in salt water.
• Rugged 6061 aluminum thruster housing with weld
re-enforced Kort nozzle adaptor.
• Powerful 600W brushless motor with a 4.28:1 gear
ratio.
• Operates in all of the popular UAV/ROV voltage
ranges from 0 to 50 volts.
• Field serviceable components for low cost
ownership.
• High reliability.
• Complete field replaceable thruster heads available
for quick field repair.
For further information, please contact:
CrustCrawler
Website: www.crustcrawler.com
MOTOR CONTROLLERS
USB Stepper Motor Kit
AUSB stepper motor controller kit is now
available from Images Co.
that allows the user to
control a five volt or 12
volt uni-polar stepper
motor from Windows.
The exclusive Windows
interface is designed to
teach fundamental stepper
motor control. Automatic and manual control of the
stepper motor is available through the Windows interface.
Windows controls available include speed (steps/second),
direction (Clockwise [CW] or Counterclockwise [CCW]), full
step, half step, and manual step. A tutorial booklet
explains all the basic functions of the uni-polar stepper
motor.
For further information, please contact:
Images
Scientific
Instruments
Website: www.imagesco.com
Servo Controller
The ARC32 from Lynxmotion is a state-of-the-art robotics and servo controller. It utilizes a hybrid hardware
solution to drive 32 servos with less than 1% CPU time.
In addition to being based on a blazing fast 32-bit
microcontroller, it has an integrated 32 channel servo
control.
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