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605, 313 Run Hong Lu, Min Hang Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China, 201106
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Overview
- Summary
- Planar Motor Incorporated (PMI) is a global leader in the field of magnetic levitation planar motors. The company's Planar Motor System redefines intelligent production lines with its unparalleled flexibility, precision, reconfigurability, scalability, and traceability. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, PMI invents, designs, manufactures, sells, and supports planar motor-based smart conveying systems across more than 10 countries and regions in the EU, Asia, and North America. PMI provides flexible and maintenance-free transport systems for smart manufacturing, assisting customers in their digital transformation with core technological capabilities.Planar Motor Incorporated (PMI) is a global leader in the field of magnetic levitation planar motors. The company's Planar Motor System redefines intelligent production lines with its unparalleled flexibility, precision, reconfigurability, scalability, and traceability. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, PMI invents, designs, manufactures, sells, and supports planar motor-based smart conveying systems across more than 10 countries and regions in the EU, Asia, and North America. PMI provides flexible and maintenance-free transport systems for smart manufacturing, assisting customers in their digital transformation with core technological capabilities.
- Key Products/Technologies
- The core product, the Planar Motor System, consists of moving XBots (movers) and a stationary surface of modular Flyways (stators). Each XBot is independently controlled and operates with 6 degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) through magnetic levitation. This system requires no lubrication and generates no contamination, making it suitable for both clean and harsh environments. XBots can carry payloads ranging from 0.6 kg to 14 kg. Flyways are composed of modular tiles, each 240 x 240 x 70 mm³, offering unlimited expandability and reconfigurability. The company offers 3-Series (30mm Pitch) and 4-Series (40mm Pitch) models for XBots and Flyways, managed by a Planar Motor Controller (PMC) capable of controlling up to 250 Flyways and XBots.The core product, the Planar Motor System, consists of moving XBots (movers) and a stationary surface of modular Flyways (stators). Each XBot is independently controlled and operates with 6 degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) through magnetic levitation. This system requires no lubrication and generates no contamination, making it suitable for both clean and harsh environments. XBots can carry payloads ranging from 0.6 kg to 14 kg. Flyways are composed of modular tiles, each 240 x 240 x 70 mm³, offering unlimited expandability and reconfigurability. The company offers 3-Series (30mm Pitch) and 4-Series (40mm Pitch) models for XBots and Flyways, managed by a Planar Motor Controller (PMC) capable of controlling up to 250 Flyways and XBots.
- PMI's technology boasts high-precision motion control with 1 micrometer (μm) repeatability and less than 5 micrometers of overall repeatability. The magnetic levitation technology ensures zero wear, no lubrication, and no particulate generation, contributing to a maintenance-free operation. The system includes intelligent routing with built-in pathfinding and collision avoidance capabilities. It also features IP67 and IP69K ratings for dust and water resistance, and offers fully enclosed 316-L stainless steel hygienic/aseptic XBots for sterile environments. Seamless integration with major control systems like Rockwell Automation PLCs is achieved through EtherNet/IP adapters and provided Add-On Instructions libraries.PMI's technology boasts high-precision motion control with 1 micrometer (μm) repeatability and less than 5 micrometers of overall repeatability. The magnetic levitation technology ensures zero wear, no lubrication, and no particulate generation, contributing to a maintenance-free operation. The system includes intelligent routing with built-in pathfinding and collision avoidance capabilities. It also features IP67 and IP69K ratings for dust and water resistance, and offers fully enclosed 316-L stainless steel hygienic/aseptic XBots for sterile environments. Seamless integration with major control systems like Rockwell Automation PLCs is achieved through EtherNet/IP adapters and provided Add-On Instructions libraries.
- Core Advantages
- Unprecedented Flexibility and Reconfigurability: The Planar Motor System defines layouts through software without fixed paths, allowing easy rearrangement and expansion of production lines using modular Flyways. This capability is crucial for rapid adaptation to changing production demands and the manufacturing of diverse products.Unprecedented Flexibility and Reconfigurability: The Planar Motor System defines layouts through software without fixed paths, allowing easy rearrangement and expansion of production lines using modular Flyways. This capability is crucial for rapid adaptation to changing production demands and the manufacturing of diverse products.
- High Precision and 6-Degrees-of-Freedom Control: XBots offer 1 micrometer repeatability and 6-DOF movement, enabling direct execution of precise tasks that traditionally required robotic arms or 2-axis stages. This capability simplifies complex processes and maximizes production efficiency.High Precision and 6-Degrees-of-Freedom Control: XBots offer 1 micrometer repeatability and 6-DOF movement, enabling direct execution of precise tasks that traditionally required robotic arms or 2-axis stages. This capability simplifies complex processes and maximizes production efficiency.
- Zero Wear, No Lubrication, No Contamination for Easy Maintenance: The magnetic levitation system ensures XBots hover above Flyways, resulting in zero wear, no need for lubrication, and no particulate generation, thus creating a clean manufacturing environment. These benefits lead to reduced maintenance costs and increased uptime.Zero Wear, No Lubrication, No Contamination for Easy Maintenance: The magnetic levitation system ensures XBots hover above Flyways, resulting in zero wear, no need for lubrication, and no particulate generation, thus creating a clean manufacturing environment. These benefits lead to reduced maintenance costs and increased uptime.
- Space Savings and Increased Productivity: The design minimizes equipment footprint by combining transport and processing areas without the constraints of fixed paths. Independent control of individual products and dynamic routing optimize equipment utilization and maximize throughput.Space Savings and Increased Productivity: The design minimizes equipment footprint by combining transport and processing areas without the constraints of fixed paths. Independent control of individual products and dynamic routing optimize equipment utilization and maximize throughput.
- Fast Deployment and Scalability: Modular hardware and built-in libraries for major control systems reduce integration time and accelerate production startup. The ability to add or remove XBots as production needs change allows for effortless scaling of production lines.Fast Deployment and Scalability: Modular hardware and built-in libraries for major control systems reduce integration time and accelerate production startup. The ability to add or remove XBots as production needs change allows for effortless scaling of production lines.
- Partnerships with Leading Automation Companies: PMI has established collaborations with global automation leaders such as Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Mitsubishi Electric, and ABB/B&R. These partnerships provide a significant competitive advantage in terms of technology standardization and market expansion.Partnerships with Leading Automation Companies: PMI has established collaborations with global automation leaders such as Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Mitsubishi Electric, and ABB/B&R. These partnerships provide a significant competitive advantage in terms of technology standardization and market expansion.
- Target Industries
- Automotive and Battery Industry: Providing scalable and adaptable production lines to respond flexibly to market changes.Automotive and Battery Industry: Providing scalable and adaptable production lines to respond flexibly to market changes.
- Electronics and Semiconductor Industry: Utilizing for precise product transfer and optimized equipment layout in cleanroom and vacuum environments.Electronics and Semiconductor Industry: Utilizing for precise product transfer and optimized equipment layout in cleanroom and vacuum environments.
- Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industry: Contributing to improved product traceability, shorter changeover times, reduced maintenance, and creation of hygienic environments.Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industry: Contributing to improved product traceability, shorter changeover times, reduced maintenance, and creation of hygienic environments.
- Food and Beverage and Cosmetics Industry: Offering hygienic environments, rapid product format changes, and possibilities for high-mix production.Food and Beverage and Cosmetics Industry: Offering hygienic environments, rapid product format changes, and possibilities for high-mix production.
- Laboratory Automation: Enhancing plate movement speed, automating routing via high-level APIs, and enabling direct execution of processes like pipetting and shaking.Laboratory Automation: Enhancing plate movement speed, automating routing via high-level APIs, and enabling direct execution of processes like pipetting and shaking.
- General Assembly and Packaging Industry: Delivering innovative solutions for flexible, multi-dimensional manufacturing in assembly and packaging machinery.General Assembly and Packaging Industry: Delivering innovative solutions for flexible, multi-dimensional manufacturing in assembly and packaging machinery.
- Major Markets
- China, Japan, TaiwanChina, Japan, Taiwan
- Across the EU, France, ItalyAcross the EU, France, Italy
- Canada (headquarters), USA (Boston, Toronto skunk-works sites), Puerto RicoCanada (headquarters), USA (Boston, Toronto skunk-works sites), Puerto Rico
- Certifications/Patents
- Recipient of the Gold Award in the Motors and Mechanical Motion Devices category by Design News in 2019.Recipient of the Gold Award in the Motors and Mechanical Motion Devices category by Design News in 2019.
- Holds patents related to robotic devices and methods for their fabrication, use, and control (U.S. Patent No.: 12017871, filed: March 30, 2020, patent date: June 25, 2024).Holds patents related to robotic devices and methods for their fabrication, use, and control (U.S. Patent No.: 12017871, filed: March 30, 2020, patent date: June 25, 2024).
- Patents concerning magnetically movable displacement devices and robotic devices (U.S. Publication No.: US20260027735A1, publication date: January 29, 2026).Patents concerning magnetically movable displacement devices and robotic devices (U.S. Publication No.: US20260027735A1, publication date: January 29, 2026).
- Patent for systems and methods for identifying a magnetic mover (U.S. Patent No.: US9202719B2).Patent for systems and methods for identifying a magnetic mover (U.S. Patent No.: US9202719B2).
- Patent for systems and methods enabling movement of a magnetic mover (U.S. Patent No.: US20230034639A1, filed: October 4, 2019, patent date: February 7, 2023).Patent for systems and methods enabling movement of a magnetic mover (U.S. Patent No.: US20230034639A1, filed: October 4, 2019, patent date: February 7, 2023).
- Proprietary patent technology related to stator modules.Proprietary patent technology related to stator modules.
- Distinct technological competitiveness, including 1 micrometer repeatability and 6-degrees-of-freedom control capabilities.Distinct technological competitiveness, including 1 micrometer repeatability and 6-degrees-of-freedom control capabilities.
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605, 313 Run Hong Lu, Min Hang Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China, 201106
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