News on drive and automation for machine builder

June 2022

Motion sizing

Brake energy calcualtions

To ensure that a drive can be stopped in a controlled manner, it must be possible to convert the energy in the system in at any time. For this purpose, an electrical intermediate storage, a braking resistor or also the regeneration into the grid can be used.

With a few simple calculations, a possible solution can be correctly sized.

You can find the guide via the news-archive, this includes all the formulas and graphics, for easy understanding.