The shuffle motor is a electrostatic stepper motor that employs a mechanical transformation to obtain high forces and small steps. A model has been made to calculate the driving voltage, step size and maximum load to pull as well as the optimal geometry. Tests results are an effective step size of about 85 nm and a maximum produced force of about 40 pN at 40V clamping voltage and 25 V actuator ...

⎯ we present a normally open stepper motor actuated microvalve based on micro and fine-machining technique. In this paper, first we have described how the larger controllable flow range can be achieved with simple micromachining techniques and secondly we have presented the results which show how the performance of the microvalve can be improved by using combination of different metal screws fo...

The design of a hybrid stepper motor for achieving a specific performance necessitates the choice of appropriate tooth geometry. In this paper, a detailed account of the results of twodimensional and three-dimensional finite-element (FE) analyses, conducted with different tooth width/tooth pitch ratios (t/X) and also with various tooth/slot shapes such as rectangular, trapezoidal, triangular, a...

Stepper motors are widely used in many applications where discrete, precise movement is required. There a variety of dedicated stepper motor controllers (sometimes referred to as “step sticks”) available on the market. Those provide number different control schemes that vary by aspects like current method, reference shape or maximum resolution increase (microstepping). The two most acknowledged...