cyclogramBy step
- Motion profile termsThe words of step 1 — how far, how fast and how the move is shaped — each with what it means, its unit, what is typical, and a short animation.
- Ball screw, belt drive and load termsThe words of step 2 — the ball screw, the belt drive, the gearbox and the load that moves — each with what it means, its unit, what is typical, and a short animation.
- Motor sizing termsThe words of step 4 — servos, steppers, BLDC and AC induction motors, and the charts that judge them — each with what it means, its unit and what is typical.
- Regeneration and cyclogram termsThe words of steps 5 and 6 — the braking energy and the drive that takes it, and the move as a bar on your cyclogram — each with what it means and what is typical.
A to Z
- A
- Actuator
- Allowable belt force
- Angle
- B
- Base speed
- Belt efficiency
- Belt mass
- Brake
- Breakdown torque
- Bus capacitance
- Bus voltage
- C
- Chopper threshold
- Coupling inertia
- D
- Dwell
- E
- Energy the drive can absorb
- External force
- External torque
- G
- Gear ratio
- Gearbox
- Gearbox efficiency
- Gearbox inertia
- Guide friction
- H
- Hold with the brake
- Holding torque
- I
- Incline
- Inertia ratio limit
- J
- Jerk time per ramp
- L
- Length between bearings
- Limited-duty torque
- Linear or rotary axis
- Load inertia
- M
- Maximum speed
- Motor
- Motor files
- Motor type
- Move time
- Moving mass
- N
- Nut preload
- O
- Orientation of travel
- P
- Peak torque
- Permissible load inertia
- Preload friction
- Profile shape
- Pulley inertia
- Pulley material
- Pulley pitch diameter
- Pulley width
- R
- Ramp split
- Rated speed
- Rated torque
- Regeneration efficiency
- Root diameter
- Rotor inertia
- Row name
- S
- Safety factor
- Screw diameter
- Screw efficiency
- Screw inertia
- Screw lead
- Speed the torque holds to
- Step angle
- Stroke
- Supports
- T
- The load, part by part
- The motion chart
- The move back
- The speed–torque map
- Time back
- Torque over the cycle
- V
- Voltage
Every term is also behind the ? next to its field in the calculator.