Introduction When it comes to mounting motors, a common solution is to use adhesives or glue. Even some of our coin motors and LRAs come with special backings to help keep them in place. However, these adhesives need to be carefully selected as they can
We’re seeing a great number of startups and early projects looking for design advice. In part this is thanks to advancements and cost reduction in 3D printing, but also the general adoption of crowdfunding has provided small companies and individuals with more opportunity to get
bruXane GmbH is a German-based company working to develop a product that prevents excessive grinding of teeth. We take particular interest in their application because they use our vibration motors! The technical name of the activity is ‘bruxism’, which can occur whilst sleeping or awake and can
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University have created an amazing group of autonomous robots called ‘Kilobots’. The key detail is the robots are able to work together and arrange themselves into complex structures. To position themselves, the robots use two coin vibration motors with
Protecting the eccentric mass of a vibration motor is essential to its operation. Although some achieve this through mounting methods, such as press-fit moulding products, there are also motor types that protect the eccentric mass with an enclosure. The most obvious of these is the coin motor,
In a blog post earlier this year we discussed ways to make your product wireless. The getOrder waiter pager from Rok Furlan s.p demonstrates how going wireless can increase the utility of a product. What Is It? The getOrder is a wireless waiter-paging system. Guests in a restaurant
Our sportier and health-conscious customers may have been interested in our Tech Blog post about the release of Jawbone’s ‘Up’, and there is more news from the world of healthy living products using vibration alerting. Magellan has released a watch aimed at those who take their exercise outdoors, featuring
Our latest brushless vibration motor, the 912-101, is a great new product aimed at long life mechanical aid and vibration alerting applications. When it comes to driving the motor, there are some differences between it and the 910-101 coin brushless vibration motor. So we thought we would put
There are several ways to increase a motor’s vibration strength, such as increasing the motor speed, the eccentric mass, or the mass’ distance from the motor shaft. Unfortunately, most of these are unavailable to our customers as they are factory defined. However, it is possible to
Jawbone made their name on the back of their stylish Bluetooth headsets, and now they are releasing a wristband and iPhone app combo called ‘Up’. According to various sources, Up is available in the UK from today (17th November). Simply slip the wristband on and