May 1, 2006
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Stay tuned to Motion System Design's website, which is currently undergoing a redesign. Have some thoughts on how it might serve you better? We welcome...
Of mice, men, and machines
Technology is neither good nor bad it just is. Think of the damage you can do with a hammer. Yet, a hammer can be used to roof a house. The same goes...
Reeling in efficiency with cast rotors
An ac induction rotor starts as a stack of steel plates stamped with slots. Either molten aluminum is injected into the slots and flowed over the ends,...
Define: Efficiency
Many motors are labeled super, top, and premium efficient, but until a couple years ago, there wasn't any quantitative definition of the term. Then in...
Hexapod systems join international telescope project
Physik Instrumente (PI), Auburn, Mass., will provide 25 six-axis hexapod alignment systems and motion controllers to Vertex Antenna Systems, a daughter...
Key word search now available on industry website
DirectIndustry.com has made itself more user-friendly with a new search tool that lets engineers look for key words within PDF documents. Company sources...
Security, Hollywood-style
The addition of Biometric capabilities to Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 4.0 software from GE Fanuc Automation, Charlottesville, Va., increases safety and compliance...
Encoders sprouting up in fields
Spring has sprung, but seasonal rains won't always be necessary to feed crops, thanks to the help of large programmable irrigation systems that let farmers...
All work and no play
Miniature and instrument ball bearings are used in high-precision mating parts to control movement and provide rotational and oscillating functionality....
Out with the glass, in with the steel
Rotary and linear encoders are standard equipment in today's automated motion systems. Both types, generally, are optically based, relying on light passing...
Ready, set, program
Software programs contain instructions that execute specific tasks. Using the right programming model saves time debugging, improves code readability,...
Three steps to better converting
In virtually every industry, in the process of manufacturing products, there is some type of conversion required to transform raw or unfinished materials...
Herman Falk
Herman Falk was the son of an immigrant brewmaster who, in 1848, left Bavaria and settled in America to make beer. After Franz died, Herman and his three...
Product spotlight: Servos & Steppers
Bipolar chopper drive DCS4020 bipolar chopper drive is easy to set up and use, featuring a single-power connection and ready-to-run motor and drive. Features...
Products
Hollow shaft encoder HS35 hollow shaft encoder offers high resolution through robust electronics that multiply internal signals without degrading accuracy....
Pneumatic solutions
Pneumatic valves, FRLs Maximatic valves, FRLs, and components can be used in packaging, assembly, and manufacturing. Features & benefits Available as...
Mask-a-raid
Coco the raccoon could not go on. Ever since the town where he lived had made everyone switch to refuse cans, the bags of garbage he so easily used to...
