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Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier

Posted by leadinglights 
Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier
February 20, 2021 02:58PM
I am looking for a recommendation for a new go-to supplier for motion control products. I used to use Zapp Automation, but they show every sign of having gone out of existence.
I was looking for torque/speed curves of smaller stepper motors, NEMA11 and NEMA14 but now all I can find is the first page of the datasheets with dimensions and a few grudging parameters.
Zapp always had full datasheets but since they don't seem to be around anymore I have to look elsewhere and have looked at everything on the first few pages of a Google search, along with eBay and Amazon sellers, but all I get is the same:- page1 with dimensions and maybe a few dozen photos from different angles.

So the question is, Who can I buy from who gives full datasheets for their products?

Mike
VDX
Re: Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier
February 20, 2021 05:36PM
... for some projects I've bought steppers and controllers at nanotec -- [us.nanotec.com]


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Re: Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier
February 21, 2021 06:39AM
Thankyou VDX, that site did have useful data and I may use them in the future.

The lack of decent information has extended far beyond eBay and Amazon. One of the suppliers I most frequently use, RS Components, has gone into my black book as the datasheets for their "RS Pro" stepper motors is now an almost useless brag-sheet - and there is not even a link to where you can get real-world data.

Mike
VDX
Re: Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier
February 21, 2021 11:35AM
... "you only get what you asked for" -- and, as most folks only look at the main specs, more detailed data-sheets aren't of any interest in the online-market eye rolling smiley


Viktor
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Aufruf zum Projekt "Müll-freie Meere" - [reprap.org] -- Deutsche Facebook-Gruppe - [www.facebook.com]

Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]
Re: Need recommendations a new go-to parts supplier
February 21, 2021 12:03PM
In the end, I got all of the data I needed. Perhaps I shouldn't complain though, at least I have spent many years when ready availability of complete datasheets was a given; but I also remember many years ago having to sign NDAs and wait weeks for a datasheet for an MCU, only to find that the instruction set summary, the most important bit, was missing.

Mike
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