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Products: Motion Control
Servo2Go.com (Greenville, DE) offers Applied Motion Products’ SVAC3 Series digital servo drives. The AC powered drives can be controlled via analog signal or step and direction inputs. They also can be programmed to act as...
Products: Motion Control
Bosch Sensortec (Reutlingen, Germany) has introduced the BMA280 and BMA255 triaxial acceleration sensors with 14-bit and 12- bit resolutions, respectively. The sensors are available in a 2 × 2 mm LGA package and measure...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
The MCRT® 88700V dual-range digital torquemeter from S. Himmelstein (Hoffman Estates, IL) measures torque even if the ratio of peak to average torque is high, such as when starting, stopping, or reversing highinertia loads....
Products: Motion Control
Beckhoff Automation (Burnsville, MN) has released the AM8000 servo motor series featuring single-cable technology that combines the power and feedback system into one standard motor cable. The encoder data, rotor position,...
Products: Motion Control
Technosoft (Bevaix, Switzerland) offers the iPOS3602 MX micro-sized, pluggable servo drive for motion control applications where space is critical. The drive can be integrated into the user’s motherboard or PCB machine. All basic...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Zero-Max (Plymouth, MN) offers torque limiters in very large models for handling up to 37,000 foot pounds or 50,000 Newton meters of torque. These very large torque limiters are designed to protect drive trains, gearboxes, and...
Products: Motion Control
The Lee Company (Westbrook, CT) offers the High Pressure 500 Flosert miniature flow-regulating valve that is pressure-compensated to provide a constant flow over a range of pressure differentials. The valve is suited for...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aspen Motion Technologies, a Division of Pentair (Radford, VA), offers motion control solutions. Capabilities range from 0.5" in diameter to 36" in diameter for permanent magnet brushless synchronous motors/generators,...
Products: Motion Control
Sanyo Denki America (Torrance, CA) offers the F2 two-phase bipolar stepping motor with a frame of 0.55" and holding torque at 0.92 oz-in minimum. It features a step angle of 1.8 degree/ step, and rated current of 0.3A/phase....
Products: Motion Control
Melexis (Nashua, NH) has announced the MLX81205/ 07/10/15 family of integrated circuits (ICs) for sensor-less and sensor-based BLDC motor control for automotive applications. The ICs combine a voltage regulator,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Among the various components of a submarine pipeline, the vertical section known as a riser is critical to managing the pipeline. This section connects the...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Previously, the walk from the sales counter of the pharmacy to the medication drawer wasted valuable time. Today, the fully automated picking system for European pharmacies by KLS requires only...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
HEIDENHAIN (Schaumburg, IL) has released the IK5000 version 2.96 PC-based QUADRA-CHEK Metrology software for inspection measurement machines. It performs 2D and 3D measuring tasks and offers functionality such as 3D...
Products: Motion Control
Warner Linear (Belvidere, IL) has introduced the S-Track line of linear actuators for generalduty applications. Models are available with aluminum or engineered plastic housings. Enhanced control allows for 12 or 24 VDC...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Wittenstein (Bartlett, IL) offers the RP+ and RPM+ linear rack and pinion systems. The RP+ combines the alpha TP+ gearbox, pinion, and rack into one solution for linear motion; the RPM+ combines the TPM+ actuator, pinion, and...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Kollmorgen (Radford, VA) has introduced Value-Line servomotors that cover the torque range from 0.5 Nm to 16 Nm (peak or continuous). The servomotors are available in most popular motor sizes with 12 standard windings, in both...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Advanced Antivibration Components (New Hyde Park, NY) offers the V12Z55M062M Series bell-shaped rubber mountings to dampen shock and vibration for loads up to 887 kgf (1956 lbf). They are made from a combination of natural...
Products: Motion Control
Advanced Motion Controls (Camarillo, CA) has released the DZE and DZS series EtherCAT® servo drives and DxM (Demultiplexed Motion) technology. The servo drives for EtherCAT-enabled control networks are housed in a package size that can...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
The A3200 MotionPAC from Aerotech (Pittsburgh, PA) is a software-based programmable logic controller (PLC) that is integrated with the company’s A3200 motion controller. The MotionPAC can be used independently for full...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Sherborne Sensors (Wyckoff, NJ) has introduced the T835 Series gravity-referenced tri-axial inclinometer for challenging and space constrained environments. Available in angular ranges ±14.5° to ±60°, and measuring...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Prior Scientific (Rockland, MA) offers the NZ400 NanoScan Piezo Stage System for researchers producing rapid Z sections and live cell 3D images of specimens grown in well plates, large petri dishes, or mounted to glass...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tolomatic (Hamel, MN) offers the ACS with Ethernet, which adds Ethernet connectivity to the ACS Stepper Drive/Controller. It supports both Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP, allowing connectivity to PLCs and HMIs. It offers...
Products: Motion Control
The KNF Type NMP05 diaphragm micropump for sampling air and gases is available from KNF Neuberger (Trenton, NJ). It provides efficient operation for a wide range of portable, battery operated equipment applications. The...
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, originally developed 30 years ago to lower the cost of geothermal drilling....
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
The United States has set 2015 as a goal to reach grid parity (that point where solar electricity is equal to grid electricity). No matter your thoughts on regulatory...
Articles: Motion Control
Motion control choices are best made in light of the whole system architecture, as the selection of system architecture will drive not only the implementation and integration stages of the...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Mechatronics can be defined as the science to optimize the performance and capabilities of machines using a multi-domain synergistic design approach. It is also...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover “Curiosity” is the biggest rover to roam the Red Planet, measuring almost the size of a standard car. The rover is expected to land on...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division (Irwin, PA) announced the Light Capacity Rodless (LCR) actuator series that offers the ability to purchase a complete engineered motion solution with an optional onboard stepper...
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