Motion System Design Products
Wireless connectivity
SimpleLink Wi-Fi devices from Texas Instruments Inc. include self-contained wireless processors, aimed at enabling easy integration with any embedded system....
Micromanipulator stage
lightweight MT 105-50-LM micromanipulator stage from Steinmeyer Inc. is for applications in semiconductor metrology, biomedical, miniature robotics, and laser industries....
Single-loop controller
The YS1700 controller from Yokogawa Corp. of America is now qualified for non-safety seismic and safety seismic applications....
Green drive linear actuator
The Green Drive linear actuator from Nippon Pulse America Inc. features internal feedback, high-performance slide bearings, and up to 600 N of peak force....
Detented shuttle valve
The 375 detented shuttle valve from The Lee Co. is for high-pressure applications with system pressures to 5,000 psi....
Kit measures motor-shaft voltage
The new AEGIS shaft-voltage test kit from Electro Static Technology (EST) measures and documents damaging voltages induced by variable-frequency drives....
Machine-automation controller
The NJ-Series machine-automation controller (MAC) from Omron Industrial Automation combines several specialized controllers — motion, logic, sequence, vision, operator safety, and RFID tracking — with exacting system synchronization....
Linear power transmission
The High Performance Linear System RP+ and RPM+ from WITTENSTEIN Inc. are precision rack and pinion designs....
Drives for automation
The Z1000 drives from the Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America Inc. is comprised of the Z1000 variable speed drive as well as the Z1000 Bypass Package designed specifically for commercial HVAC applications....
Touchscreen HMI
NS series touchscreen HMIs from Omega Engineering Inc. offer built-in Ethernet communications, high-performance alarming, recipe, and data-logging capabilities, and live video input and display capabilities....
New Products
Stack lights
Stack lights Werma modular stack light systems from AutomationDirect come in 50 and 70-mm sizes and allow for a combination of optical and audible signal...
New Products
Color LCD display module
Though not a replacement for OLEDs or TFTs (because they do not display video or high-resolution photos) field sequential color (FSC) LCD display modules fit a niche in manufacturing — for eight-color midrange displays....
Mechatronic safety valves
HydraForce valves with an integral sensing option help designs meet EC and other ISO specifications that require machines to sport redundant safety sensors where people could be harmed — including Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC....
High-torque actuators
The TPM+ actuator family offers maximum power density in a compact footprint...
Safety portal
Simatic STEP 7 Safety Advanced V11 is part of the Siemens TIA (totally integrated automation) Portal, providing configuration and programming tools for generating a failsafe program within the TIA Portal....
Energy-efficient lighted alarm
The 1 × 1-in. Twin Turbo lighted alarm is a panel-mount piezoelectric audio alert that emits a daylight-viewable bright red light when activated....
Linear actuators
M-272 linear actuators are based on maintenance-free PILine ultrasonic ceramic motors....
Fluid-circulation heaters
AHPF Series air-process and liquid-circulation heaters raise temperatures of air, gas, water, or aqueous solutions with air or gas flow to 15 cfm and air or gas output temperature to 430° C....
Programmable controller
The AMKAMAC A5 controller is an advanced machine control PLC with an ATOM processor, designed without a fan or any movable parts that could be subject to failure — with 512 Mbytes of RAM and up to 2 Gbyte flash memory....
Rotary position sensors
The Vert-X 22E Series of programmable, touchless rotary position sensors use a magnetic pickup that is secured to the rotating object so there is no direct mechanical link between the shaft and measuring system and, therefore, no wear....
Rod-style linear actuators
K Series universal rod-style linear actuators offer options for mounting any type of motor....
Rotary actuator
The STH servo-driven rotary actuator mounts to nearly all small to medium-duty servomotors....
36-mm linear actuator
A new version of the 36-mm G4 linear actuator includes a special Size 14 adapter plate that allows the smaller 36-mm OD unit to replace existing Size 14 hybrid stepper-motor linear actuators....
