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What Are Some Key Components of Power Transmission?
Description: Depending on your requirements, there are several components to use that will keep your power transmission system performing efficiently and cost-effectively. ...
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DigiKey Electronics: Qorvo Introduces World's Smallest, 20-Watt Single-Chip Programmable Motor Control and Drive Solution for Brushless DC Motors
From: QorvoDescription: According to Qorvo, the company introduced the industry's smallest single-chip motor control and inverter solution for brushless DC (BLDC) motors. The integrated, single-chip design enables motor ...
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Electronics Weekly: Qorvo Claims Smallest Motor Controller
From: QorvoDescription: The integrated, single-chip design enables motor control for compact, low-power 2S to 8S battery-powered BLDC motors and opens the door to new markets and electronics in health and beauty, among ...
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The "More User-Friendly" Commander S100 AC Drive Keeps Conveyors and Carriages Running for East-Central Ohio OEM
Description: Automation and control products like contactors, HMIs and PLCs handle most of the operating functions of a machine, system or process. Automated applications rely on a variety of controllers, relays, ...
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Optimizing SWaP in A&D Applications
From: PortescapDescription: Though the Aerospace and Defense industry is constantly evolving, one thing remains the same: the need for more power, higher efficiency, and improved ruggedness in ever-smaller spaces. This is where ...
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A Guide to Stepper Motor Terminology and Parameters
From: PortescapDescription: The operation of stepper motors is less intuitive than the operation of either brush DC or brushless DC motors. As a result, they are often perceived as more difficult to understand and control. ...
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How to Select a Brushless DC Motor Controller
From: PortescapDescription: Brushless DC (BLDC) motors offer several advantages over traditional brushed DC motors, including higher efficiency, longer lifespan, and greater reliability. However, to operate a BLDC motor, you ...
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Early Engagement is Critical in Device Development
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to developing a successful device, the role of miniature motors cannot be underestimated. These small yet powerful components are the backbone of many devices, from surgical robotics to ...
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Harnessing Coreless Brush DC Motors for Efficient Blood Clot Removal
From: PortescapDescription: Proper blood flow is essential for good health, so when that blood flow is slowed or blocked by a blood clot, it's not only hazardous - it's potentially fatal. The clot must be removed quickly to ...
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Exploring Permanent Magnet Motors
From: PortescapDescription: As its name would suggest, a permanent magnet motor contains a permanent magnet that is composed of a material that can be magnetized. In a permanent magnet motor, the magnetic field of the rotor or ...
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The Importance of SWaP (Space, Weight, and Power) in Aerospace and Defense Applications
From: PortescapDescription: Though the Aerospace and Defense industry is constantly evolving, one thing remains the same: the need for more power, higher efficiency, and improved ruggedness in ever-smaller spaces. This is where ...
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The Latest Trends in Surgical Power Tools Design
From: PortescapDescription: Let's explore the latest trends in surgical power tools and the qualifications to consider when searching for a motion solutions supplier to partner with when developing a new hand tool. ...
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The Perfect Partners: High-Speed BLDC Motors and Atherectomy Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Optimum Motor Selection for Cardiovascular Applications Series ...
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Haptic Actuators (Vibration Actuators) General Description
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: There are a number of applications where vibrating motion is required, for which simple solenoid actuators are not ideally suited, and for which moving coil actuators although technically suitable are ...
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Micro Coreless Servomotors on Robot Fingers
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: The coreless motor belonging to the DC permanent magnet servo motor perfectly fits the humanoid robot corresponding to the finger joint lightweight, high precision and other needs ...
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Absolute Encoder Interfaces for Brushless Motors
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper discusses absolute encoder interfaces commonly used in brushless motor control systems. The concept of encoder latency is presented. SSI, BiSS-C®, DRIVE-CliQ and several versions of ...
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Benefits of Direct Drive Motors
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note describes concepts of geared and direct drive motors. Inertia ratio and gear equations are provided. Geared motor challenges are discussed and the solution to those challenges, ...
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Frameless Motor Advantages
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note reviews mechanical resonance issues associated with inertial loads driven by framed motors via compliant couplings and frameless motor advantages. The mechanical system is modeled, ...
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How to Calculate Torque - Peak and Continuous
From: Genesis MotionDescription: The basic methodology is to calculate the individual torques required for all segments of a motion profile. The largest of the individual torque values is the Peak Torque. Each torque value is ...
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Impact of Thermal Limits on Motor Performance
From: Genesis MotionDescription: For semiconductor equipment, motors are essential components, and are used in various systems such as indexing (theta) tables and wafer-handling robots. Motor torque is extremely important, but to get ...
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Machine Functional Safety - PL and SIL Ratings
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper reviews the concept of Functional Safety as it relates to machinery. The design steps for a safe machine are outlined and the methodology for determining appropriate PL/SIL safety ratings ...
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Motor Inductance & PWM Frequency
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This paper discusses the effect of servo drive Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) frequency on heat generating current ripple in a permanent magnet motor. The basic idea of PWM is introduced and the RL ...
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Optimal Motor Sizing
From: Genesis MotionDescription: This technical note describes optimal motor sizing process for a servo motor. A motor model is provided, and thermal issues are discussed. Torque speed curves and typical load torques are reviewed. ...
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Servomotor Power Supply Sizing
From: Genesis MotionDescription: Correctly sizing a servomotor and drive power supply is critical to optimizing system cost. Power supply capacity is important in battery-powered mobile applications. To size servo drive power ...
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What are Resolution, Accuracy & Repeatability
From: Genesis MotionDescription: Understanding resolution, accuracy and repeatability is critical to specifying a position sensor. This paper defines these terms and discusses how they relate to overall system performance. It is ...
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Beyond the Purchase: How to get the most from your variable frequency drive
Description: For machine control and other applications, controlling motor speed with variable frequency drives can save energy, but it's not as easy as just adding a VFD. What else needs to be considered for ...
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Learning Based Motion Control Algorithms Provide Higher Performance
Description: Advanced motion control algorithms overcome the limits of traditional feedback and feedforward control and can prevent or compensate for repetitive errors by learning from previous executions and thus ...
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Magnetic Levitation for Precision Multi-Axis Positioning
Description: In this concept, magnetic levitation is used as multi-axis precision positioning concept based on non-contact propulsion and guiding principles. High performance motion control algorithms, low noise ...
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Open, Modular, Technology-Agnostic Control Platform for Various Drive Types and Applications
Description: An open and modular controller & software platform supporting different motion control drive technologies and the integration of third-party modules and providing high-bandwidth ...
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Smart Actuator and Drive Technologies for Active Damping and Vibration Compensation
Description: Motion control specialists Christopher Mock and Dr. Simon Kapelke give insights into the development process of PI's active damping and vibration compensation solutions. ...
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NEW! Conveyor Bracket and Mounting
From: Compact AutomationDescription: Now adding a Diverter Arm or Conveyor Stop to your conveyor is simple. ...
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30ECT, M-Sense22 Exceed CAS Requirements
From: PortescapDescription: It is critical to accurately control the flight trajectory of a missile so that it reaches the intended target. Based on inputs from the guidance system, actuators precisely adjust the position of ...
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Center Distance Influence on Gearbox Dynamics
From: PortescapDescription: This article presents the analysis of center distance influence on gearbox dynamics, which is characterized by time-varying mesh stiffness. System-level dynamic analysis and a detailed mathematical ...
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16N78 Brush DC Motor for Clot Removal Device
From: PortescapDescription: A leading manufacturer of mechanical thrombectomy devices needed a high-speed DC motor to power a new device to remove clots in the brain. Since brain clots can be fatal, motor precision and ...
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Rotork Upgrades Gatwick Fuel Farm with Intelligent Actuators to Decrease Downtime
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork has helped upgrade and modernise a major Gatwick fuel farm, providing them with IQ3 intelligent actuators on Rotork’s Pakscan™ control network. ...
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Fuel Metering Valve
From: PortescapDescription: High-performance aircraft require a reliable, accurate, and stable fuel flow to power their engines. A fuel metering valve throttles the appropriate amount of fuel based on the engine power required. ...
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Mechanical Thrombectomy - Clot Removal Device
From: PortescapDescription: A leading manufacturer of mechanical thrombectomy devices needed a high-speed DC motor to power a new device to remove clots in the brain. Since brain clots can be fatal, motor precision and ...
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Medical Infusion Devices Benefit from Worm-Wheel Drive Gearing Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: Gearboxes are miniature motor accessories that are critical to a number of applications and industries, given their ability to either increase torque or reduce speed. Here we explore how worm gears ...
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Missile Fin Control Actuation System (CAS)
From: PortescapDescription: It is critical to accurately control the flight trajectory of a missile so that it reaches the intended target. Based on inputs from the guidance system, actuators precisely adjust the position of ...
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Missile Fin Control Actuation System Considerations
From: PortescapDescription: Based on inputs from a guidance system, a missile fin control actuation system (CAS) is used to precisely position control surfaces such as fins and canards. The guidance system defines the flight ...
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What is a Gearmotor?
From: PortescapDescription: You're probably familiar with a gear and a motor - but are you familiar with a gearmotor? Combining an electric motor and a gearbox, gearmotors play a significant role in various industries, providing ...
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Why You Need to Engage Your Miniature Motor Supplier Early in Device Development
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to developing a successful device, the role of miniature motors cannot be underestimated. These small yet powerful components are the backbone of many devices, from surgical robotics to ...
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16DCT Motor Powers Automated Aircraft Window Shade
From: PortescapDescription: A major airline uses automatic, reliable and simple to operate passenger window shades to darken or block light. The motors that perform this function must adhere to stringent design requirements for ...
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Micro Motors Advance Robotic Surgeries
From: PortescapDescription: Surgical robotics is a rapidly advancing field that is revolutionizing the way surgeries are performed. Robotics offers many advantages over traditional surgical methods, such as enhanced precision, ...
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The Basics of Motor Selection
From: PortescapDescription: A variety of motor manufacturers provide online tools and calculators to assist users in selecting an ideal miniature motor, including our own MotionCompass™, a web-based application designed to ...
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An Overview of Stepper Motor Drivers and Their Types
From: PortescapDescription: A stepper motor is a brushless DC electric motor that turns in steps, with input in the form of programmed energization of the stator windings and output in the form of discrete angular rotation. The ...
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The Advantages of DC Coreless Motors vs. DC Iron Core in Thrombolysis Treatment Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Let's review why DC Coreless motors are a superior selection for this application. ...
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Agricultural Automation Enabled by this Superior Propulsion Solution
Description: Recent demands for sustainability and the reduction of carbon footprints have fueled the trend toward electric vehicles (EVs) for personal, public, recreational and industrial transportation. This ...
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Gear Grinding is Essential in Gear Manufacturing
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: What is Gear Grinding ...
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Position Mode of Servo Motor
Description: We know that there are generally four working modes of the servo system. ...
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Miniature BLDC Motors for Flight Control Systems
From: PortescapDescription: Though small in size, brushless DC mini motors serve a variety of critical roles in today's commercial and military aircraft. From delivering active force feedback to the pilot, thus reducing pilot ...
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Exploring Power Density in Micro DC Motors for Surgical Tools
From: PortescapDescription: With the ever-increasing need for precision and miniaturization in surgical tools and medical devices, power density is a critical consideration when selecting miniature DC motors for these ...
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Solving the Challenges of Increasing Power Density by Reducing Number of Power Rails
Description: The world continues to become increasingly electrified, and both the demand for energy and the requirements placed on that energy continue to expand. Between automobile electrification, internet ...
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Revolutionizing Automotive Traction: A Comprehensive Review of Multiphase Drives for Next-Generation Vehicles
From: Utmel Electronic LimitedDescription: In recent years, the revolutionary development of power electronics and converters paved the way for more scope for research in multiphase drives. In recent years, the revolutionary development of ...
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SDP/SI Solves Integration Challenges with Frameless Brushless DC Motors
Description: Invented in 1962, brushless DC (BLDC) motors are now commonly used in multiple applications such as robotics, industrial automation, autonomous ground vehicles and personal transportation devices. ...
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Magnetic Levitation Technology Demonstrator for Nanopositioning Applications
Description: Magnetic levitation, often referred to as maglev, is a frictionless motion technology that uses magnetic fields to levitate and propel objects. It is used in various applications, best known from ...
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Modular Photonics Alignment Systems Enable Production Advances for SiP Devices
Description: Emerging technologies like Quantum Communications, Quantum Computing, Nanosats, LIDAR, optical logic, as well as the need to process, store, and convey more data at higher speeds is relying heavily on ...
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Brushless DC Blower: The Perfect Choice for Reliable and Efficient Ventilators
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: In recent years, brushless DC blower have become a popular choice for ventilators due to their efficiency, reliability, and low noise levels. Brushless DC blower are used in a variety of applications, ...
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Demystifying Ball Spline Specs
Description: But, create grooves along the axial length of the shaft that correspond to the radius of the bushing’s ball elements and you’ve got frictionless linear movement coupled with two important ...
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Breathing mask motor: New application of brushless motor in medical protection products
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: What kind of motor is suitable for breathing mask? ...
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Single Gate Driver Design Enables Wide Range of Battery Voltages for Various Motor Power Levels
Description: When designing a product portfolio with a wide range of voltage and power requirements, finding a single driver design solution to serve the full portfolio can deliver significant savings in time and ...
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An Overview of Commonly Used Control Techniques for Brushless DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: 3 phase brushless DC motors are popular miniature motors that power a variety of applications, including medical devices, surgical tools, and fans ...
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Brush Selection for Brush DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: DC motor selection criteria ...
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Center Distance Variations Influence Noise in Compound Gearboxes
From: PortescapDescription: Although gearboxes are a well-understood technology, they don't always operate as designed. ...
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Every Infusion Can Now Be Counted - Infusion Flow Meters and Motion Solutions
From: PortescapDescription: As you're searching for your next motion system supplier (or are analyzing your current provider), here are four resolutions we recommend sticking to: ...
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Miniature Motion Technologies Help Improve Heart Health
From: PortescapDescription: how miniature motion technologies work to treat difficult heart conditions. ...
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Miniature Motors Help Bring Medical Diagnostics to the Patient
From: PortescapDescription: Today's healthcare, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries demand faster yet more compact diagnostics equipment that will deliver accurate and repeatable results. Miniature electric motors, along ...
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Motor Selection Basics: Inertia and Power and Torque Requirements
From: PortescapDescription: Let's explore two of the key motor selection factors, inertia matching and torque/power requirements, which will help illustrate the importance of understanding these concepts while simultaneously ...
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Remember Iron Losses During BLDC Motor Selection
From: PortescapDescription: Here are three factors relevant to BLDC motor efficiency and losses and how they play a role in motor design and selection: ...
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Service Robots Prioritize Dynamic Motors and Precise Feedback
From: PortescapDescription: What Mini Motor Will Work Best for My Service Robots? ...
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The Advantages and Applications of Strain Wave Generator Gearings
From: PortescapDescription: Advantages of Strain Wave Generator Gearings ...
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Understand and Measure a Stepper Motor's Pull-Out and Pull-In Torque
From: PortescapDescription: Today's healthcare, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries demand faster yet more compact diagnostics equipment that will deliver accurate and repeatable results. Miniature electric motors, along ...
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Typical Motor FLA Ratings
Description: Solid State Starter Engineering & Application Notes ...
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Operating Principle of Inline Linear Actuators
Description: The electric linear actuator works by driving a pair of screw nuts after the motor is decelerated by the gear, converting the rotational motion of the screw nut into the linear motion of the ...
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Case Study: Auto-Dispatch System for Automotive Application
Description: In automobile manufacturing, time is money. Every minute saved in the process can move another vehicle off the line and into the market. To increase efficiency and reduce process time, a high ...
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Case Study: Automated Bus Assembly Monorail System
Description: A North American bus manufacturer wanted to automate their new vehicle model assembly to increase productivity while maintaining high quality standards. ...
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Power Electronics: Intelligent Motor Controller Featuring SiC FETs
From: QorvoDescription: Qorvo's motor control reference design features the PAC5556 intelligent motor controller with Qorvo's new silicon carbide (SiC) FETs into a proof of concept System-on-a-Chip (SoC) to drive ...
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How to Control the Speed of a Brushless DC Motor?
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: There are many questions about the speed, forward and reverse rotation of the control of the brushless DC motor. Let me share with you three methods to control the speed of brushless motors. ...
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White Paper - What is Cogging
From: TecnotionDescription: Cogging force is a phenomenon that is caused by the attraction of the iron lamination stack of the motor to the permanent magnets. The direction of this force is either the same or opposite as the ...
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Calculate the Expected Amount of Friction Force for your Application
From: TecnotionDescription: When designing an application the expected amount of friction is an important specification to consider. Friction directly dictates how much force a motor must overcome to reach the desired motion ...
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Temperature Monitoring and Protection
From: TecnotionDescription: Three ways to protect your linear motors from overheating ...
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Peristaltic Pump Motor Selection Recommendation
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: There are various types of peristaltic pumps, and different applications have different parameters and specifications. The core component is the motor. So how to choose the peristaltic pump motor is a ...
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Rotork Electric Actuators Installed in Glass Factory help Improve Reliability and Reduce Emissions
From: Rotork plcDescription: Electric actuators have been installed at a glass factory in Turkey, allowing for efficient combustion and reduction of emissions. A glass plant in the Mersin area of southern Turkey, run by ...
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AC Drives for Car Wash Testimonial
Description: KJ Electric Replaces Obsolete Drives Used for HVAC Applications with Fuji Electric FRENIC-MEGA ...
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AC Drives for Dairy Farm Applications
Description: Fuji Electric HVAC Drives are used in Dairy Farm Application ...
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AC Drives for Mobile Centrifuge Control Application
Description: Fuji Electric AC Drives and HMI are integral parts of the Mobile Centrifuge Control application designed by AEC Industrial Solutions in Red Deer Canada. ...
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Fuji Electric Drives Offer the Right Mix to Pugmills
Description: From 3D printing and battery material to ceramics and clay for pottery, multiple materials need to be quickly combined together into a homogenous mixture. That's where a mixing extruder, known as a ...
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How to Achieve Optimum Performance in a Miniature Gear Train
Description: Smooth, accurate gears and optimum performance is the goal of any new design. Achieving those goals in the early design stage not only meets performance requirements but makes your design ...
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Steps to Designing a Miniature Belt and Pulley Drive System
Description: Today’s timing belts are reinforced with various tensile cords, such as polyester, fiberglass or aramid, making them stronger than ever. ...
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What's Your Timing Belt Knowledge?
Description: Synchronous belts are often driven by stepping motors. These drives are subjected to continuous and large accelerations and decelerations. If the belt reinforcing fiber, i.e., tension member, as well ...
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Rotork Supplies Actuators to the Northern Lights Project
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork has been awarded a contract to supply IQ3 and Skilmatic SI range actuators to an essential and unique industrial decarbonisation project in Norway. ...
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Gear Manufacturing Part I: Resources
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: We have put together an insider' guide to the top resources for the gear industry to help navigate the complexities. ...
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Gear Manufacturing Part II: Types of Gears
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Here we highlight the different types of gears and what a gear is/does. ...
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On The Open Road - Gear Motions Link to the Motorcycle Industry
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: How Gear Motions has taken an active role in supplying gears to two legendary companies known for quality and performance on the open road. ...
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Common Mode Field Rejection in Coreless Hall-Effect Current Sensor ICs
Description: Allegro current sensor ICs use the Hall-effect to measure the magnetic field produced by an integrated, current carrying loop, translating the magnetic field to a voltage which is proportional to the ...
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Differential Current Sensing with the 1 MHz Bandwidth ACS733
Description: This application note describes the use of the new highly isolated, high bandwidth ACS733 Hall-effect current sensor integrated circuit (IC) from Allegro MicroSystems and gives an overview of its ...
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Hydraulic vs. Electric Linear Actuator: Which is Best?
Description: When buying a linear actuator, it's important to choose a product that will fit best with your application and specific demands. Whether you want a high load capacity, a longer duty cycle or something ...
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Increased Electric Motor Content in HEV Subsystems Require Current Sensing
Description: To control the drive train in HEV and full EV vehicles, it is well-known that current sensing is required particularly in starter generator and main electric drive motor generator applications. ...
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Industrial Motor Control
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: A guide to industrial motor control ...
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Industrial PLC Motor Control
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: What is a PLC? ...