February 1, 2006
Articles
Blog alert Motion means business
I recently had a chuckle over a cartoon showing a guy digging a hole while surrounded by shovels held up by folding stands. The caption explained how...
Waverunner Part 4
In the late 1800s, engineers and inventors were rather likeminded in the way they viewed the forces of nature. Owing to their familiarity with levers,...
In Response
Linking it all together I get the connection between your views and industrial issues. And I agree wholeheartedly.Dave Goldsmith Tesla and EMP EMP (electromagnetic...
Through thick and thin
A fluid's viscosity, its resistance to flowing, is usually expressed as the ratio of its shear velocity of motion to rotational torque. It's difficult...
Count chocolate run
Acoustic viscosity sensors are mainly designed for use with coatings and continuous oil-condition monitoring. However, they can also be used to monitor...
Mark your calendars
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) 2006 Industry Summit will be held October 26 to 28 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel. The...
Online tool configures cable
A new online tool from W.L. Gore & Associates serves as an interactive design guide that provides step-by-step instructions for configuring Gore high...
Industrial automation manufacturer acquires drives company
Emerson Control Techniques, St. Louis, acquired Saftronics Inc., Fort Myers, Fla., a manufacturer of drives and drive systems for industrial applications....
Software saves auto manufacturer time
A new software package called Kineo Path Planner (KPP) is helping one carmaker optimize its manufacturing operations, saving time in the process. Developed...
Global business highlights 2006 National Manufacturing Week
The 2006 National Manufacturing Week Conference, to be held March 20 to 23 at the Donald E. Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., will on focus...
How many phases are enough?
A stepmotor's construction and drive scheme determine its step angle, and that, in turn, determines how the motor performs in a particular application....
Putting the squeeze on
Most engineers associate slip clutches with their most common application, that of overload protection. But slip clutches also let motors upstream run...
A beginner's guide to Ethernet Powerlink
Ethernet is a high-speed communications network commonly found in factories. It sends information from PCs to destinations such as other PCs, servers,...
Move with modified PID loops
Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loops are often employed to minimize position error in motion control systems. Typically, they are implemented...
Air it out
When motion applications require high speed and linear movement, you may want to consider using pneumatic actuators. Pneumatic actuators use air pressure...
Design for washdown and sterilization
Where food and pharmaceuticals are manufactured, it is often necessary to wash and sterilize equipment. But machinery typically doesn't appreciate high-pressure...
Cures for cogging in slotted linear motors
Slotted linear motors move with speed and precision, and are raising the bar on linear motion applications. They consist basically of magnets and windings....
Less is more
Pneumatic-powered lift tables working with pick-and-place machines must be sufficiently rigid to produce reliable and repeatable staking operations. This...
Product Spotlight: Machine vision
Fixed-power beam expanders Family of beam expanders offers high-performance optical designs packaged in a precise opto-mechanical platform. FEATURES &...
Products
Brushless motor controllers DECV 50/5 controller provides low-cost velocity control for Hall-feedback motors up to 250 W. FEATURES & BENEFITS Four-quadrant...
Pneumatic solutions
Pneumatic slides Ultra series slides are available with two cylinder options M-series or ISO/VDMA 6432 for long strokes. FEATURES & BENEFITS Eight bore...
Steel structures
Steel, that special, engineered form of iron, is indispensable to industry, providing strength and function no other material can match. Produced since...
Henry Timken
To be successful, you must be independent. If you want to lead in any line, you must bring to it independence of thought, unfailing industry, aggression,...
Uplifting experience
It happened one Saturday afternoon. Jake Baloney was walking home with a friend, after a full day of pizza and cake eating at another friend's 8th birthday...
