Type Stock company Number of employees 2023 (2012) Headquarters Sachseln, Switzerland Parent organization Interelectric AG | Area served Worldwide Website maxonmotor.com Founded 5 December 1961 | |
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Industry Electric motors, motor controllers Key people Dr. Karl-Walter Braun (Controlling)
Eugen Elmiger (CEO, Sales & Marketing) Subsidiaries Maxon Motor Hungary Kft, maxon motor GmbH Profiles | ||
What are maxon motor all about
Maxon Motor is a supplier of high precision drive systems up to 500 W. The company develops and manufactures brushed and brushless electric DC servo motors as well as corresponding encoders, gears and control electronics.
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Products
The company developed and patented its own ironless winding system. Its motors are available brushless or brushed with graphite brushes or precious metal brushes. A part of its brushless dc motor programm is available as flat motors for use in small spaces. The types of gearheads available are: Spur gearheads, planetary gearheads made of plastic, ceramic (zirconium dioxide and aluminium oxide) or stainless steel. The company offers motor-gearhead combinations for applications in extreme environments in terms of temperature, pression and durability as well as sterilizable motor-gearhead combinations for use in the medical field. Furthermore the company offers a range of encoders and two programs of motor control electronics.
Application areas
The company specializes in customer specific drive solutions, it produces more than 5 million drive units per year in approx. 12'000 variations. Its main market areas are medical technology, industrial automation, security technology, measuring and testing technology, communication technology, automotive and aerospace technology.
Maxon Motors became known to a broader public when its products were chosen by the NASA for the Mars rover projects Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity.
Locations
Maxon Motor has its headquarters, along with a production plant, in Sachseln, in the Swiss Canton of Obwalden. The company gives its name to the railway station, Ewil Maxon, which adjoins the plant and has frequent connections to the city of Lucerne and beyond.
Besides its Sachseln plant, Maxon Motor has production facilities at Sexau in Germany, Veszprém in Hungary and Sejong City in South Korea. Sales operations exist in Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, Benelux, India, Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea, and sales agents in numerous other countries.