Safety via Slip Ring

Safe Torque Off: Kollmorgen and Stemmann-Technik are developing a TÜV-certified solution

Slip rings emerged at the same time as electric motors and generators. The operating principle, which involves sliding contacts on rotating circular conductors, is essentially fairly simple. Any issues relate to matters of detail, and these are the things that currently present the main challenge to developers – with regard, for example, to the growing role of safety technology in the field of engineering. For one thing, it is not that easy to transfer data, energy, air, or fluids from a static location to a component in constant rotation. The motion control experts at Kollmorgen have now managed, together with the slip ring manufacturer Stemmann-Technik, to develop a TÜV-certified safety solution – with UL approval – for this kind of thing.

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KOLLMORGEN Europe GmbH

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