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Challenges for the Packaging Industry
From: maxonDescription: Under the pressure of environmental concerns, the packaging industry is reorganising. Changing lifestyles and rising raw materials prices have completed this movement. The stakes are high, given that ...
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Drive Technology for Agriculture 4.0
From: maxonDescription: The agricultural sector is undergoing significant changes and is modernising. Reducing difficult working conditions, optimising working time, developing the energy self-sufficiency of farms, ...
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Meet the Free-flying Camera on the ISS
From: maxonDescription: Meet the new colleague for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS): an autonomous camera drone. The small sphere films the astronauts at work and this drone could potentially save about ten ...
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Robots in the Vineyard
From: maxonDescription: In France's Bordeaux region, robots ensure that the wine is organically good. They autonomously eliminate grass and weeds between the vines, making pesticides unnecessary. To enable the robots to ...
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Smart ArM: Pushing the Limits of the Human Body
From: maxonDescription: In view of the Cybathlon 2020, a unique international competition for competitors with disabilities who use bionic assistive technologies, a team of French researchers from the Institute of ...
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Uncovering the Secrets of Mars
From: maxonDescription: Our fascination with Mars is stronger than ever. At this very moment, yet another robot called Perseverance is on its way to uncover the secrets of Mars. The mission will also involve the first ...
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Integrated Wheel Drives Lower Cost of Mobile Robot Ownership
From: ElectroCraftDescription: Integrated Wheel Drives Lower Cost of Mobile Robot Ownership August 25, 2020 - Steven Keeping ElectroCraft's MobilePower™ MPW series integrated wheel drives benefit from the company's decades of ...
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A Strong Impression
From: maxonDescription: Hardness testers are used to check whether materials have the desired characteristics. These days, this is done in a fully automated, networked process. ...
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COVID-19: Drive Technology and Physical Distancing
From: maxonDescription: The sanitary crisis linked to the diffusion of Covid-19 requires everyone to apply measures of social distancing. Motorized and automated solutions are being developed at high speed as a solution. ...
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Danny gets his Bionic Hand
From: maxonDescription: For 21 years, Danny Florence has lived with one hand. But when he became a father, he decided to apply for an Open Bionics Hero Arm. With the help of the maxon driven prosthesis he can now build a ...
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Differences between AGV and AMR
From: maxonDescription: Until recently, AGVs were the only option for automating internal transport tasks. Today, a more sophisticated technology is competing with them: Autonomous Mobile Robots AMR. Although both AGVs and ...
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Drive Technology and Design Freedom
From: maxonDescription: While the development of e-commerce requires the design of compact AGVs, the democratisation of autonomous and connected e-mobility vehicles poses safety challenges. In other sectors, it is becoming ...
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Engineered to the Last Pour
From: maxonDescription: Where motion is the key to a great cup of coffee, duplicating the precision and reliability of the motion of a person's hand, wrist, and elbow require a unique robotic design. ...
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Me and the Machine
From: maxonDescription: Paralyzed people can learn to walk again with the aid of electromechanical exoskeletons. However, it's not easy. It takes a lot of engineering and hard training. ...
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Smart Gripper for Small Collaborative Robots
From: maxonDescription: Providing the right motor for small precision devices can be challenging. With the growth and proliferation of collaborative robots, there has become an increased need for a wide variety of grippers ...
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The Colossus Robot on the Front Line Against COVID19
From: maxonDescription: To disinfect surfaces without taking risks, the Bataillon de Marins-Pompiers (marine fire service) from Marseille has equipped itself with two Colossus robots. These remote control and highly modular ...
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The Hero of Notre-Dame
From: maxonDescription: In spring, the famous cathedral of Notre-Dame was damaged in a devastating fire. However, the Paris fire department prevented the complete destruction of the building - with the help of a special unit ...
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Threadlockers Drive Specialty Vehicle Innovation
Description: Local Motors, a technology company, faced two different challenges when it set out to build two very different vehicles: the Rally Fighter®, a high-performance off-road machine; and the ...
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3D Printing - Direct from Digitized Data - Based on STL and other File Formats
Description: Using Gantries and ACS-Based Motion Controllers ...
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Hexapod FAQs: Why use 6-DOF Motion Platforms / Precision Parallel Positioners
Description: Hexapod technology and available precision parallel positioners ...
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Industrial Safety Device for Hexapod 6-DOF Motion Systems / Parallel Robots
Description: How to Connect a Safety Light Barrier to a Hexapod System ...
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Brushless DC Motors Let You Avoid Having to Compromise on Performance for Low Voltage Battery Powered Tools
From: PortescapDescription: Today's most challenging battery-operated tools require power, speed, and efficiency within the most ergonomic package. Studies have proven that users prefer a smaller and lighter tool with a high ...
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Selecting the Optimum Motion Technology for Your Application: Motor Decision Table
From: PortescapDescription: reviewing all the factors and how they impact the final product output will enable the ideal performance of our product. Below is a summary table for the factors and the three motor technologies: ...
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Accuride in Action: Optimizing Emergency Vehicles with SPAC
Description: A Lock-In & Lock-Out Retrofit for Greater Access and Secured Mobility ...
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New Control Technique Combines Servo Performance with Step Motor Cost
Description: When it comes to step motors, a new drive technique called stepper servo is making everything old new again and winning back machine designers who may have relegated step motors to the category of low ...
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Precision Fluid Handling: It's All in the Pump
Description: Pumps that move liquid precisely are at the heart of a broad array of patient treatment devices and laboratory automation. The first part of PMD's Precision Fluid Handling series will outline the keys ...
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Congratulations our Coating Customer WAGNER for Ringier Technology Innovation Awards 2020
Description: The "2020 Coatings Industry-Jung Technology Innovation Award" award ceremony was holding on 9th July. WAGNER new ROCK-25 high power, light and compact screw pump in 2020 was awarded the for coating ...
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Key Considerations for Selecting Optimal Conveyor Drive Components for Bulk Material Conveyor Systems
Description: Selecting proper drive components for a bulk material conveyance system can go a long way toward maintaining optimal performance and extending the lifetime of equipment. The severity of an application ...
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Motor Enclosures: The Passive Part with a Crucial Role
Description: Electric motors have innumerable applications. The simple, efficient, reliable conversion from electric power to kinetic rotary output is invaluable to modern industry. Yet, application suitability is ...
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Motor Operation in Hot and Cold Climates
Description: Overheating is one of the most common ways to damage electronic and electrical machines. This is especially true for electric motors. ...
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Simple Guidelines for Efficient Farm-duty Motors
Description: Motors for agricultural applications need to be durable and reliable in the harshest conditions. Another important consideration when purchasing a motor is budget. However, the initial price point is ...
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The Essentials of Marine Motors
Description: Electric motors carry out essential marine tasks in offshore, coastal and inland marine environments. Oil platforms rely on pumps to drive the pumping rod, process recovered oil and transfer it to ...
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What is an Explosion-proof Electric Motor?
Description: Preventive safety requires careful selection of equipment, particularly electric motors, in dangerous oil and gas recovery, chemical and petroleum refinery and mining environments. ...
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Subscription Nesting
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Learn how Mitchell Mill Systems, a Canada-based agribusiness company, removed glitches in their cutting operations with a subscription to Hypertherm's ProNest LT nesting and process optimization ...
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5 Dos and Don'ts for Selecting the Marking Technology Your Product Needs
From: MECCODescription: Whether you're an OEM looking for a more effective track and trace solution, or a brand owner battling counterfeits and knock-offs, you know how much value permanent marking can add. But you also know ...
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Selecting the Correct Stopping Brake
Description: There are many pieces to selecting the correct stopping brake for a particular application. It uses many of the components of selection for gear reducers, chain and belt drives and motors, but has ...
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Selecting the Right Clutch Brake
Description: There are many pieces to selecting the correct clutch brake for a particular application. It uses many of the components of selection for gear reducers, chain and belt drives and motors, but has some ...
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AFM Demonstrations: Measuring Atomic Steps
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: The following test demonstrates that a nanopositioning system with PicoQ® sensor technology (model Nano-HS3) has sufficiently low position noise and high accuracy to resolve single atomic steps ...
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AFM Demonstrations: Measuring Surface Roughness
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: Below, the surface roughness of a well-known sample is measured with a Mad City Labs AFM. The results of this test are significant because large position noise in a nanopositioner can obscure an AFM's ...
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AFM Demonstrations: Sub-Nanometer Motion
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: The results of these tests are significant; if a nanopositioner's inherent position noise is larger than 0.1 nm, it cannot move in externally-detectable 95 pm step intervals. The AFM measurements ...
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High Resolution Sensors
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: Position sensors are the most critical elements in any closed loop nanopositioning system. Mad City Labs nanopositioning systems use proprietary PicoQ® sensor networks. PicoQ® sensor are in ...
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Nanometer Accuracy
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: Mad City Labs closed loop nanopositioning systems are capable of providing picometer level positioning. Position noise, the lower limit on controllable motion, can be thought of as the true ...
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ElectroCraft Drives Feature Easy Setup and Operation
From: ElectroCraftDescription: DC motor drives are widely used across multiple sectors, including medical and life sciences, industrial automation, robotics, agriculture, military and defense, energy and transportation. ...
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Fight Against COVID-19: Precision Motion Control to Enable Genome Sequencing
Description: Piezo, Voice Coil & Linear Motors for High Dynamics & Precision ...
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TELICA: A Breaking Through Motion System for Advanced Packaging
From: ETEL S.A.Description: Thanks to a very innovative motion system architecture, ETEL S.A. has released on the market a new platform able to meet simultaneously accuracy and throughput to an unprecedented level. ...
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Standalone E-Drive Testing in 3 Simple Steps
Description: Testing e-drives doesn't have to be difficult. See how Gantner's simple yet powerful edge computing solutions make testing a breeze for a large automotive supplier. ...
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Automatic Commutation of Stepper Motors Using Low Cost Standard Stepper Drivers
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are mostly driven in open loop mode. Timing of the step pulses is defined by the controller, the motor is supposed to follow without loosing synchronism. ...
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How to Optimize Performance and Minimize Size in High Speed Applications
From: PortescapDescription: There is a current increasing trend in requests for Brushless DC motors for high speed applications. For instance, new impeller technology changed the way modern respirators are designed to be more ...
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Miniature Motors Deliver Big Performance for Medical Analyzers
From: PortescapDescription: Medical analyzers are the workhorse of the medical diagnostics industry. They are versatile tools with multiple functions; from testing human bodily fluids such as blood, and urine, to processing ...
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Motion in Medical Analyzers
From: PortescapDescription: Medical diagnostics are a part of everyday life, whether going to the doctor for a routine physical and blood work or heading to the emergency room. Doctors rely on the results from medical analyzers ...
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Motor Selection for Electronic Pipettes
From: PortescapDescription: The pipette is a basic fluid control tool for transferring tiny amounts of liquids. Electronic or motorized pipettes are an ergonomic alternative to manual pipettes and an efficient way to increase ...
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Optimised Use of High Speed Stepping Motor by Implementation of Adequate Speed Profile
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are generally driven in open loop mode. The controller defines timing of the pulses sent to the driver. The motor must be strong enough to move the load without loss of synchronism. ...
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Selecting Miniature Motors for your Medical Devices
From: PortescapDescription: The creation of small, portable infusion pumps opened a new chapter in medical care. A patient can receive carefully metered and timed doses of medicine, without requiring a visit to the medical ...
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Controlling Brushed DC Motors Using PWM
From: PortescapDescription: Many applications using miniature brushed DC motors require motors to operate at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running a motor at usable load points requires a variable, ...
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Tattoo Machines: Precision Power Enhances Living Art
From: PortescapDescription: As the art of tattoos has evolved, so have the machines designed to turn ink into living art. The process requires reciprocating needles that repeatedly penetrate the dermal skin at a high rate of ...
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Servo Driver in LED Spectrophotometer
Description: Shenzhen is an important LED production base and trade center and has a complete industrial chain and supporting capacity, in the fierce market competition, peers are fighting the price and ...
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Brushless DC Motor
Description: The outer rotor BLDC motors from Power could deliver stable high torque, compact size and long service life for different applications. ...
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Motion Control Technology Overview
Description: The heart of a multi-axis automation system is the ability to synchronize the motion of multiple motors to a designated "master" source device. ...
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Rotary Knife Cutoff Precision Motion Control Application
Description: Cut-to-length process uses a rotary knife cutter and "recipe" storage to create flexible automation solution. A web of material is fed into the machine by a prime mover. ...
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Belt-Driven Versus Ball Screw Actuator: Which Is the Best Choice for Your Application?
From: Isotech, Inc.Description: Today, linear actuators play a significant role in a broad range of advanced automation applications. From the simple movement of raw material in a manufacturing environment to advanced robotic ...
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Installation of CVL Linear Actuators at Didcot B Power Station
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork recently installed and commissioned CVL linear control valve actuators at Didcot B Power Station, which supplies electricity to the National Grid. ...
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Rotork Provides Bespoke Solution for London's Carpenter's Lock Restoration Project
From: Rotork plcDescription: We use cookies to give users the best experience on our website. By closing this banner or continuing to browse our site, you agree to our use of cookies. For details see cookie policy. Got it! The ...
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StepSERVO™ Integrated Motors Solve Heat Problems for Life Sciences Company
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: Applied Motion Products solved heat problems associated with a peristaltic pump system that supplies materials to a bioreactor by replacing open-loop step motors with closed-loop step motors. A ...
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Understanding System Controls
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Every system that is powered by an electric motor requires some type of control system. Joyce offers a number of control options. ...
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AC Motor Drive for Friction Welder
Description: The friction welding machine is a new type of welding, which has the advantages of solid welding, wide process adaptability, high reliability, high dimensional accuracy, high efficiency and low ...
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Motor Controls Ranging from Simple Motor Starters to Complex Positioning Systems
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Every system that is powered by an electric motor requires some type of control system. Joyce offers a number of control options. This document explains them and tests you at the end. ...
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111-2 Series 30mm DC Brush Motor
From: Hansen Corp.Description: Learn about Hansen's 30mm brush motor, which has the unique quality of providing a large amount of power and speed inside a small package. With torque ratings reaching up to 19 in-oz and speed ranges ...
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How to Select the Correct Specification Planetary Gearbox
From: jbj Techniques LimitedDescription: Spline profiles on the gears allow them to handle even larger loads. The all-roller bearing design for the planet gears allows for greater efficiency and superior start-up torque. The gearboxes also ...
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5-Axis Air Bearing Optical Measurement Metrology Platform
From: ABTech, Inc.Description: ABTech Manufacturing creates five-axis platform for nanometer/sub-arc second processing around its ultra-precision air bearings and Renishaw SiGNUMTM position encoders. When a leading manufacturer of ...
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ABTech AT400-Direct-Drive Rotary Table Installed at the South Pole
From: ABTech, Inc.Description: AT400, 2000LBS, Rotational Accuracies better than 5µ", No Problem....ABTech Inc. started with an AT400 series rotary air bearing table capable of holding 2,000 lbs with certified rotational accuracies ...
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3D Printing - Direct from Digitized Data - Based on STL and other File Formats Using Gantries and ACS-Based Motion Controllers
Description: PI has developed a powerful 3D Print System Interface software working direct from STL files. It uses the ACS motion controller's Smart Processing Commander (SPC) software that offers complete system ...
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AC Drive in Mine Hoist Case
Description: This article analyzes operating characteristics of mine hoist, controlling difficulty and special requirement to inverter, introduce Goodrive300-19 series special inverter for crane, and advantage of ...
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Screw and Nut About Linear Step Motors
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: The basic stepper motors are rotated by a magnetic rotor core that interacts with the pulsating stator electromagnetic field generated by the stator. The linear motors combine a screw and a nut to ...
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How to Choose A Linear Stepper Motors?
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: The linear stepping motor is rotated by the magnetic rotor core through interaction with the pulsed electromagnetic field generated by the stator, and the rotary motion is converted into linear motion ...
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What are the Advantages of the Step-servo Motor Instead of Stepper Motor?
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: The SPEC of each type of motor has some parameters such as maximum static torque and motor inertia. Each parameter has a certain relationship with load torque and load inertia. When selecting the ...
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Direct Drive Motor Selection & Simulation Tool
From: TecnotionDescription: Almelo, The Netherlands, August 2018 - Tecnotion launched its new online simulation tool. This new online tool replaces our offline tool. With the new calculation tool, you can simulate motor behavior ...
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High-Speed 4-Axis Pick and Place Unit DEMO
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: KSS+MOONS' High-speed 4-axis pick and place unit provides linear motion of the XYZ axis, Z-axis rotation and vacuum function, achieve compact high-speed motion system design MOONS' TSM Step-Servo ...
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Selecting a Brushless DC Motor or Gearmotor
From: ElectroCraftDescription: Several factors should be considered before selecting the appropriate motor for an application. In addition to speed, torque and duty cycle requirements are other critical aspects-including the ...
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Servo Drives Design Guide
From: ElectroCraftDescription: Integrating servo drives into motion systems forces engineers to make decisions that will ultimately affect the entire machine build. Specification choices include picking between analog and digital ...
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How AC Motor Drive Works in Sugar Mill
Description: In this paper, through introducing INVT Goodrive5000 medium voltage VFD applied to sugar mill house mill presser in Pakistan, especially to illustrate many benefits of VFD and AC motor system instead ...
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PI HV / UHV Motorized Stages: Vacuum-Compatible Positioning Solutions
Description: In order to maintain precision and reliability- the two key factors to the success of industrial processing - motion and positioning equipment has to be designed accordingly. These properties are ...
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Robust VFD Solutions to Meet Industry Standards
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: VFDs - also commonly referred to as Adjustable or Variable Speed Drives - improve the efficiency of motor-driven equipment and allow for accurate continuous control over a wide range of operating ...
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Selecting Miniature Motors for Surgical Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Device makers and surgeons have for decades relied on sterilizable brushless direct current (BLDC) motors to meet the torque, speed, and reliability requirements of surgical handtools. Now surgical ...
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Selecting the Optimum Motion Technology for Your Application: Type
From: PortescapDescription: The type of application being designed will dictate different factors be considered for the motion solution. Will the product be stationary? Is the product mobile - being moved by an apparatus or on a ...
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The Importance of Automation Actuators and Precision Motion Control in Additive Manufacturing
Description: Linear stages and automation actuators are essential components in additive manufacturing (AM) processes, providing the quick and precise mechanical responses necessary for generating intricate ...
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What are the Important Parameters for Stepper Motor Selection?
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: The development of manufacturing industrial technology is inseparable from stepper motors. The selection of the stepper motor is a very tedious task. The engineer not only needs to know about machine ...
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7 Things to Consider When You Buy a Heavy-Duty Drawer Slide
Description: A heavy-duty drawer slide can do a lot. But the right kind of heavy-duty slide can do even more. ...
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What is Progressive Movement in a Slide?
Description: The ball bearing telescopic slide was a step forward in drawer movement. 'Progressive movement' is a step forward from that. ...
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Coal Mine Hoist Case of AC Drive in Vietnam
Description: This paper introduces the application of INVT GD5000 series medium-voltage four-quadrant vector VFD in the inclined shaft hoist of GUANG HANH coal mine plant in Vietnam, analyzes the control strategy ...
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How AC Motor Drive Support Sugar Industry
Description: INVT products are much more reliable and professional than other VFD manufacturers, due to INVT support VFDs and service in the sugar industry for more than 10 years. INVT can support not only VFD ...
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What is the Difference Between the Full-step, the Half-step, and the Micro-drive?
From: Moons' Electric Co. Ltd.Description: In addition to the motor body, the performance of the stepper motor is greatly affected by the driving method. The driving method of the stepping motor is divided into the full-step, the half-step, ...
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The Right Motor Makes a Big Difference in Additive Manufacturing Performance
Description: To meet manufacturing needs for better accuracy and speed, additive manufacturing vendors are installing servo motors to better control their equipment motion. ...
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Variable frequency drive design simplifies smart manufacturing
Description: Variable Frequency Drives store a plethora of information that can be easily accessed. Regardless of the connection method, traditional fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet, the main objective can be to ...
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Don't Forget These Two Things When Selecting an Amplifier for a Servo-motion Application
Description: Using software to size motion designs is rewarding because engineers can efficiently predict which products are suitable for the application at hand. But key considerations (sometimes missed) when ...
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How to Get a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Running with Minimal Effort
Description: Specifics of how variable frequency drives (VFDs) operate and ways to simplify their installation and setup. ...
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How to Size a Rack-and-Pinion System for a Precision Motion Axis
Description: In a previous motion-sizing article, we reviewed how to properly specify a ballscrew-driven motion axis. Here we review how engineering teams can use a similar approach for sizing ...
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Lumber Mill Upgraded with Energy-Efficient Matrix Drives
Description: In order to accomplish the advances in industrial automation, leading edge processors are incorporating variable frequency drives. ...
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Regenerative Solutions
Description: Make the right choice to drive electrical efficiency. ...
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Selecting a Scope for a Variable Frequency Drive
Description: Select the right oscilloscope to fit a variable frequency drive (VFD) application. Consider scope types, probes, and options. See eight factors to consider when choosing an oscilloscope. ...
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Smartphones Help with VFD Configuration: Your Questions Answered
Description: Additional answers provide more details about smartphone programming for variable frequency drives (VFDs). ...