Kollmorgen KBM Frameless Motors

Kollmorgen KBM is a family of frameless brushless direct-drive motors designed to be integrated directly into a machine's own bearings and structure. The range spans servo and torque-motor form factors with customizable windings, stack lengths, connections and thermal or performance options.

Facts

  • Company: Kollmorgen
  • Type: Frameless Motor Family
  • Positioning: Embedded direct-drive actuation
  • Function: Robot-joint and machine motion
  • Audience: Robot and machine OEMs
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.kollmorgen.com/en-us/products/motors/direct-drive/kbm-series-frameless

About

About Kollmorgen KBM Frameless Motors

KBM is Kollmorgen's frameless brushless direct-drive motor family for robot joints, machine tools and precision industrial motion. The rotor is supported by the host machine's bearings, allowing designers to embed the motor directly into their mechanical structure and eliminate gearboxes, belts, pulleys and coupling devices. This provides zero-backlash actuation in a compact package.

The worldwide commercial range spans 120–480 VAC servo and high-torque form factors. Published continuous stall torque runs from 0.49 Nm on KBM(S)-10 configurations to 3,445 Nm on KBM(S)-260 configurations. Kollmorgen offers modified windings, stack lengths, hubs, connections and thermal characteristics, so values must be resolved at exact part-number level before integration.

Specifications

  • Voltage Range: 120–480 VAC family offering
  • Motor Construction: Frameless brushless motor; the machine provides its own bearing support for the rotor
  • Servo Range: KBM(S)-10 through KBM(S)-45 servo-form-factor sizes
  • Torque Motor Range: KBM(S)-43 through KBM(S)-260 torque-motor form-factor sizes
  • Continuous Winding Temperature: 155 °C maximum continuous winding temperature
  • Customization: Windings, stack lengths, hub dimensions, connections and thermal/performance characteristics can be modified

Family specifications

  • Family Name: KBM Frameless Motors
  • Integration: Rotor is supported by the machine's own bearings; direct load connection removes gearbox, belt and pulley maintenance
  • Servo Sizes: KBM(S)-10 through KBM(S)-45
  • Source Urls: https://www.kollmorgen.com/fr-fr/products/motors/direct-drive/s%C3%A9rie-kbm-sans-carter-frameless
  • Product Role: Frameless brushless direct-drive motor family
  • Torque Sizes: KBM(S)-43 through KBM(S)-260
  • Voltage Range: 120–480 VAC family offering

Market context

Robot and machine OEMs

  • Workflow: Robot joint actuation, Industrial automation
  • Capability: Robotic manipulation
  • Market Signal: Supply-chain enabler

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