Product profile
HEJ 90
HEJ 90 is maxon's integrated high-efficiency robotic joint for locomotion, mobile manipulation and industrial robot axes. The official product material com...
Facts
- Company
- maxon
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- robot_joint_actuation
- Website
- https://global.maxongroup.com/high-efficiency-joints
About HEJ 90
HEJ 90 is maxon's integrated high-efficiency robotic joint for locomotion, mobile manipulation and industrial robot axes. The official product material combines a motor, gears, electronics, sensing, output bearing and IP67 housing, with 140 Nm peak torque, 75 Nm continuous torque and EtherCAT control.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Integrated robotic joint
Core: 140 Nm peak torque in a 2 kg joint module
Function: Provides dense, backdrivable and EtherCAT-controlled actuation for quadrupeds, humanoids, mobile manipulators and industrial robot axes
Audience: Robot OEMs, robot integrators, robotics researchers and automation engineers
Specifications
- axial_length_mm
- 90 mm
- backdriving_torque_nm
- <1.5 Nm
- communication
- EtherCAT, 1 kHz maximum communication rate
- continuous_torque_nm
- 75 Nm
- control_modes
- Joint position, velocity, torque, motor current (FOC) and joint impedance
- diameter_mm
- 110 mm
- integrated_elements
- Motor, planetary gears, electronics, encoders/sensing, output bearing and housing
- mass_kg
- 2 kg
- mechanical_backlash_deg
- Average 0.48°; 0.35–0.61° range
- operating_voltage_v
- 20–60 V
- peak_joint_velocity_rad_s
- Official product-page table value rad/s
- peak_torque_nm
- 140 Nm
- protection
- IP67
Operations
- Environment
- robotics_laboratories, industrial_automation, mobile_robot_operations, outdoor_operations
- Primary user
- robot_oems, robot_integrators, robotics_researchers, automation_engineers
- Role
- robot_joint_actuation, robotic_manipulation, mobile_robot_actuation, industrial_automation
- Interaction model
- embedded_robot_integration, joint_position_control, joint_torque_control, ethercat_communication
- Mobility class
- fixed_component, embedded_robot_component, rotary_actuator_module
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- maxon Group acquires minority stake in Synapticon — 2025-07-15
- maxon launches 2024 product innovations including new robotic drive developments — 2024-11-25
- The Robot Studio demonstrates HOPE with maxon actuation — 2024-11-03
- maxon presents humanoid robot prototype HOPE and product highlights at SPS 2024 — 2024-11-03
- maxon introduces ESCON2 control platform for applications including logistics robots — 2024-09-10
- C-Log opens automated Digital Hub with 240 mobile robots — 2023-11-02
- maxon brings new product innovations to Hannover Messe 2023 — 2023-04-13
- maxon supports Floating Robotics tomato-boxing system — 2023-01-01