• Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or other indexers and motion controllers act as a stepper motor controller to send step pulses and direction signals that are received by the stepper motor driver to allow very precise motion control.
  
  
• The SureStep stepping motor, microstepping drive and power supply products provide a low-cost, reliable, high quality solution to answer your positioning control needs.

• With holding torques from 83 oz-inch to 434 oz-inch in NEMA size 17, 23 or 34 frames, the stepper motors handle a wide range of automation applications, including woodworking, assembly and test machines.
  
  
• These stepping motors operate on 2.8 A per phase (size 17 motor uses 2.0 A). The square frame style of the SureStep™ stepper motor produces high torque and allows the motors to achieve the best torque-to-volume ratio.
  
  
• All four stepping motors have a locking connector for easy hookup.



• The stepper drive can operate any of the four standard motors and features standard +5 VDC optically isolated logic inputs for interfacing with AutomationDirect PLCs and many other 3rd party controllers/ indexers.
  
  
• A 9-position DIP switch is used to set up the drive; no software or add-on resistors are required for configuration. The DIP switches are used for built-in self test, step angle selection, current level selection and optional idle current reduction.
  
  
• A standard 32 VDC, 4-amp linear power supply completes the SureStep line. The power supply operates at least two SureStep stepping systems of any size with an auxiliary +5 VDC regulated supply to facilitate AutomationDirect PLCs and stepper motor driver interfaces.

Operation

• Step pulses and direction signals from the AutomationDirect PLCs or other indexers and motion controllers are "translated" by the microstepping drive into precise movements of the stepping motor shaft.
  
  
• The drive uses advanced microstepping technology with selectable step sizes of 400 steps per revolution (divide by 2), 1,000 steps per revolution (divide by 5), 2,000 steps per revolution (divide by 10) and 10,000 steps per revolution (divide by 50).
  
  
• The 2-phase bipolar motors have 200 full steps per revolution or 1.8 degrees per full step.