Whitepapers
Fiber Optic and Isolation Solutions for Renewable Energy Applications
Sponsored by: Avago
Avago fiber optic, isolated gate driver and optocoupler products are deployed in wind
turbine farms and solar energy farms today....
Industrial Control Reference Design Embedded Computing
Control system developers must quickly respond to changing performance, safety and feature requirements. Learn how the Intel® Industrial Control Reference Design facilitates the migration to a flexible modular architecture, simplifying system development. ...
Stimulus plan boosts science, technology
Washington’s new $787.2 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is packed with incentives for scientists and engineers, including substantial financing for developing clean energy, modernizing roads, bridges, and transit systems, and most importantly, transforming our economy with science and technology...
Whitepaper: New piezomotor achieves accurate positioning
This new whitepaper from Discovery Technology International, Sarasota, Fla., discusses a unique, low voltage, high torque rotary motor, which uses piezoelectric principles rather than EM, and identifies some of the limitations of EM motor systems that it overcomes. ...
Robotics usage rising in packaging
The numbers and types of robotic machines used in the packaging sector is seeing significant growth. ...
Whitepaper: Mobile robot for cardiac intervention
A fascinating new paper from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University describes the development and construction of a mobile robot driven by miniature ultrasonic piezoelectric motors (Squiggle) for minimally invasive cardiac therapy. ...
Whitepaper: Machine control on the Internet
The paper explores – in simple terms – various methods to configure a connection from a remote location to a machine controller. ...
Designing with Flexible Flat Cable
Technical Whitepaper from Machine Design explores the use of Flexible Flat Cable in high performance applications...
Next Generation Carbon Synchronous Belts. Making Roller Chain Obsolete?
Is a synchronous belt drive system really any match for a roller chain drive in high-torque applications? Thirty years ago one might have answered no, but that’s not the case today....
Life Time Prediction of Seals by Numerical Simulation
Predicting the life of rubbery sealing elements used in severe environments, represented by high temperature and/or aggressive fluids, is rather difficult...
