Putting more torque into a machine traditionally required using a larger motor. Starting and stopping this larger motor required the customer to sacrifice equipment process speed. Hurst was contacted by a major servo drive manufacturer to provide a line of motors with more torque but smaller size. Technically, they were asking Hurst to put their servo motors on a diet. Today, this customer is penetrating the market with motors that exceed their expectations for size and torque. Engineers at Hurst filed three new patent applications based upon solving the design challenges of this customer.