ez-Wheel
About
About ez-Wheel
ez-Wheel integrates a motor, gearbox, electronics, encoder, battery interface and safety functions into electric wheel drives. Its SWD range provides traction for AGVs, AMRs and other mobile equipment, with control and safety communication built into the drive.
The wheel modules let machine builders add powered motion without designing a separate motor-and-drive assembly. They support collaborative robot and intralogistics designs in which traction, braking and feedback must fit inside a compact wheel, while development kits help OEMs integrate the drive into a new mobile platform.
Timeline
Events
- 2023-08-01 - Acquisition - IDEC acquires 80% of ez-Wheel
The transaction gave ez-Wheel access to IDEC’s manufacturing capabilities, global sales network and functional-safety expertise. IDEC positioned ez-Wheel’s integrated drives alongside its existing AGV and AMR safety components. The company continues to operate the ez-Wheel brand within the IDEC Group.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- IDEC Corporation
Majority Owner And Corporate Parent - ez-Wheel is linked with IDEC Corporation through the cited agreement.
Context
Comparable profiles
- AZAK
comparable profile - Integrated Mobile Robot Wheel Drive Supplier
- Framo Morat
comparable profile - Integrated Mobile Robot Wheel Drive Supplier
Shared workflows
- Omnia Wheels
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Mobile Robot Subsystems
- Avnet Silica
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Mobile Robot Subsystems
Context tags
- Autonomous Mobile Robot Subsystems - Workflow - Primary company research supports this operating context.
- Integrated Mobile-Robot Wheel-Drive Supplier - Peer Group - ez-Wheel's SWD range integrates motor drive, safety control, encoder, and braking functions into wheel-drive systems for AGV and AMR development.
- Functional safety control - Capability - Primary company research supports this operating context.