Motion and Controls Reference Materials
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Latest Material and Construction Methods Provide the Highest Quality Rigid-Flex PCB's
Description: With the demand for portable electronics ever increasing, the need to produce more compact devices with ever-increasing capabilities calls for engineering solutions that combine functionality with ...
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Meeting New Energy Star Energy Efficiency Ratings with ECplus and DCplus Motors
Description: Energy Star, the international standard for energy efficiency in consumer products, has mandated that by 2014, refrigerators must use 25% less electricity than current Energy Star models to maintain ...
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Is Wireless the Right Solution?
From: Festo CorporationDescription: Increasingly, wireless and hybrid wireless solutions as mentioned above are used to reduce the overall cost of remote site and multi-vendor equipment integration. ...
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Solving Problems with Torsionally Stiff Couplings
From: R+W Coupling TechnologyDescription: One of the biggest challenges on this application was stiffness of the coupling. We have history with this application and have found if the coupling has wind up, even though it is zero backlash, it ...
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Taking Advantage of Coupling Configurability
From: R+W Coupling TechnologyDescription: Many machine builders are well aware of the advantages of using configurable components in the design stages. As projects progress, specifications often change and builders must adapt components to ...
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CANopen-fieldbus and Motion-Control Success, Packaging World, April2 013
From: Festo CorporationDescription: End user productivity went up 30% after a state-of-the-art retort-basket unloading system was designed as a replacement for a largely mechanical predecessor. ...
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Festo Shows Innovative Gantry at Hannover, Automation World, May 2013
From: Festo CorporationDescription: Festo's H-gantry EXCM provides precise and fast positioning in cramped installation conditions ...
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Vibration Damping in Drive Couplings
From: R+W Coupling TechnologyDescription: A customer sizing an elastomer insert coupling recently asked us if using a larger body size would provide better vibration damping ...
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Linear Actuators - Calculating Stroke Length And Force
From: Progressive AutomationsDescription: The first step in determining the size of a linear actuator needed to move a specific load requires the user to calculate translational force ...
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Firefighting Humanoid Robot
From: maxonDescription: With funding from the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech's RoMeLa laboratory is designing and building their Shipboard Autonomous Fire Fighting Robot, or SAFFiR. ...
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Human-Like Bipedal Walking Robot
From: maxonDescription: In the world of robotics engineering there are two primary ways to view how a robot walks. Either the robot has to be quasi-statically stable at every moment of movement, or it can walk like a human ...
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Make It Last: Maximizing the Service Life of Industrial Air and Spring Actuated Friction Clutches and Brakes
From: Mach III Clutch, Inc.Description: Determining how long a friction clutch or brake will last has much to do with application. Cycle rates, revolutions per minute and the air pressure required to produce the torque to drive or stop the ...
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Marking of electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
Description: Marking of electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres ...
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What Kind of Problems can Occur with Improper Tension Control
From: Mach III Clutch, Inc.Description: Without proper web tension, the following problems can occur:Telescoped or Dished Finished Rolls; Wrinkles; Web Drift; Web Breaks; Poor Printing Registration; Laminated Roll Cur ...
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Basic Application of Ball Detent Torque Limiters
From: R+W Coupling TechnologyDescription: What is a ball detent torque limiter? What are the advantages of ball detent torque limiters? How do you size a mechanical torque limiter? ...
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Introduction of Chains
Description: Roller Chain,Conveyor Chain,Leaf Chain etc ...
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Types and applications of Industrial Chains
Description: Stainless steel chain,Nickel-plated chain, Galvanized chain, Chrome chain,Self-lubricating chain,O-ring chain,Rubber chain ...
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Choosing Between Electromechanical and Fluid Power Linear Actuators in Industrial Systems Design
From: Thomson Industries Inc.Description: Linear actuation plays a critical role in a wide range of products and processes in factory automation, packaging, medical devices, and many other fields. Linear actuators are commonly divided into ...
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Why Use Mechanical Torque Limiters in a Servo Drive System?
From: R+W Coupling TechnologyDescription: Electronic current limiting is not always a 100% effective way to prevent torque overloads in a mechanical system ...
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Where are UniSlides used?
From: Velmex, Inc.Description: UniSlides have successfully been used in environments like, clean rooms, outdoors, underwater, in vacuum, attached to aircraft, on naval ships, and in outer space. ...
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Automated Spice Rack & Linear Actuator
From: Progressive AutomationsDescription: Overview: Automation products are becoming more popular in today's household. The video below shows an example of one way automation is used in the average home today. With the help of this video and ...
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The Automated Home using Linear Actuators
From: Progressive AutomationsDescription: Automatically reclining couches are becoming very popular in the furniture market. Many customers have asked how they can add this setup with the furniture they currently have. If you have a couch ...
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Ultimate Man Cave -Stage 1
From: Progressive AutomationsDescription: Using linear actuators Chef Francios will be developing innovative methods to create a multipurpose room that can be used for a number of completely different applications. These many uses were not ...
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Application Guide for High Performance Brushless Servo Systems
From: ElectroCraftDescription: The trapezoidal or square wave current brushless servo is characterized the same as a brush-type servo drive and is generally well understood. The principles of sizing the sinusoidal brushless servo ...
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Handbook for High Performance Brushless Servo Systems
From: ElectroCraftDescription: The traditional permanent magnet DC servomotor has been the industry workhorse for many decades in high performance servo drive applications. The primary reason< for this is that the DC servomotor is ...
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Improving High-Speed Performance of Hybrid Stepper Motors
From: ElectroCraftDescription: Bipolar drives supply steppermotor windings with current waveforms that look like square waves when fully stepping or sine waves when micro-stepping at a high resolution. The waveforms shown in the ...
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Rotary Ball Spline Technologies And The Effective Differences of Two Rotational Nut Technologies
Description: riding on angular contact ball bearings or crossed roller bearings?" After ascertaining your application's requirements - stroke length; velocity; applied load; mounting space; duty cycle; required ...
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Soldering a copper wire, contactor assembly
Description: High intensity heat must be applied to the joint area for this application so that thermal conduction of the copper does not sink away the heat delivered from the induction process. ...
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The Complete Guide to Chain
Description: The Complete Guide to Chain provides a comprehensive reference for chains used in power transmission and conveyance applications. Everything from the basics of chain, through to specific industrial ...
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Joyce Horse Power Calculation
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: WJT242 has a torque constant of 0.009W with (W) representing the load in pounds and a tare torque of 4 inchpounds (page 22). Using 350 RPM on the input shaft and a 2000-pound load results in the ...
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Application Note - Drive On/Off Strategies
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: Requirement: Identify the different ways drives can be turned on/off, and advantages of each ...
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Application Note - MD Series Multiple Speed Operation
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: Requirement: Operate the MD Series at two or three preset speeds Solution: Use the UIN1 and/or S2 inputs in Jog mode - when either switch input is closed the drive will change to that input's preset ...
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Application Note - Traversing Head (for painting, laminating, spraying applications)
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: * DP4 used for digital, repeatable traverse speed set * DM8000 configured as Up/Down Counter * DM8000 alarm configured for In / Out Of range * Requires quadrature pickup (Dart PU-20EQUAD) on traverse ...
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Control Algorithm Discussion and P-I-D Tuning
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: A true P-I-D speed control algorithm is employed in the MD Plus and MD II Series which allows for precise response to motor loop speed or load changes. The three parameters Proportional, Integral, and ...
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Local Override of PLC / SCADA Remote Drive Start
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: Requirement: For safety and other considerations it is required that the MDPlus Series drive with 420 option, when used with plc/SCADA system, be able to override locally the plc/SCADA drive enable ...
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Motor Stall Condition With Audible Alarm
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: MD10P Motor Stall; Drive Shutoff and Alarm Concept ...
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What is a Flexible Shaft?
Description: A flexible shaft transmits rotary motion much like a solid steel shaft. But, it can be routed over, under, and around obstacles that would make using a solid shaft impractical. ... ...
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Fast molecular tracking maps nanoscale dynamics of plasma membrane lipids
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: We describe an optical method capable of tracking a single fluorescent molecule with a flexible choice of high spatial accuracy (~10-20 nm standard deviation or ~20-40 nm full-width-at-half-maximum) ...
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In vivo imaging of malaria parasites in the murine liver
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: The form of the malaria parasite inoculated by the mosquito, called the sporozoite, transforms inside the host liver into thousands of a new form of the parasite, called the merozoite, which infects ...
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Mie scattering distinguishes the topological charge of an optical vortex: a homage to Gustav Mie
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: One century after Mie's original paper, Mie scattering is still a fertile field of scientific endeavor. We show that the Mie scattering distinguishes the topological charge of light beams with phase ...
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Molecular Characterization of the Ankle-Link Complex in Cochlear Hair Cells and Its Role in the Hair Bundle Functioning
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: Several lines of evidence indicate that very large G-protein-coupled receptor 1 (Vlgr1) makes up the ankle links that connect the stereocilia of hair cells at their base. Here, we show that the ...
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Stepwise Morphological and Functional Maturation of Mechanotransduction in Rat Outer Hair Cells
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: Inner ear mechanosensory hair cells convert mechanical vibrations into electrical signals via the coordinated interaction of multiple proteins precisely positioned within the sensory hair bundle. ...
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Active Hair-Bundle Motility by the Vertebrate Hair Cell
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: The hair bundle is both a mechano-sensory antenna and a force generator that might help the vertebrate hair cell from the inner ear to amplify its responsiveness to small stimuli. To study active ...
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Automatic Tube Drilling Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: The task was to make a completely new tube processing machine to suit the needs of a scaffolding pole manufacturer ...
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Bowling Ball Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: Our client is an specialist manufacturer of custom made machines. Having supplied machines for different industries, our client wanted t build a machine to make the grooves and marks for bowling balls ...
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Case Study: Tube Profiler Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: Our client was in charge of upgrading the control system of a tube profiling machine including changing the stepping motors for new servo motors ...
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Energy Efficiency: Exploring Energy Saving Capabilities in Gearmotors
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: Unfortunately, energy efficiency is subjective; what is efficient in one company or in one application will undoubtedly be inefficient in another application, even if the specifications are similar. ...
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Exploring single-molecule dynamics with fluorescence nanoscopy
From: Piezosystem Jena, Inc.Description: The study of molecular dynamics at the single-molecule level with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and far-field optics has contributed greatly to the functional understanding of complex ...
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Food Depositor Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: TRM helped a food machine manufacturer to automate a dough depositor machine by using a 3 axis motion controller with colour screen and keypad ...
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Gearing Up: The Ins-and-Outs of Gears
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: Are all gears really alike? The answer is definitely no! There are four basic styles of gears. *Spur Gear: The spur gear has a helix angle of 0° *Helical Gear: This is an angle toothed gear. The angle ...
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How To Calculate Your Torque Constant
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: The torque constant, Kt, of a motor is a very useful parameter for sizing and controlling motors showing a linear speed/torque relationship. Both DC brush type and brushless motors exhibit this linear ...
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How To: Reduce Noise Output from a Brushed Motor
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: Noise is often the single toughest challenge faced by design engineers when developing products, especially in medical applications. The inherent noise issue with many types of motors is the brushes. ...
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Milling Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: Our client wanted to upgrade its milling machine with new technologies without spending lots of money on a CNC controller, motors or drives. ...
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Proper Motor Brush Selection When Brush Life is a Concern
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: One of the most critical parts of this type of motor is the interface between the brushes and the commutator. Poor material selection and improper design considerations can affect both the life and ...
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Selecting a Gearmotor in 4 Simple Steps
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: For design engineers in the process of selecting components for an application the motor or gearmotor can be one of the more difficult components to source. There are several key design parameters ...
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Window Sash Assembly Machine
From: TRM International Ltd.Description: Our client manufactures custom made machines for different industries, this time he had a request to build a machine to make Sash Windows faster therefore production costs.. ...
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Gearmotor Output Power & System Efficiency
From: Groschopp, Inc.Description: When specifying and selecting a gearmotor, it is critical to know and understand the gearmotor system power, not just the motor power. When specifying or selecting a gearmotor for an OEM application, ...
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AHTS Tug Ship, Maersk
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Shaft brakes are used to stop and hold the propeller shafts in case of an emergency. Each propeller shaft is equipped with two Dellner Brakes type SKD 4x100 pressure applied caliper disc brakes ...
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Aircraft arrester system, Swedish Air Force
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: The brake system on each of the energy absorbers consists of two Dellner Brakes type SKD 4x75 hydraulically applied disc brakes working on a 1400 mm (55.1 in) diameter brake disc. The arrester system ...
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Archipelago ferries, Waxholm
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each propeller shaft now has installed one Dellner Brakes type SKD 65 pressure applied disc brake operating on a 600 mm (23.6 in) diameter brake disc. With 59 bar (856 psi) hydraulic pressure to each ...
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Asea Overhead Crane, Ovako Steel
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: OVAKO operates several ASEA cranes equipped with old ASEA spring applied, hydraulically released brakes. (ASEA no longer produces brakes). High maintenance of the old worn brakes and high spare part ...
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Case Story- Oil Drilling Rig
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each brake system consists of a Dellner Brakes type SKD 2x100 hydraulic pressure applied disc brake working on an 1160 mm (45.7 in) diameter disc and a pressure intensifier system. The brakes are ...
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Catamaran Ferry 1, Mols-Linjen
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each engine shaft is equipped with four Dellner Brakes type SKD 50 hydraulically applied disc brakes operating on two 495 mm (19.5 in) diameter discs (2 brakes per disc). The brakes are activated with ...
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Catamaran Ferry 2, Stena Line
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each of the two drive shafts is equipped with a 1150 mm (45.3 in) diameter brake disc and eight Dellner Brakes type SKD 80 hydraulically applied disc brakes. The pressure for the brakes is provided by ...
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Crane Winch, Hydramarine
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Winches for two cranes with lifting capacity of 33,5 tonnes (36.8 st) respective 51,5 tonnes (56.6 st). The disc brakes work as both parking brakes as well as emergency brakes. Due to the limited ...
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Cruise Liner, Millenium
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Length 294 m (321.5 yd). Propulsion power 39 MW (52,300 hp). Max speed 24 knots. Maximum number of persons on board including the crew is 3450. The brake system for each ship consists of two Dellner ...
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Dover Harbour
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Emergency/parking brakes for hoisting winch drives on a ro-ro catamaran ferry bridge. The purpose of the brakes is to hold the bridge between the dock and catamaran ferry during car and truck loading. ...
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Dredge Winch
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: A Dellner SKP 220 spring applied, hydraulic released caliper is mounted on each of the two Ridderinkhof swing winches on this Vosta LMG built CSD for end user Arab Potash at the Dead Sea in Jordania. ...
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Hellenic Navy - Gun Boats
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each of the eleven vessels is powered by 2 x Wärtsilä 16V25 main diesel engines which provide a total propulsion power of 7360 kW (10000 bhp). Each propeller shaft is equipped with a shaft brake ...
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Mine Winch, Canada
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: The purpose of the brakes is to slow down and/or stop the elevator during an emergency. The application consists of four Dellner brakes type SKP 95-27 spring applied, hydraulically released disc ...
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Multi-purpose Vessels, Swedish Coastguard
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each propeller shaft is equipped with a Dellner Brakes model SKD 2x100 hydraulic pressure applied disc brake operating on a ø 750 mm (29.5 in) brake disc which provides a brake torque of 28 400 Nm ...
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NorthLink Ferries
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each propeller shaft is equipped with a Dellner Brakes model SKD 4x100 pressure applied disc brake operating on a ø1050 mm (41.3 in) brake disc. The primary function of the brake is to hold the ...
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Ocean Liner Queen Mary 2
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: The propulsion brake systems on Queen Mary 2 consists of four Dellner model SKD 100 hydraulic pressure applied brakes working on a brake disc ø1300 mm (51.18 in). Each Mermaid Pod uses this system, ...
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Offshore winch, Statoil
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: In 1997, deck machinery was delivered to Statoil´s oil rig Norne, 200 km (125 mi) off the Norwegian coast. Similar deck machinery was also delivered to the oil rigs Åsgard, Visund and Troll. Dellner ...
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Oilfield Tracked Vibrator Vehicle
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Four Dellner Brakes type SKD 80 hydraulic pressure applied brakes installed to operate on 4 x 610 mm (4 x 24 in) diameter discs. One disc per drive wheel. Special seals for low temperature (-45 °C/-50 ...
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Pipelay vessel, Allseas
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: In the process of welding tubes/pipes to an endless pipe, Dellner brakes are mounted on the transporting system. Every time the tubes are welded together the transporting system is put on holding ...
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Sloop Rigged Sailing Yacht, Alithia
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: The SY Alithia has a MTU-6R 183 TE 93 main engine, rated at 441 kW (591 hp) at 2300 rpm that drives a Servogear propulsion system with controllable pitch propeller. Dellner Brakes AB supplied a ...
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Theater Winch, Stockholm Royal Opera
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Side scene and stage light winches with lifting capacity of 4 and 5 metric tons (8,820 and 11,025 lb). The purpose of the brakes is to stop and hold the stage lights/side scenes at the desired height ...
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Tramvia Blau, Barcelona, Spain
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Two Dellner brakes, model SKD 65 (hydraulically pressure applied brakes), are installed on each of the two tram cars. The brakes are used in junction with the existing four-level electrical brakes. ...
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UK Royal Navy, Type T45 Destroyers
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Rolls-Royce will supply different packages of components to the T45 destroyers. For example, the propulsion system, which includes a brake system. The brake system consists of Dellner Brakes well ...
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Varco Oil Rig Top Drive System
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: The brake is used to hold back torque in the drill string to avoid motor stall and to assist with positioning the drill bit when directional drilling. Dellner Brakes model SKD 50 hydraulic pressure ...
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Case Story-Water Power Plant
From: Dellner Brakes ABDescription: Each of the horizontal turbines was refitted with Dellner Brakes type SKD 80 hydraulically applied disc brakes, which operate on 1000 mm (39.4 in) diameter brake discs. The brakes are required to slow ...
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CHOOSING AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR COMPANY? 6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW!
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The ability to choose the most appropriate electric actuator company is a key part in project or product line development. In the automation process, actuators are the heart of the system. Most of the ...
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Screw Driven Actuation, an Infographic
Description: Ball screws and lead screws are critical components in today's motion technologies. Deciding which actuation option to use for your application depends on what you need your motion system to do - what ...
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Focusing on Dark Energy
From: maxonDescription: The HETDEX project is the first major experiment to search for dark energy in the universe using a set of spectrographs to map the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies. ...
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Humanoid Robotic Hand Moves
From: maxonDescription: The human hand is undoubtedly one of the most universal and complex tools of nature. Researchers have been studying the characteristics and special features of this evolutionary design for years. Now ...
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Robot Performance Moves NASA. Cape Canaveral Tour Guide will have Same Motors as the Mars Rover
From: maxonDescription: A versatile robot actor, created in the UK, has beaten off international competition to become the public face of NASA's world-famous Kennedy Space Center. ...
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Understanding Schmitt Triggers
Description: "The solution to these problems is to use a Schmitt trigger type device to translate the slow or noisy edges into something faster that will meet the input rise and fall specs of the following ...
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Comparison of T-LAM to Traditional Brushless Motor Technology
From: ExlarDescription: Operating the complex equipment deployed in modern mines requires judgment and skills that only can be acquired by an enormous amount of hands-on experience. Accumulating that experience in an actual ...
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Electromechanical Actuation - A Benefit for Military Vehicle Design
From: ExlarDescription: Balancing tight cost constraints, addressing program viability questions, and dealing with severe environmental variables puts military vehicle designers in a constant search for measureable, ...
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Linear actuator simplifies machine building
From: ExlarDescription: Purchase and assembly of multiple components are rendered unnecessary because this actuator combines servo motor and planetary roller screw in one compact unit. ...
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Linear Actuators Support Weapons Elevator
From: ExlarDescription: Among the most vital material handling systems in use today are those that handle weaponry for the armed forces. Case in point: In Cincinnati, Ohio, Federal Equipment Co. is manufacturing 11 ...
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Recognizing motor temperature sensor limitations
From: ExlarDescription: In the first installment of this series, "Calculating a practical hotspot safety margin", we discussed how two-parameter thermal models assume that the entire motor, including windings, exhibits one ...
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Revised Duty Cycle Calculations Using the Four-Parameter Thermal Model
From: ExlarDescription: High-performance motion control demands compact and economical servomotors. Fortunately, because most servo applications only intermittently demand maximum continuous-torque motor output, a smaller ...
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Roller Screw Actuators: Benefits, Selection and Maintenance
From: ExlarDescription: The choice of hydraulic/pneumatic or mechanical actuators always depends on the application, but if application factors are equal, the roller screw actuator has some advantages. ...
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Sizing and Applying Roller Screws
From: ExlarDescription: Operating the complex equipment deployed in modern mines requires judgement and skills that only can be acquired by an enormous amount of hands-on experience. Accumulating that experience in an actual ...
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Smaller and mightier electric actuators help advance medical applications
From: ExlarDescription: Technological advances and changes in environmental, safety, and ergonomic requirements have increased motion control options and their capabilities. ...
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Why Servomotor Temperature Sensors Can Give Misleading Readings
From: ExlarDescription: Conventional thermal models can be inaccurate enough to cause trouble when servomotors get pushed to their limits. ...
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A Practical Guide to Brushless DC Implementation
From: Dart Controls, Inc.Description: Brushless DC (BLDC) motors have the performance advantages of DC permanent magnet motors without the need for motor brush maintenance. BLDC motors have the additional advantages of very high base ...
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A Precise Solution to Motion Control Challenges
From: Thomson Industries Inc.Description: Today's motion control equipment faces tougher challenges than ever before. Conveyors, and packing, sorting, and other positioning equipment often operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As demand ...