November 1, 2006
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We invite you to spend some time at Motion System Design's new website. New features include links to blogs and useful papers. You'll also find online-exclusive...
Vene, vede da Vinci Sensazione
Many people believe that creativity comes naturally to those who possess it. Others, like Leonardo da Vinci, regard creativity as something we acquire...
Good vibrations down on the farm
The shakes, rattles, and rolls that drivers of agricultural vehicles feel are things of the past on new machinery with technology from Lord Corp., Cary...
Getting a lift from proximity sensors
All too often, booms on cherry pickers are not locked down, resulting in accidental damage to bridges and overpasses, trees, and power and telephone wires....
Covert markers provide packaging security
A business unit of Adhesives Research Inc., Glen Rock, Pa., focuses on anti-counterfeiting technology with covert markers for several industries, particularly...
Veer on the side of safety
Watch your arm! Don't get caught in that gear! Look out for that pulley! If words were used to describe images on a new database from the Association...
Keeping machines fit
Nowadays, product features are often what differentiate one component from another. Diagnostics and maintenance feedback functions are a major way to...
Going in new directions
Since the 1970s, linear motors have directly driven high-speed motion systems. Their operation is similar to that of their cylindrical cousins, as they...
Lock it up
Moving equipment at high speeds requires stability. The use of shaft-hub locking devices dampens vibration while transmitting high torque. To help us...
Get rolling with guide wheels Part 2 of 2
When it comes to moving loads along straight or curved paths, steel-on-steel guide wheel systems are tough to beat. They are unaffected by most types...
Pick it up
Pick-and-place machines are used in a wide variety of applications throughout the consumer products industry. The speed and precision with which they...
Catering to VFD signals
Increasingly common, variable frequency drives (VFDs) are used to control motor speed elevating the frequency of power pulses/sec fed to motors for faster...
Spotlight Electric Actuators
Integrated actuator system Ternary all-in-one linear system controls multiple positions, integrating electronics, precision mechanics, feedback, and software....
Products
Intelligent drives IDM/IDS640 DSP drives feature a CANopen communication option for DSP 402 standard. Features & benefits Embed motion control, drive,...
Measuring rpm
Tachometers directly report angular speed. Some are simple processors that merely digest output from an external sensor or encoder; others are integrated...
Johan Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich
In the 1890s, the birth and proliferation of the automobile was sparking the imaginations of many pioneering engineers. Johan (Hans) Keller and Jakob...
Pneumatic Solutions
Electronic position sensor SMAT position transmitter continuously monitors the position of a cylinder piston within 50 mm, and produces analog output....
Free for ball
Every November, fans gather for the Otheta State vs. Cactus U match-up. This year, it's late in the first quarter third and ten and OSU's Johnny T. Jectrie...
