Planar Motor System

Planar Motor System is powered by Planar Motor

We assist customers in their digital transformation by providing flexible and maintenance-free transport systems. These systems offer precision in six degrees of freedom, and are totally modular, enabling scalability and flexibility. The modular design and software defined routing allows more of a machine’s function to be defined digitally than with any other motion technology, speeding up changeovers and making scaling up or repurposing lines more practical.

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Why Flexible product transport machines for smart manufacturing?

Planar Motor systems are designed for advanced automation and precise handling in and between machines. They serve manufacturing companies, OEMs and integrators who are seeking fast, flexible, clean, and reliable motion control solutions. The systems set new standards in compactness, process adaptability, and modularity; enabling customers to optimize throughput, minimize downtime, and produce a wide variety of products with a single machine.

Benefits

Highly innovative manufacturing solutions: With Planar Motor, machines with unmatched versatility for innovative applications become a reality. Control each individual product completely independently and channel products in and out of the process flow where necessary with absolute traceability.
Faster time-to-market: Planar motor systems are quick to deploy and easy to commission. Their adaptability lets you ramp up production fast—whether you're running small batches or high volumes, customizing individual products, or handling multiple variants.
Accelerate ramp-up and scale effortlessly: Add or remove XBots when production needs change. Stay flexible with modular layouts—rearrange machine modules, connect flyways with ease, and expand the system endlessly.
Higher performance and improved maintenance: Running multiple products on one machine means higher utilization rates and less investments. Planar Motor Systems run frictionless and with high dynamics. They are maintenance-free and enable easily accessible production processes.

Featured Capabilities

6 Degrees of Freedom

Move freely in X and Y, lift or lower in Z, and apply full 3-axis orientation control with yaw, pitch, and roll.

Hygienic Design

Fully enclosed in 316-L stainless steel making them aseptic and washable.

Live Weighing

Measure to +/-1g accuracy and make decisions based on the payload.

Infinitely Modular

Easily reconfigurable and add flyways.

Easy Customizable

With dowel pins and M4-threaded mounting holes, XBots can be configured to hold any payload, even cantilevered ones.

Real-World Applications

Pharma and Life Sciences

The Planar Motor system enables improved product traceability while simplified mechanics lead to shorter changeover time and reduced maintenance. The Hygienic product variant provides unparalleled cleanliness, making Planar Motor the ultimate transport system for sterile environments.