EC 40 ∅40 mm, brushless, 120 Watt See page 13

Not recommended for New Design

maxon special program

M 1:2
Stock program Part Numbers
Standard program
Special program (on request)

167176 167177 118894 118895 167178 167179 118896 118897 167180 118898 167181 167183 118899 118901
Motor Data
Values at nominal voltage
1 Nominal voltage V 12 18 21 30 24 36 42 48 48 48 48 48 48 48
2 No load speed rpm 10300 12000 10400 11600 10300 9830 10400 7560 10300 5930 5420 3530 3110 2020
3 No load current mA 886 754 515 426 443 275 258 139 222 97.8 86.2 48.6 41.3 24.4
4 Nominal speed rpm 9050 10900 9240 10500 9160 8710 9290 6450 9190 4830 4290 2400 1990 893
5 Nominal torque (max. continuous torque) mNm 107 113 116 120 120 123 122 127 123 130 126 127 129 129
6 Nominal current (max. continuous current) A 10.4 8.62 6.46 5.24 5.78 3.76 3.40 2.22 2.96 1.77 1.57 1.03 0.920 0.599
7 Stall torque mNm 985 1340 1150 1420 1210 1200 1280 940 1270 743 639 410 370 237
8 Starting current A 89.2 94.4 60.1 57.9 55.0 34.6 33.5 15.7 28.8 9.72 7.65 3.21 2.56 1.07
9 Max. efficiency % 81 83 83 84 83 83 84 82 84 81 80 77 76 72
Characteristics
10 Terminal resistance phase to phase Ω 0.134 0.191 0.349 0.518 0.436 1.04 1.25 3.07 1.66 4.94 6.28 14.9 18.8 44.8
11 Terminal inductance phase to phase mH 0.0266 0.0439 0.0797 0.132 0.106 0.263 0.319 0.788 0.425 1.28 1.52 3.56 4.57 10.7
12 Torque constant mNm/A 11.0 14.2 19.1 24.6 22.1 34.7 38.2 60.1 44.1 76.4 83.5 128 145 221
13 Speed constant rpm/V 865 673 500 389 433 275 250 159 216 125 114 74.8 66.0 43.2
14 Speed/torque gradient rpm/mNm 10.5 9.05 9.13 8.20 8.55 8.26 8.20 8.12 8.16 8.07 8.59 8.76 8.56 8.75
15 Mechanical time constant ms 9.39 8.06 8.13 7.30 7.61 7.35 7.30 7.22 7.26 7.18 7.64 7.79 7.62 7.78
16 Rotor inertia gcm2 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0 85.0

Specifications Operating Range Comments

Thermal data n [rpm] Continuous operation
17 Thermal resistance housing-ambient 3.2 K/W In observation of above listed thermal resistance
18 Thermal resistance winding-housing 1.2 K/W (lines 17 and 18) the maximum permissible winding
19 Thermal time constant winding 17.1 s temperature will be reached during continuous
20 Thermal time constant motor 1050 s operation at 25°C ambient.
21 Ambient temperature -20…+100°C = Thermal limit.
22 Max. permissible winding temperature +125°C
Short term operation
Mechanical data (preloaded ball bearings) The motor may be briefly overloaded (recurring).
23 Max. permissible speed 18000 rpm
24 Axial play at axial load < 8 N 0 mm
>8N max. 0.14 mm
Assigned power rating
25 Radial play preloaded
26 Max. axial load (dynamic) 7N
27 Max. force for press fits (static) 133 N
(static, shaft supported) 5000 N
28 Max. radial loading, 5 mm from flange 70 N
maxon Modular System Overview on page 20 - 25
Other specifications
29 Number of pole pairs 1 Planetary Gearhead Encoder HED_5540
30 Number of phases 3 ∅42 mm 500 CPT,
31 Weight of motor 390 g 3 - 15 Nm 3 channels
Page 270 Page 306/308
Values listed in the table are nominal. Planetary Gearhead Resolver Res 26
Explanation of the figures on page 161 ∅52 mm ∅26 mm
4 - 30 Nm 10 V
Connection motor (Cable AWG 22) Page 273 Page 316
red Motor winding 1 Brake AB 28
black Motor winding 2 24 VDC
white Motor winding 3 Recommended Electronics: 0.4 Nm
Connection sensors (Cable AWG 26)1) ESCON 50/5 Page 321 Page 348
green VHall 4.5 ... 24 VDC DECS 50/5 324
blue GND DEC Module 50/5 325
red/grey Hall sensor 1 EPOS2 24/5, 50/5, 70/10 331
black/grey Hall sensor 2 EPOS2 P 24/5 334
white/grey Hall sensor 3 Notes 24
Wiring diagram for Hall sensors see p. 35
1) Not lead through in combination with resolver.

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