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Professional Motor Engineer Help You to Choose the Right Stepper Motor
Description: When you would select a stepper motor product from 3X Motion, the following parameters need to be considered ...
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High Performance Linear Motors
From: HIWIN CorporationDescription: This paper is an overview of the different types of linear motors available, including their principles of operation, history of development of permanent magnets, design methods for linear motors and ...
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Delivering High Quality Surgical Treatment to More Patients Through Cost Optimized Sterilizable Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Surgeons worldwide prefer surgical hand tools that utilize the most advanced technology to deliver the highest performance and improve patient outcomes. To keep the cost of procedures down, the most ...
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Difference Between Bipolar Drive and Unipolar for Stepper Motors
From: PortescapDescription: This article is focused on the stepper motors which is a type of brushless DC motor with a high number of poles. This technology is generally driven in open loop without any feedback sensor, meaning ...
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Effective Motor Supplier Management in Medical Device Development
From: PortescapDescription: Medical device companies are under extreme pressure to deliver new and improved products to the market ahead of the competition. While the overall process for a medical device takes years, most of ...
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Powered Surgical Tool Reliability - Moisture is the Enemy
From: PortescapDescription: For powered reusable surgical tools, reliability is paramount. Due to the presence of electronic components and materials susceptible to corrosion, moisture is often a cause of premature failure, ...
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Sterilizable Encoders and BLDC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Magnetic encoders allow for high resolution feedback, enabling precise motion control profiles. Understanding how these devices work and their advantages compared to traditional feedback methods (such ...
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What You Should Know About Cartesian Robots
Description: Machines that operate on Cartesian coordinate systems have been staples in factories for decades. 3D printers, laser-cutters, and CNC machines are examples of devices that use the same principle as ...
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Choosing a Motor for Electronic Pipettes
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to dispensing a specific volume of liquid in a lab environment, pipettes are essential. Electronic air displacement pipettes have taken the lead due to the need for a high level of ...
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Commutated Resistance Change of Portescap Brush DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: The relationship between commutated and non-commutated rotor resistance can be expressed by: RC = FC R ...
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Controlling Brushed DC Motors with Pulsed-width Modulation (PWM)
From: PortescapDescription: The enduring popularity of coreless brushed DC motors comes from a combination of their simplicity of design, fast transient responses, negligible iron losses and ease of control. With speed ...
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DC Coreless Motors Reduce TCO and Weight of Solar Panel Cleaning Robots
From: PortescapDescription: Improve Your Solar Panel Cleaning Robot TCO with DC Coreless Motors & Gearheads ...
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Motors for Drone Applications
From: PortescapDescription: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones, as they are generally known, are becoming more common. This technology is adding value in many markets including aerospace and defense, agriculture, ...
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Reducing Surgical Hand Tool Size Without Sacrificing Performance
From: PortescapDescription: Surgical hand tools require a minimum level of power for a given application, and higher power requirements generally necessitate larger motors. This in turn leads to a heavier and bulkier tool that ...
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Sterilizable Encoders and BLDC Motors Drive Surgical Hand Tool Advances
From: PortescapDescription: Not all encoder/feedback technologies are the same. Here are some situations that call for an encoder as part of a drive system ...
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What to Look For in a Miniature Motor When Designing Your Next Robotic Application
From: PortescapDescription: Advancements in automation and artificial intelligence are driving innovation in robotics. New developments in vision systems and sensor technologies require inventive applications for robots in the ...
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Brush DC Motors vs Brushless DC Motors for Disposable Surgical Power Tools
From: PortescapDescription: Disposable tools are a fast-growing segment within the surgical hand tool market, driven by cost and hygiene benefits. For tool design engineers, the motor technology is often a critical choice, ...
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What are Some Linear Motion Options for Moving Multiple Loads Independently?
Description: From a mechanical standpoint, one of the more challenging applications in linear motion has traditionally been to move two or more loads independently, as is required in some handling, transport, and ...
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Part 1 - What is Racking in Gantry Systems, and How Can it be Avoided?
Description: Gantries differ from other types of multi-axis systems (such as Cartesian robots and XY tables) by using two base (X) axes in parallel, with a perpendicular (Y) axis connecting them. While this dual ...
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Part 2 - What is Racking in Gantry Systems, and How Can it be Avoided?
Description: In Part 1 of this post, we looked at various methods of driving the X axes in gantry systems and how the drive method can influence the gantry’s tendency to experience racking. Another factor ...
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Forward in 3D: Rise Above Challenges in 3D Metal Printing
Description: Servo motors and robots are transforming additive applications. Learn the latest tips and applications when implementing robotic automation and advanced motion control for additive and subtractive ...
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Benefits of Auto-Tuning VFDs
Description: An auto-tune helps a variable frequency drive (VFD) control the motor with specific motor settings, and there are many ways to get the best results for a specific setting and situation. See five ...
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Choosing Linear Servo Motors for the Right Application
Description: There are several types of linear servo motors and knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each, along with the application they're best-suited for, is critical. ...
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Precision Motion and How to Achieve It
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: Achieving precision motion at the micron level is an impressive feat: a carefully choreographed waltz of experiment design, instrumentation, and a keen eye for detail. It stands to reason that ...
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Rethinking the Way Industrial Products are Purchased
Description: Greater operational efficiency is required in manufacturing today and it requires a comprehensive look at everything, starting with how things are purchased. See four clarifications on consolidated ...
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Motion Solutions for Drones & UAVs
From: PortescapDescription: Drones for defense and surveillance missions require extreme agility for navigation and are regularly exposed to critical environments. These UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) applications demand ...
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New Engineering Lab at Portescap Now Open
From: PortescapDescription: After a year in the making, Portescap is pleased to announce the opening of our newest Engineering Lab in our Mumbai, India office. Our team worked very diligently over the past year, including ...
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What is a Voice Coil Motor? Characteristics and Selection of Voice Coil Motors
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Voice Coil Motors are highly controllable electrical actuators suitable for applications needing only limited displacement. They offer the following features: ...
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What is Racking in Gantry Systems, And How Can it be Avoided?
Description: Gantries differ from other types of multi-axis systems (such as Cartesian robots and XY tables) by using two base (X) axes in parallel, with a perpendicular (Y) axis connecting them. While this dual ...
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Difference in Motor Performances 1: Speed / Torque / Size
Description: There are various motors in the world. Large motors and small motors. A motor that moves back and forth instead of rotating. A motor which can't see the reason why it is so expensive at first glance. ...
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What Makes A Linear Stage Different From Other Types Of Linear Motion Systems?
Description: Linear motion systems - consisting of a base or housing, a guide system, and a driving mechanism - are available in a wide variety of designs and configurations to suit almost any application. And ...
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Bipolar Drives and Unipolar Drives for Stepper Motors: A Comparison
From: PortescapDescription: Unipolar and bipolar motor assemblies each have their advantages and limitations. ...
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Engage Early with Motor Suppliers for Strategic Decisions that Meet Timelines and Enhance Product Performance
From: PortescapDescription: Medical device companies are under extreme pressure to deliver new or improved products ahead of the competition. Engaging with specialist suppliers at the very earliest stages of product design can ...
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Experimental Approach for Solving Side Band Noise of Miniature Planetary Gearbox
From: PortescapDescription: Today, motion solutions through miniature motor and gearbox are used in several applications like medical, industrial, robotics, aerospace, etc. Most of these applications use planetary gearboxes ...
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Single Blade Rotary Knife: Application Overview
Description: Industrial rotary knives, usually servo-driven, cut a continuously-fed web into desired lengths. Software helps size and configure the servo for rotary knife applications. ...
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Strengths & Limitations: Belt Drive vs. Ball Screw Actuators
Description: Today, significant engineering work in the field of rotary motion conversion has yielded a diverse class of linear mechanical actuators which are useful for a broad range of advanced automation ...
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Differences Abound Between Traditional Rack and Pinion Twin Drives, Split-Pinion-Based Designs, and Roller-Pinion Systems
Description: From aerospace to machine tooling, glass cutting, medical and more, manufacturing processes depend on reliable motion control. Delivering the speed and precision required by these applications are ...
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eBook: How to Define Actuator Torque
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Actuator torque is a numerical expression of the amount of torque that an actuator is capable of generating. Torque is a term used to define the extent to which a motive energy twists an object around ...
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The World of Actuation is Turning Electromechanical
Description: When it comes to linear actuators, electromechanical devices are becoming the option of choice over their pneumatic cousins due to their speed, precision, and size. Over recent years, demands have ...
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5 Tips for Implementing an Integrated Stepper Linear Actuator System
From: ElectroCraftDescription: Stepper motors are commonly used to translate motion from rotary to linear. Selecting the right combination of electrical and mechanical components is complicated by the various options for precision ...
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How to Select the Right Linear Actuator
Description: Building a successful linear motion system starts with choosing the appropriate actuator. Between the different sizes, technologies, and qualities, hundreds of options exist. The trick is to winnow ...
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Guide to Linear Motion Systems
Description: Guide to Linear Motion SystemsMasa Tsuchiya2018-02-28T13:10:15-06:00 Linear motion bearings are bearings that are made to move in a particular direction, and they come in a wide array of different ...
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4-Pole High-performance Coreless Brush DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Typically performances from a coreless brush DC is dependent upon the overall electromagnetic volume. The higher the performances needed, the higher the electromagnetic volume which results in an ...
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Dual Motion Can Stack Actuator
From: PortescapDescription: This new motor concept from Portescap is capable of providing linear and rotary motions simultaneously which is ideal for applications needing robotics automation. If you go the conventional way of ...
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Important Factors to Consider when Choosing a Crossed Roller Slide or Table Assembly
From: Isotech, Inc.Description: When referring to linear bearings, we generally think of devices that incorporate ball bearings - meaning friction is reduced between moving parts by recirculating balls. Bushings, ball splines, ...
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Motors and Gearheads for Solar Panel Cleaning Robots
From: PortescapDescription: DC coreless motors that are fully enclosed are the perfect solution for powering Solar Panel Cleaning Robots. These motors are light in weight, energy efficient, long lasting (reduce the overall cost ...
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Motors for Craniotomy Hand Tools
From: PortescapDescription: Craniotomy hand tools are high speed drills used in Neuro (Skull) surgeries. These highly complex procedures require very high precision and balancing. Even minor vibrations or jerks could impact the ...
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Motors for Podiatry Instruments
From: PortescapDescription: Depending on the procedure and the type of cutter used, the handpiece of a foot care device is used at a wide velocity range combined with high torque. Often the available power is limited, as the ...
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Outer Rotor Flat Brushless DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: This new brushless flat motor uses an outer rotor configuration with an air gap between the coil and the magnetic structure being managed radially. This unique and innovative design delivers very high ...
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Quick Response Digital Linear Actuators
From: PortescapDescription: Certain applications, irrespective of their industry, require linear movements with quick forward and backward motions. This will help them save a lot of process time. Portescap's newest innovative ...
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Rotork Assists BAE Systems in Upgrades to Portsmouth Royal Naval Base
From: Rotork plcDescription: About Us COVID-19 Statement Our Purpose, Vision & Values Our Communities Our Markets Our Brands Our History Rotork plc Board Rotork Management Board Company Certificates Terms and Conditions Privacy ...
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Motion Scenarios: Pick-and-Place Applications
Description: Designing comprehensive automation for high-speed pick-and-place applications is among the most challenging tasks faced by motion engineers. As robotic systems become more complex and production rates ...
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Tiny Targets, Massive Results
From: ABTech, Inc.Description: Ultra-precise HEIDENHAIN linear scales aid in the manufacture of hydrogen targets for thermonuclear testing ...
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How to Control a Stepper Motor
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: Stepper motors use specialized control methods to achieve better precision than standard variable speed motors, while avoiding the expense and complexity of servo systems. ...
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Miniature Dust-proof Enclosed Linear Module
Description: The wide application of linear modules has brought a comprehensive innovation to industrial automation. In 2019, we took the lead in launching a miniature screw module with a body width of 30mm, named ...
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Application Engineering Example of Linear Motion System
Description: Engineers walked three distinct applications, each from a different market. They arrived at three very different end results due to the variations in environment and application details. Application 1 ...
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How Fast Nano-Focusing and Z-Scanning Mechanisms Advance Life Sciences, Biotech, Laser Processing, and Semiconductors
Description: Linear Motors and Piezo Drives Solve Different Problems ...
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Linear Motion Systems for Heavy Automation and Pick and Place
Description: This XZ gantry incorporates a rack drive in the slide, eliminating the need for a separate rack. The Z axis telescopes, useful when overhead height is limited. ...
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Advanced Motion Control for Wire Bonding
From: ETEL S.A.Description: This application note describes the LED/IC wire bonder ecosystem (market drivers, architectures, timings...) and focus specifically on the main technical challenges for the motion control part. The ...
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5 Tips for Choosing the Right Geared Motor
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: As the UK's largest manufacturer of fractional horsepower electric motors, we serve manufacturers operating in pretty much every industry. Each has its own unique requirements that need to be met to ...
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The Benefits of Customized Electric Motors
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: Parvalux manufactures a variety of standard electric motors from our three Dorset, UK factories but did you know we also offer a full customization service that enables you to tailor an electric motor ...
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Should You Repair or Replace Your Electric Motor?
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: Has your electric motor stopped working properly? Is it time for an electric motor repair or a replacement? Knowing which option to choose can sometimes be a bit of a challenge and at Parvalux, we're ...
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Keeping Gantries on the Straight and Narrow
Description: When positioning-system manufacturers build a gantry system, they typically use special alignment tools during the assembly process to ensure they meet force, precision, and life specifications. Laser ...
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Power Take-Off Gear Manufacturing Takes Off
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Power take-offs, or PTOs, take power from a power source and transmit it to another application. A common example is a vehicle such as a truck or tractor's engine powering attachments or secondary ...
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Difference Between Stator and Rotor
From: Essen Magnetics Pty LtdDescription: Difference Between Stator and Rotor In the motors or generators, both parts like rotor and stator play a key role. The main disparity between them is that the stator is an inactive part of the motor ...
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Linear Motors: Leading a New Industrial Revolution
Description: Linear motors are very quick and precise for positioning, but are also capable of slow, constant-traverse speed for machine heads and slides, as well as tool and part-handling systems. A variety of ...
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Controlling Brushed DC Motors Using PWM - Optimal Frequency, Current Ripple, and Life Considerations
From: PortescapDescription: Many applications utilizing Portescap's brushed DC miniature motors demand driving the motors at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running the motor at usable load points ...
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Meet Your Surgical Device Design Goals with Miniature Brushless DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Powered surgical hand tools are a mainstay of the operating room. For decades surgeons and device makers have relied on sterilizable Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors to meet the torque, speed, ...
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Motion Control Technology in the Industrial Sector
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Vincotech offers a wide range of power modules featuring high level of integration and innovation aimed to fully support the Motion Control strategies for industrial applications, including general ...
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How to Select a Can Stack Motor
From: PortescapDescription: How to Select a Can Stack Motor ...
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Motion in Dental Applications
From: PortescapDescription: The motion needs of the dental industry vary with applications ranging from the movement of dental chairs and dental CNC machines for milling implants to dental radiology and not forgetting ...
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Motor Innovations: Differential Compact Drives
From: PortescapDescription: What is the need for new gearing technologies? ...
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Understanding Linear Steppers
From: PortescapDescription: DLA technology will help achieve space and cost savings over conventional motion solutions through the elimination of mechanical components such as gears, belts and separate threaded shafts or screws. ...
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Why a Can Stack Motor
From: PortescapDescription: COMPOSITION AND VARIATIONS OF CAN STACK MOTORS ...
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Why Use an Electromagnetic Brake with Your Electric DC Motor?
From: PortescapDescription: An electromagnetic brake in combination with a DC motor is a nice solution for holding a load or for safety in case of power failure. ...
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Infrequently Asked Questions About Linear Actuators
Description: Designers getting ready to choose a linear actuator for a specific device or machine should have a list of questions ready to ask suppliers and manufacturers of those devices. These lists usually ...
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Motion Control Goes Small
Description: Machine designers are increasingly asked to build systems that take up less space, operate on less power, and run with higher performance. Thankfully motion controls are answering the call with new ...
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Reduce Development Time to Build A 3-Axis Gantry Controller Board
Description: In this article we will compare and contrast building a motion controller board for a three-axis gantry using two different design approaches. The first uses PMD's MC58113 Motion Control ICs, and the ...
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Servo-Driven Plastic Bag Making and Converting Machines
Description: A plastic bag and converting machine manufacturing OEM is utilizing high performance servo controls for quick axis indexing, handling large inertial loads and simplifying its HMIs with built-in ...
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State-of-the-Art Controls Enable Flexible Pouching
Description: Several different types of flexible pouching machines include mail pouches, liquid pouches and small pouches. These all benefit from advanced automation solutions and servo controls for auxiliary ...
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Motion Control - A Shortcut to Sizing Motors
Description: Motor constant aids in selecting dc motors in motion-control applications. Brushed and brushless dc motors are a good choice in power sensitive or efficiency craving applications. A lot of times, a dc ...
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What Offers Precise Positioning and Highly Dynamic Response for Motion-Control Task?
Description: Linear motors offer precise positioning and highly dynamic response for many motion-control tasks. For machine tools, these include not only rapid traverse, but slow, constant-speed movement of ...
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How to Carry Out the Implementation of Custom Linear Positioning System?
Description: President Zhang's linear motion system is used for home engraving and requires anti-sawdust, so it is arranged in a closed screw module production line. Director Li's linear motion system is used for ...
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Sizing and Selecting Linear Motion Systems
Description: From packaging and material handling to semiconductor fabrication and automotive assembly, virtually all manufacturing processes incorporate some type of linear motion, and as manufacturers become ...
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Achieving Hazard-Free Linear Motion
Description: The safety case for electromechanical actuators over hydraulic cylinders. ...
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Nanopositioners: What Are They Good For?
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: NANOPOSITIONER APPLICATIONS, UTILITY, AND FUNCTIONALITY OFTEN ARE MISUNDERSTOOD - TO THE DETRIMENT OF RESEARCHERS WHOSE EXPERIMENTS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THE STABILITY, PRECISION, AND REPEATABILITY THESE ...
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Two Drives Yield Precise Dual-Speed Motion
Description: Highly precise linear positioning systems, such as those used to focus and scan in measuring and inspection equipment often need two different motion modes ...
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Timing Belts in Linear Positioning System
Description: This four-part series begins with belt drive geometry, which applies to any application. Later installments will delve into the various forces and deflections acting within the system, as well as ...
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Developments in Positioning Control
Description: Researchers continue to look for ways to improve the accuracy of linear positioning systems, reduce or eliminate backlash, as well as make such devices easier to use. Here is a look at recent ...
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What is the Custom Design Linear Motion System that Best Meets the Needs of Users?
Description: For Fuyu, the previously produced drawings and the standardized modules with related materials can be regarded as modular products. Conversely, new designs with relatively large design changes based ...
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Tips for Choosing High-accuracy Linear Positioning Systems: Part 3
Description: The components that make up your high-accuracy positioning system - bearings, position-measuring system, motor- and-drive system, and controller - must work together as well as possible. Part 1 ...
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Tips for Choosing High-accuracy Linear Positioning Systems: Part 1
Description: Electronic, optic, computer, inspection, automation, and laser industries require diverse positioning-system specifications. No one system is right for all. To ensure that a high-accuracy positioning ...
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Tips for Choosing High-accuracy Linear Positioning Systems: Part 2
Description: The components that make up your high-accuracy positioning system - base and bearings, position-measuring system, motor-and-drive system, and controller - must work together as well as possible. In ...
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Tips for Choosing High-Accuracy Linear Positioning Systems: Part 1
Description: Electronic, optic, computer, inspection, automation, and laser industries require diverse positioning-system specifications. ...
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When to Outsource: Plug-And-Play Motion Subsystems
Description: Building motion actuators and stages from scratch forces designers to order, inventory, and assemble hundreds of parts. It also increases time to market and requires technicians and specialized ...
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A Finer Control of Linear Motion
Description: Linear actuators essentially generate force and motion through a straight line. In a typical mechanical system, a device's output shaft would provide linear motion using a rotary motor through gears, ...
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Which Motors Are the Best: Servos or Steppers?
Description: One of the more critical decisions engineers can make when designing any type of motion control process is choosing the motor. Getting the right motor, both in terms of type and size, is imperative to ...
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Choosing Your Motor
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: With the guide below covering aspects of motor design such as torque, duty cycle, thermal limits and efficiency, we hope to provide a reference point when selecting your motor. ...
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The History of DC Motors
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: The history of DC motors extends way back into the 19th century. From initial testing and development to widespread use across global industries, DC gear motors have evolved significantly into the ...
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Why You Should Choose an Electric Patient Hoist vs Manual
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: If you are considering manufacturing hoists for the healthcare industry, you might be wondering which design would work best for both you and your customers. Patient hoists can be operated by an ...