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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 are DC Motors Used in Trains?
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: DC motors are used in a wide variety of industries, from the workplace to leisure. However, one of the main industries they serve is rail. DC motors are commonly used to power trains and their ...
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The Benefits of AC Motors
From: parvalux by maxonDescription: If you are unsure whether to choose an AC motor solution for your product, you might be interested to know the exact benefits they can bring and the applications they are most suited to. We offer a ...
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Direct Drive vs. Geared Rotary Servomotor: A Quantification of Design Advantage: Part 1
Description: A geared servomotor can be useful for rotary motion technology, but there are challenges and limitations users need to be aware of. ...
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Direct Drive vs. Geared Rotary Servomotor: A Quantification of Design Advantage: Part 2
Description: Testing a direct drive and geared rotary servomotor shows there are some significant differences between the two when actually put into practice. ...
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Direct Drive vs. Geared Rotary Servomotor: A Quantification of Design Advantage: Part 3
Description: Direct-drive servomotors are becoming more common as range and availability expands for use in many machine and motor applications. ...
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How to Choose Between an ECM and a VFD
Description: While each has its place in HVAC applications, electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives have important differences in simplicity, flexibility, cost and other factors ...
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How to Size an Electric-Motor-Driven Chain-and-Sprocket System
Description: Explore the process for sizing the components (using that same software) for an electric-motor-powered axis based on chain and sprocket power transmission. ...
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Selecting the Right Motor Starter Option
From: ABB Inc.Description: Of the various motor starter options, which is the best fit for your application? This article introduces the benefits and tradeoffs of the three main starter types: across-the-line starters, ...
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Brush DC and Stepper Technologies for Security and Locking Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Security systems are an important part of any commercial buildings whether it's an office or a warehouse. Biometrics is one of the most deployed systems in a wide variety of industries, from ...
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Considerations for Selecting a Mini Motor Technology Solution to Solve Your Surgical Device Design Challenges
From: PortescapDescription: Regardless of the nature of the device, surgeons need sterile tools they can depend on. They require devices that reliably and consistently function despite demanding field use and repeated steam ...
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Driving DC Brushed Motors
From: PortescapDescription: To control a DC motor, a variable, and controlled power supply is needed. There are three types of methods that can be used: Voltage-controlled linear supply Current linear supply PWM (Pulse Width ...
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How to Optimize Your Product or Device Output
From: PortescapDescription: Early engagement with an Application Engineers (AE) can be a valuable first step when working on your application design and looking for the optimal motion solution. ...
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Motion Considerations for Motorized Multi-function Surgical Power Tools
From: PortescapDescription: Orthopedic trauma and implant procedures involve many areas of the body and several types of operations. But despite the diversity of applications, Orthopedic surgeons need to perform three primary ...
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Motor Sterility Management: Protecting vs. Autoclaving
From: PortescapDescription: Surgeries must be performed using sterile equipment to prevent infection. While some simple surgical tools can be manufactured inexpensive enough to be economically thrown away after each use, more ...
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Portescap's Innovative Dual Motion Can Stack Actuator Solution
From: PortescapDescription: Some applications require rotary motion, such as ventilators. Others require linear motion, such as medical pipettes or syringes. When it comes to combining a rotary and a linear motion in the same ...
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Precision Motors for Medical Infusion Systems
From: PortescapDescription: This blog series will cover the range of applications in Infusion systems, reviewing the needs of the patient translated into the requirements of the device, and how the motor technologies align to ...
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Seeing Beyond What's In the Catalogue
From: PortescapDescription: Finding the right motor can be a challenge. Often a product catalog only lists a selection of available motors and coils, so the ideal solution can't be found by browsing through available standard ...
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Controlling Speed can be Crucial
Description: Precise speed control is crucial for reliable results in a variety of motion control applications. Knowing the speed is set and regulated, within a tolerance of +/- 0.1 RPM for extended periods of ...
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Kinetix VPC Servo Motor Energy Performance Comparison White Paper
Description: Induction motor technology is used in a wide range of industrial applications. Traditionally, converting, print, and web handling (CPW) applications have relied on induction motors to solve a range of ...
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How to Select Your Brushless DC Motor
From: PortescapDescription: This product line is offered with various options: S (high-speed optimization), T (high-torque optimization,) and H (medium torque and speed), directly linked to the needs of your applications. ...
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Why a Brushless DC Motor
From: PortescapDescription: How does a brushless motor work, and what is the difference between brushless and brushed motors? What advantages can be achieved via BLDC motor design, what are the advantages of brushless motors in ...
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Motor (Rotor and Stator)
From: Essen Magnetics Pty LtdDescription: The rotor is a moving component of an electromagnetic system in the electric motor, electric generator, or alternator. Its rotation is due to the interaction between the windings and magnetic fields ...
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Affordable Prosthetics Empower Amputees
From: maxonDescription: When Easton LaChappelle of Unlimited Tomorrow started working to build his first prosthetic hand, he was still in his teens. Six years later he's gone from early prototypes to refined product and has ...
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How to Design an Exoskeleton
From: maxonDescription: An exoskeleton must be lightweight, compact, powerful, reliable, and easy to use - what could be easier? Many developers around the world dabble in this discipline with different degrees of success. ...
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Walking with a Big Smile
From: maxonDescription: Little Luz's eyes light up as she walks for the first time in her life - made possible by Trexo, a walking robot developed especially for children by a Canadian company Trexo Robotics. It is the work ...
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Efficiency For Life: Advanced Miniature Motor Design for Medical Ventilation
From: PortescapDescription: The roots of positive airways mechanical ventilation can be traced to WWII with the needs for pilots to breath at higher altitudes. Ventilation therapy then made accelerated progresses during the ...
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Better Gears Through Space Projects
From: maxonDescription: The demanding design challenges from the Space and Aerospace industries pushed maxon to develop viable solutions. One of the results is the GPX UP series planetary gearbox. ...
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Cybathlon: A Success for the maxon Teams
From: maxonDescription: The CYBATHLON 2020 Global Edition is history. Due to the Covid-?19 pandemic, the teams had to compete in different time zones and locations. And out of the 50 teams participating, one in four teams ...
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Planning for Obsolescence
From: maxonDescription: Sound Leisure is a name synonymous with high quality and innovative digital and retro jukeboxes. Their team has some of the finest craftsmen and technical minds in the leisure industry. Development ...
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Precision Drives for Precision Driving
From: maxonDescription: The team NTHU Racing wants to participate successfully in the formula student competition - with the help of maxon technology. ...
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Saw Machine - Horizontal Panel Beam Saw
From: TecnotionDescription: Horizontal panel beam saws are used in the woodworking industry to cut large sheets, strips, or panels of wood or wood-based materials, such as oriented strand board (OSB), into various sizes. The ...
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The People Behind the Mars Drives
From: maxonDescription: Years of collaboration between maxon and the space experts at JPL led to the development of the BLDC motors which handle the valuable soil samples on Mars during the Perseverance mission. Meet maxon's ...
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5 Challenges an Electric Motor has to Overcome on Mars
From: maxonDescription: Outer space is unforgiving. This is why precision drives embarking on a trip to other planets need to meet extremely high-quality standards. Every Mars drive from maxon is based on a catalog product ...
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Agile Collaborative Robot
From: maxonDescription: Canadian researchers at Université Laval develop a novel collaborative robot that can match human agility. ...
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IP65, IP67, IP68...What do Protection Ratings Mean?
From: maxonDescription: If you are working on a project that calls for an electric motor unit, you will certainly have come across the terms IP65, IP67 and IP68. What do these protection ratings cover? Which protection ...
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Trap the Trash
From: maxonDescription: A spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) has been given responsibility for a EUR?100 million project by the European Space Agency, ESA. ClearSpace SA now heads a ...
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"A Prosthetic will Never be Perfect"
From: maxonDescription: A small start-up is set to turn the market for hand prostheses on its head - with an innovative spirit, compact DC motors, and a touch function. ...
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Braking Power for a Efficient Car
From: maxonDescription: The TUfast Eco Team is a student team with around 40 members who design and build a highly efficient electric car every year. In 2016, the team set the world record for the most efficient electric car ...
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Controlled Naturally
From: maxonDescription: The spinal cord is a miracle of nature, and it is a long way from being fully understood. At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, a team is building robots to explore the secrets of ...
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Fauna Robotica
From: maxonDescription: In millions of years of evolution, nature has produced many sophisticated locomotor systems that engineers use as inspiration for creating better robots. We show some current technical developments ...
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I Have Seen the Future...
From: maxonDescription: A tour through Bristol Robotics Laboratory A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to make a very detailed tour through the Bristol Robotics Laboratory guided by David and I think I have seen the ...
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Morphological Approaches in Medical Technology
From: maxonDescription: Robotic devices for clinical rehabilitation of patients with neurological impairments come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and employ different kinds of actuators. ...
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Stepping It Up a Notch
From: maxonDescription: Stairs are still unsurmountable obstacles for many robots. Yet a young team at ETH Zurich is building a vehicle designed to negotiate steps with ease - by hopping. ...
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Students Develop a Hip Mounted Exoskeleton
From: maxonDescription: Students at the University of Ottawa are developing a hip mounted exoskeleton for patients who suffer from muscle atrophy due to a stroke or other debilitating illness which may cause decreased ...
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The Delivery Robots are Coming!
From: maxonDescription: When people look up at the sky, they see more and more drones. Yet the breakthrough for delivery robots will take place on the ground - if the lawmakers give the green light. ...
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The Organic Express of Lausanne
From: maxonDescription: The bikers of Plateforme Bio Lokal supply fresh organic vegetables to restaurants and bars - quickly and emissionfree. Even 200 kg of potatoes do not faze them. ...
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The Pace-maker
From: maxonDescription: The Empower prosthesis by Ottobock helps its wearer regain lost freedom of movement - using a powerful brushless motor that releases the energy of a calf muscle at every step. ...
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Water Jet Technology for Better Wound Healing
From: maxonDescription: All over the world, people suffer from chronic wounds due to diabetes and other causes. A new micro water jet technology promises improved treatment. A powerful flat motor provides the necessary water ...
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A Different Kind of Superhero
From: maxonDescription: Bionicman is a different kind of superhero. His futuristic prosthetic hand lends him superhuman powers. He uses these powers to give children with disabilities more confidence-and cool, 3D-printed ...
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A New Docking System for Space Rendezvous
From: maxonDescription: The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a new system to enable easy docking between two spacecraft. maxon developed two special drive systems for this purpose. ...
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Absolutely Spotless
From: maxonDescription: Medical technology has no tolerance for error. This is why maxon micromotors are made in certified cleanrooms. This kind of special facility takes significant effort to build. ...
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Challenges for the Packaging Industry
From: maxonDescription: Under the pressure of environmental concerns, the packaging industry is reorganising. Changing lifestyles and rising raw materials prices have completed this movement. The stakes are high, given that ...
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Drive Technology for Agriculture 4.0
From: maxonDescription: The agricultural sector is undergoing significant changes and is modernising. Reducing difficult working conditions, optimising working time, developing the energy self-sufficiency of farms, ...
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Meet the Free-flying Camera on the ISS
From: maxonDescription: Meet the new colleague for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS): an autonomous camera drone. The small sphere films the astronauts at work and this drone could potentially save about ten ...
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Robots in the Vineyard
From: maxonDescription: In France's Bordeaux region, robots ensure that the wine is organically good. They autonomously eliminate grass and weeds between the vines, making pesticides unnecessary. To enable the robots to ...
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Smart ArM: Pushing the Limits of the Human Body
From: maxonDescription: In view of the Cybathlon 2020, a unique international competition for competitors with disabilities who use bionic assistive technologies, a team of French researchers from the Institute of ...
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Uncovering the Secrets of Mars
From: maxonDescription: Our fascination with Mars is stronger than ever. At this very moment, yet another robot called Perseverance is on its way to uncover the secrets of Mars. The mission will also involve the first ...
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A Strong Impression
From: maxonDescription: Hardness testers are used to check whether materials have the desired characteristics. These days, this is done in a fully automated, networked process. ...
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COVID-19: Drive Technology and Physical Distancing
From: maxonDescription: The sanitary crisis linked to the diffusion of Covid-19 requires everyone to apply measures of social distancing. Motorized and automated solutions are being developed at high speed as a solution. ...
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Danny gets his Bionic Hand
From: maxonDescription: For 21 years, Danny Florence has lived with one hand. But when he became a father, he decided to apply for an Open Bionics Hero Arm. With the help of the maxon driven prosthesis he can now build a ...
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Differences between AGV and AMR
From: maxonDescription: Until recently, AGVs were the only option for automating internal transport tasks. Today, a more sophisticated technology is competing with them: Autonomous Mobile Robots AMR. Although both AGVs and ...
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Drive Technology and Design Freedom
From: maxonDescription: While the development of e-commerce requires the design of compact AGVs, the democratisation of autonomous and connected e-mobility vehicles poses safety challenges. In other sectors, it is becoming ...
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Engineered to the Last Pour
From: maxonDescription: Where motion is the key to a great cup of coffee, duplicating the precision and reliability of the motion of a person's hand, wrist, and elbow require a unique robotic design. ...
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Me and the Machine
From: maxonDescription: Paralyzed people can learn to walk again with the aid of electromechanical exoskeletons. However, it's not easy. It takes a lot of engineering and hard training. ...
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Smart Gripper for Small Collaborative Robots
From: maxonDescription: Providing the right motor for small precision devices can be challenging. With the growth and proliferation of collaborative robots, there has become an increased need for a wide variety of grippers ...
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The Colossus Robot on the Front Line Against COVID19
From: maxonDescription: To disinfect surfaces without taking risks, the Bataillon de Marins-Pompiers (marine fire service) from Marseille has equipped itself with two Colossus robots. These remote control and highly modular ...
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The Hero of Notre-Dame
From: maxonDescription: In spring, the famous cathedral of Notre-Dame was damaged in a devastating fire. However, the Paris fire department prevented the complete destruction of the building - with the help of a special unit ...
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Threadlockers Drive Specialty Vehicle Innovation
Description: Local Motors, a technology company, faced two different challenges when it set out to build two very different vehicles: the Rally Fighter®, a high-performance off-road machine; and the ...
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Brushless DC Motors Let You Avoid Having to Compromise on Performance for Low Voltage Battery Powered Tools
From: PortescapDescription: Today's most challenging battery-operated tools require power, speed, and efficiency within the most ergonomic package. Studies have proven that users prefer a smaller and lighter tool with a high ...
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Selecting the Optimum Motion Technology for Your Application: Motor Decision Table
From: PortescapDescription: reviewing all the factors and how they impact the final product output will enable the ideal performance of our product. Below is a summary table for the factors and the three motor technologies: ...
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Congratulations our Coating Customer WAGNER for Ringier Technology Innovation Awards 2020
Description: The "2020 Coatings Industry-Jung Technology Innovation Award" award ceremony was holding on 9th July. WAGNER new ROCK-25 high power, light and compact screw pump in 2020 was awarded the for coating ...
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Motor Enclosures: The Passive Part with a Crucial Role
Description: Electric motors have innumerable applications. The simple, efficient, reliable conversion from electric power to kinetic rotary output is invaluable to modern industry. Yet, application suitability is ...
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Motor Operation in Hot and Cold Climates
Description: Overheating is one of the most common ways to damage electronic and electrical machines. This is especially true for electric motors. ...
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Simple Guidelines for Efficient Farm-duty Motors
Description: Motors for agricultural applications need to be durable and reliable in the harshest conditions. Another important consideration when purchasing a motor is budget. However, the initial price point is ...
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The Essentials of Marine Motors
Description: Electric motors carry out essential marine tasks in offshore, coastal and inland marine environments. Oil platforms rely on pumps to drive the pumping rod, process recovered oil and transfer it to ...
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What is an Explosion-proof Electric Motor?
Description: Preventive safety requires careful selection of equipment, particularly electric motors, in dangerous oil and gas recovery, chemical and petroleum refinery and mining environments. ...
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Automatic Commutation of Stepper Motors Using Low Cost Standard Stepper Drivers
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are mostly driven in open loop mode. Timing of the step pulses is defined by the controller, the motor is supposed to follow without loosing synchronism. ...
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How to Optimize Performance and Minimize Size in High Speed Applications
From: PortescapDescription: There is a current increasing trend in requests for Brushless DC motors for high speed applications. For instance, new impeller technology changed the way modern respirators are designed to be more ...
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Miniature Motors Deliver Big Performance for Medical Analyzers
From: PortescapDescription: Medical analyzers are the workhorse of the medical diagnostics industry. They are versatile tools with multiple functions; from testing human bodily fluids such as blood, and urine, to processing ...
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Motion in Medical Analyzers
From: PortescapDescription: Medical diagnostics are a part of everyday life, whether going to the doctor for a routine physical and blood work or heading to the emergency room. Doctors rely on the results from medical analyzers ...
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Motor Selection for Electronic Pipettes
From: PortescapDescription: The pipette is a basic fluid control tool for transferring tiny amounts of liquids. Electronic or motorized pipettes are an ergonomic alternative to manual pipettes and an efficient way to increase ...
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Optimised Use of High Speed Stepping Motor by Implementation of Adequate Speed Profile
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are generally driven in open loop mode. The controller defines timing of the pulses sent to the driver. The motor must be strong enough to move the load without loss of synchronism. ...