August 1999
Making the right match
Integrated motor-drives eliminate the trouble of matching the motor to the drive, but they don't suit all applications...
Computer chronicles
They've come a long way, but do these machines have what it takes to make it in the real world...
Learn to let go with torque limiters
For years machine designers have incorporated some type of overload protection into the moving components of their machines...
MSD 101: Sensors and signals
LVDTs (linear variable differential transformers) have been around for nearly 100 years in one form or other...
Drives take on PLCs
When your drive needs an input from a sensor, the typical link is through a programmable controller...
Straight talk on linear motion
The path to complex linear systems is rarely straight...
What are we teaching our kids?
Later this month, children across America will return to their schools. For some, it will be like they never left...
Putting DeviceNet in motion
Sooner or later, you'll probably install a drive to a network...
Fun with Fundamentals: Problem 228
Jebediah Dean was settin' in his frictionless wheelchair one sunny afternoon when he decided he needed to git back to the "facilities"...
Sampling made simple
Despited the advantages of digital motor drives - from software programmable tuning gains to internal supports for feed-forward and s-curve velocity profiles - they do have a few weaknesses...
