AMC has a great range of standard products, but where they really shine is with their ability to deliver customer-specific solutions. AMC’s well-integrated engineering, production, and support organization means that they can support customer-specific products better than many vendors can support standard solutions. Prototypes are produced on the same assembly lines that manufacture production products. The design and engineering, production, QA, and support teams are all in one building so that everyone can work together to deliver high-quality highly customized designs in large volumes.
Here are two examples of AMC’s use of clever customized designs to provide high value solutions that meet tough specifications.
AMC custom drive for fan motor control
This customer turned to us after a consultant was unable to deliver a design for a very challenging application. The customer was a motor manufacturer designing a totally enclosed integrated motor/drive to cool an engine compartment. The fan needed to turn on at 95 °C (203 °F) operate up to 125 °C (257 °F). Most drive manufacturers don’t even rate their drives for storage and transport at such high temperatures!
AMC did a new layout of a standard drive design, upgraded a few critical components, and added software to interface with the customer’s J1939 vehicle network. The result was a drive that fit into a tight spot, delivered low overall cost, and rescued a project that had gotten well behind schedule.
Dual AZ drives with customer-specific mounting card
This customer uses AMC drives to run the azimuth and elevation motors on a highly precise camera mount. Their previous supplier had reliability problems caused by inconsistent assembly and layout. After testing AMC’s standard drives, they determined that AMC’s AZ series of drives provided excellent performance and reliability, but that interfacing them with their existing system would be a challenge.
AMC responded by customizing the heat sinks on the AZ servo drive and creating a custom interface card with relay I/O and the customer’s specified connectors. The resulting product acts as a direct drop-in, added no additional parts cost, and lowered the customer’s costs thanks to reduced assembly costs and increased reliability.
The AZ series is designed to drive brushed and brushless servo motors. To increase system reliability and to reduce cabling costs, the drive is designed for direct integration into your PCB. The drive interfaces with digital controllers that have analog +/-10V output. It requires only a single unregulated isolated DC power supply, and is fully RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) compliant.
