Electric drives & control software
Electric fitness equipment
Electric weights that adjust the applied force precisely at every angle - instead of steel plates working against gravity.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
CustomerNautilus Inc, USA
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Selected Projects
From electric fitness equipment, custom servo drives, brake chopper retrofits and a pocket-sized ECG to an access terminal for tanning salons - a curated selection of projects we've delivered with our customers.
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Fault analysis & retrofit
Mobile service lift
Random motor controller failures traced back to their root cause - energy fed back during emergency descent - and fixed in the field with a brake chopper retrofit.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
CustomerHighStep Systems AG, Switzerland
Medical electronics
Vital scanner
A compact ECG device with two electrodes instead of three, a sampling rate of 1,067 Hz and 0.7 µA standby current.
- Electronics
- Prototyping
CustomerInfarct-Protect AG, Germany
Drive technology & mechanical engineering
4-axis linear system with 15,000 N
A complete redesign of an existing machine around the X1 controller - mechanical and electrical engineering from one team.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
- FMEA risk analysis
- Prototyping
CustomerNot disclosed, Switzerland
Drive technology & automation
Underground inspection
An automated winch system that measures the rope's slip and cancels it out - for probes up to 300 m into the duct.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
CustomerTALPA, Switzerland
Access control & payment
Akrodyn SunControl
Age verification, ID checking and payment for unstaffed tanning salons - as a retrofit for installations up to 30 years old.
- Electronics
- Mechanical engineering
- Human interfaces
- Payment solutions
CustomerJoint development with Maihof Sonnenland GmbH
Computer vision & software
Camera-based game control
Skeleton tracking for up to 8 people at once, in real time and on the CPU alone.
- Human interfaces
CustomerSphery AG
Drive technology & power electronics
EtherCAT motor controller
Custom motor controller built on Akrodyn technology with EtherCAT, Safety PLe and certification to CE, UL and CSA for global use in industrial machinery.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
CustomerMechanical engineering customer, Switzerland
Drive technology & embedded firmware
Motor controller for robotics actuators
Compact circular motor controller PCBs with field-oriented control and CAN-FD for a family of dynamic robotics actuators in three form factors, including full CAN protocol documentation and an end-of-line test plan.
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics
CustomerInternational robotics company
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