September 1, 2006
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At long last, Motion System Design's new website is completed. New features include links to blogs and useful papers. In addition, we editors have gone...
Live and direct
The new motionsystemdesign.com is live. What does this mean to you? We hope this means that you, our readers, will come to find it a welcoming environment,...
Times they are a'changing
Thank you for the insightful, well laid-out thoughts of your May editorial. I agree with everything you said in principle. I have seen in my lifetime:...
An attractive alternative
Imagine the hundreds of science fiction movies you've seen, where sleek-looking trains float high above the ground, moving people from destination to...
New tech center targets motion challenges
Most industrial automation challenges are motion problems at the core level. That's why many automation companies, including Schneider Electric, are consolidating...
One step closer to precise ac voltage measurement
Following 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled its first precision instrument for directly measuring...
Handbook offers basic overview of power transmission
The fourth edition of the Power Transmission Handbook from the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), Chicago, is written for the entry-level...
Plastics are a natural
90% of the time, elastomer-insert or spider couplings are employed to connect drive motors and pump units to systems. Their puncture resistance and vibration...
Pneumatic cylinders bounce back
Pneumatic cylinders perform an array of functions in electronics, automotive, and packaging industries. Their basic function is always the same linear...
Lifting off friction
Many designers know about magnetic bearings and have some understanding of how they work. Still, most have never specified them; except for special applications,...
Get it, and go
Closed-loop motion systems can only run as fast as their sensors let them. And there are many factors that go into sensor speed. We asked the experts...
Ease of use
There are two kinds of systems that are easy to use: Inherently simple equipment, and more highly engineered total solution systems. Here, we'll discuss...
Interfacing linear feedback
Linear feedback devices are often mounted to critical axes, directly related to part production, so they must be robust. Magnetostrictive sensors fit...
Semiconductor device physics
Successfully designing diodes and other semiconductor circuits depends on an understanding of the physical processes taking place at the atomic level....
Product spotlight: Gearmotors
Ac and dc gearmotors Line of ac and dc gearmotors include single and three-phase right angle ac, parallel shaft ac, permanent magnet dc, right angle permanent...
Products | Motion Systems Design April Products
ROTARY STAGES ABRS air-bearing rotary stages provide high angular positioning, velocity stability, and error motion. Features & benefits Low profile minimizes...
Pneumatic solutions
Parallel actuators PHM-120 and PHM-A 20 actuators are designed for raising and lowering loads within conveyor systems, providing parallel, right angle,...
Taste test
Fred and Frank, two of Manhattan's best table waiters, decided the time had come to launch out on their own. Along with the entire dishwashing crew, and...
