Yaskawa Electric Corporation
Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division manufactures industrial control and automation products. It offers industrial AC drives, commercial HVAC drives, spindle drives and motors, servo systems and motion controllers, medium voltage switches, breakers, contactors, and low voltage industrial control products. The company’s products are used in air handler, blanking/shearing press, cartoner, clean room fan, compressor, conveyor, cooling tower fan, decanter centrifuge, engine dynamometer, extruder, grinder, injection molding, labeler, lathe, linear flying shear, machine tool, metalforming, mixer, pump, rotary knife, rotary placer, rotary table indexer, screw feeder, synch-belt, vibration feeder, water condenser chiller, and winding applications. It serves automotive, building automation, chemical/petrochemical, converting, food and beverage, machine tool, material handling, metal forming, packaging, pharmaceutical, plastics and rubber, and textile industries. Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives and Motion Division began operations in 1967 and is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois. Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives and Motion Division operates as a subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation.www.yaskawa.com
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Sep 9, 2026
Ian RountreeGUEST
And that was weird.
Ian RountreeGUEST
Again, like, d- it, I question my memory 'cause this is so f- funky, but, like, there were maybe 10, 12 of us who were like, "I know, invest outside of Silicon Valley." Um, and then as we did that, as we entered these industries that are largely more physical in nature, the entrepreneurs were saying things like, "Okay, yeah, my software's gonna be a lot better if I have a sensor at the edge," or, "If I have a sensor at the edge, actually it's gonna be better if I have a GPU at the edge as well." And hey, if we're gonna put a GPU at the edge with these sensors, then maybe we, like, hack a KUKA or Yaskawa robot arm or something and actually start moving, manipulating things at the edge.
Ian RountreeGUEST
Um, and, and that was how it happened.
Ian RountreeGUEST
It was more gradual.
Erik NievesGUEST
I was hooked.
Erik NievesGUEST
Uh, and I ended up going to work for that company in Ohio, Yaskawa Motoman, and I stayed there for 25 years.
Brad PorterHOST
Mm.
Brad PorterHOST
Mm-hmm.
Greg WeichmanHOST
Thanks for having me, Greg.
Greg WeichmanHOST
Can you give us a little background on your time with Yaskawa and your current role? Of course.
Keenan WangGUEST
Hi, everyone who's listening to the podcast.
Keenan WangGUEST
My name is Kinan Wang, and I joined Yaskawa in 2014 as an application engineer.
Keenan WangGUEST
I worked there for six, seven years.
Keenan WangGUEST
I helped with tech support in the Midwest region, where I had an opportunity to see many industrial applications, as well as HVAC, oil and gas.
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Keenan WangGUEST
topology? Yes, that's a good point on PM motors.
Keenan WangGUEST
Since it has such unique structure compared to induction motor, it does require specialized control from finding the rotor pull position to maintaining the synchronization in the speed control for PM motor to operate to the best ability.