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VisualSizer™ - Today's Most Advanced Generic Motor Sizing Software
Copperhill Technologies introduces the new version 5.0 of VisualSizer™, the new generation of computer aided motor sizing. This software package has been used and tested by some of the most reputable motor manufacturing companies in the United States including their overseas divisions, such as GE Fanuc, Siemens Energy & Automation, Oriental Motors U.S.A., Schneider Electric, Baldor, Moog, Danfoss, and more.
VisualSizer™ supports the motion control engineer in a process that can be extremely time consuming: The determination of the right electrical motor and drive according to your application specifications. VisualSizer™ provides solutions within minutes!
With the help of VisualSizer™, a motion design engineer can set up mechanical systems that utilize components like leadscrews, timing belts, gearboxes, etc. and, of course, electrical motors and drives. The actual problem is the process of determining the right motor for your setup. This is where VisualSizer™ provides great help. It will guide you effectively through what is usually a difficult and confusing process.
VisualSizer™ calculates the torque, speed and inertia requirements according to the user's application specification, processes all motor data from a motor database and finally creates a list of all motors that match the requirements. VisualSizer™ will point to the optimum motor, but also allows the user to make his own choice from the list.
VisualSizer™ comes with a database of 6000+ motor/drive combinations of various motor manufacturers. In addition, the user can add new motors and even modify and delete existing systems. The VisualSizer™ program package includes a database editor, the Interactive Catalog, that allows adding and modifying motor data in an easy way.
VisualSizer™ does not only save time by automatically selecting the optimum motor, it also has quite some knowledge integrated to support motion control engineers in the actual design process.
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Select the components, such as gearbox, leadscrew, etc., you need for your application and enter the appropriate parameters.
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Define a velocity profile (duty cycle).
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Start the calculation. The program will list all motors that match the application requirements.
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Create and print an application report.
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VisualSizer™ is a generic motor sizing software, i.e. it is not limited to the products of certain manufacturers of electrical motors and drives.
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Comprehensive application setup by providing a graphical (visual) display of the axes’ configurations.
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Creates detailed, professional looking application reports that will help the motion control engineer to find the optimum motor/drive combination according to the application specifications.
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VisualSizer™ also creates Microsoft Word documents. Change the template document to your liking (incl. Logo, etc.) and VisualSizer™ creates your customized report.
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VisualSizer™ provides a high level of flexibility in regards to the use of units, either US Standard and/or Metric. Whether you use in-lb as a torque measurement or in-oz, or Nm, or kgm, VisualSizer™ allows you to set up your individual default units. You can even mix units within a parameter list.
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The current version uses motor databases containing more than 6000 motor/drive combinations of manufacturers like GE Fanuc, Siemens Energy & Automation, Schneider Electric, Oriental Motors, Parker Hannifin, etc. (Further databases will be added in the future).
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User-definable motor databases. The software package includes the Interactive Catalog, i.e. a versatile database editor that allows you to add/modify further motor databases and create/print motor data sheets.
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Definition of applied thrust load for each motion segment
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Verification & display of motor torque/speed (performance) curves
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S-Curve feature for velocity profile (duty cycle)
VisualSizer™ will run under the various Microsoft™ operating systems, Windows 95/98/Me™, and Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista™.
