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About maxon

maxon is a Swiss manufacturer of precision electric drive systems — the motors, gearheads, sensors and controllers that move joints, tools and instruments where space is tight and reliability is critical. The company was founded in Sachseln, in the canton of Obwalden, in 1961 as Interelectric AG, and built its reputation on a proprietary ironless winding that gives its DC motors high efficiency and precise control. Today the group supplies complete mechatronic drive units rather than bare motors: brushed and brushless DC motors, planetary and spur gearheads, encoders, and EPOS motion controllers, combined into systems for surgical and industrial robots, medical devices such as insulin pumps and prosthetics, aerospace equipment (its drives have operated on NASA Mars rovers), mobility products including e-bike drive systems, and joint actuators for humanoid robots.

maxon remains owned by the Braun family and states that it employs around 3,200 people at eleven production sites and is represented in more than 40 countries, producing several million drive units a year. For partners, maxon is the default component source behind a large share of the world’s precision robots: robot builders typically buy maxon drives rather than develop equivalent motors in-house, which makes the company a key upstream supplier to the robotics industry.

Products & services

• Brushed and brushless DC motors (DCX, ECX, EC-i, EC frameless and related families)
• Planetary and spur gearheads, spindle drives and special gear designs
• Sensors and encoders for precision motion feedback
• Motion controllers and control electronics (EPOS line)
• Complete mechatronic drive systems, including robotic joint actuators and the BIKEDRIVE e-bike system
• Custom drive development and manufacturing for medical, aerospace, mobility, industrial automation and robotics customers

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