Articles: Motion Control
Reducing Design Time for Linear Motion Systems
Reducing design time is critical in engineering because the result is lower costs and faster time to market. Design time often includes a number of non-value-added activities such as re-design,...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Robots Play Role in Future Aircraft Wing Production
KUKA Systems (Sterling Heights, MI), in conjunction with Bombardier Aerospace, has devised an innovative robotic cell for laying up dry carbon fiber material as a result of a national...
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Electronic Flow Control Valve (EFCV) with Pressure Compensation Capability
Flow control is one of the most critical functions in the hydraulic industry. Traditionally, flow control is implemented via a proportional or servo valve. When...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
DC Motor Automates Patient Transfer Device
One of the growing problems facing nurses is a reduced staff, and with it the need to care for overweight patients with very little help. This effort has led to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)...
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NASA Announces New Launch System
Today, NASA announced the new Space Launch System (SLS), an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
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Steer-by-Wire Systems with Integrated Torque Feedback Improve Steering Performance and Reduce Cost
Hydraulic steering systems have long dominated the industrial utility vehicle market because of their familiarity both to vehicle designers...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Electro-Hydraulic Motion Controller for Earthquake Simulation
How do you test the behavior of different soil structures in an earthquake? Obviously, large earthquakes don’t happen often, and they certainly don’t happen on cue. The...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Motion Control Requirements for Medical Instruments
Medical equipment motion control runs the gamut from electric wheelchair motion to heart assist pumps. This article will focus on the segment consisting of medical laboratory instruments....
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Motors Keep Telescope Operating in Record-Low Antarctic Temperatures
At Concordia Station in Antarctica, there is a telescope mount that has been operating for a few years. Recently, there was a new record temperature at the Dome C site:...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robots and Vision Combine for Accurate Sheet Metal Cutting
In the general construction industry, many different parts are cut from sheet metal and then welded together on a large machine or vehicle. The trouble arises when the sheets are...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Crew Test Module Provides Launch Escape System
Kent, WA
253-872-0411 www.blueorigin.com
Blue Origin has received funding from NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev)...
Articles: Motion Control
Synchronizing Hydraulic Axes in a Pultrusion Machine
Many hydraulically operated machines perform adequately with on/off “bang-bang” valves, but some need special controls to avoid maintenance problems and deliver quality production...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Removing Digestive Tumors With a Therapeutic Endoscopy Teleoperation Robot
Endo Tools Therapeutics (ETT) is a medical device company based in Brussels, Belgium that was established in 2008. The company was formed after an innovative research...
Articles: Motion Control
Electromobility Drives Green Vehicles
Environmental friendliness, economy, and individuality are the fundamental ideas associated with the topic of eMobility (electromobility). The increasing scarcity of resources and constantly rising...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Motion Components Optimize Performance of Liquid Chromatography System
Pricing pressures, intense competition, and strict regulatory demands are challenging scientists and researchers in the fast-growing, highly-regulated pharmaceutical,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Closed System Technology Drives the Trend Toward Safer Dispensing of High-Purity Chemicals
In dozens of industries and in millions of applications around the world, dangerous chemicals are transferred from their original shipping containers...
Articles: Motion Control
Controlling Robotics Precisely With Haptic Technology
Robots are capable of very precise motion, but must be guided with precision in order to fulfill their potential. Consider the task of guiding a robotic surgeon’s arm to suture a wound...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Vibration Isolators Supplied for James Webb Telescope Testing
Minus K® Technology
Inglewood, CA
310-348-9656
www.minusk.com
Minus K Technology was chosen by ITT Space Systems, LLC, a...
Articles: Motion Control
Advances in Magnetic Bearings
In this age of environmental consciousness, OEMs around the world are competing to build better, safer, and greener machines. In striving toward such lofty goals, many industries are rediscovering a fundamental...
Articles: Motion Control
Reducing Electromagnetic Interference in Motion Systems
EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) comes in different forms, frequencies, and levels. Electronic equipment has different categories for both emissions and susceptibility. Under normal...
Articles: Motion Control
Benefits of Magnetostrictive Sensors for Industrial Applications
Modern industrial machines rely on fast, accurate motion control in order to achieve high product quality and productivity, as measurement errors can lead to increased scrap...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Roller Pinion Technology Allows High Positional Accuracy for Precision Applications
Increasingly competitive markets make efficient and accurate processes more critical than ever before. To meet the demands of manufacturers, machine builders...
Articles: Motion Control
All Motors are Stepping Motors
In 1938, General Electric began producing a two-phase synchronous induction motor which, at 60 Hz, ran at 75 RPM. The low speed resulted from using a different number of rotors to stator poles or teeth, which...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Intelligent Control Increases Motion System ROI
The economic realities of the industrial marketplace are driving machine builders and integrators to get creative and build more intelligence into their machines in order to increase...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Connector Improves Reliability, Cuts Cost on Engine Production Line
HARTING North America was recently asked to solve some of the problems associated with power distribution and motion control on a vehicle manufacturer’s long conveyor and...
Articles: Motion Control
Tips On Selecting Custom Gearmotors
A custom gearmotor is one that meets your particular specifications. It has the correct mechanical and electrical interfaces, fits within the envelope available, meets your performance, maintenance,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Intelligent Motor Control ICs Simplify System Design
A new category of IC called an intelligent motor controller (IMC) is evolving that simplifies the task of designing high performance motor control drives. IMCs are dedicated, high-speed...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Electric Actuators Deliver Energy Efficient, Low Maintenance Solutions
Machine designers and end users find themselves balancing sometimes opposing priorities such as improving energy efficiency while minimizing adverse impact on the environment, at the same time ensuring performance (e.g., precision, reliability) is not compromised. A key trend...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Introduction to Linear Actuators
Students trained in classic mechanical engineering are taught to construct a system using conventional mechanical components to convert rotary into linear motion. Converting rotary to linear motion can be...
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