Motion and Controls Reference Materials
Reference Articles 701 - 800 of 2089
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A Brief Guide to Selecting Polymer Gears Over Metal Gears
From: PortescapDescription: One option you may not think of when selecting a gearbox for your application? The material of the gears! Gear material can be classified into two types: metal and non-metallic (such as ...
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Automated Window Shades and Miniature Motors are a Winning Combination
From: PortescapDescription: Aircraft shade systems rely on miniature brush DC motors to work effectively, as these motors are what power the up and down motion of the window shades. Powered shade systems also commonly use a ...
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Exploring the Differences Between Outer Rotor Motors and Inner Rotor Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Miniature motors aren't only classified by technology types like brush DC, brushless DC, and stepper; you can also classify them by their rotor configuration! There are two major types of motor ...
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How to Select a Stepper Linear Actuator
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper linear actuators, or digital linear actuators, are devices that directly convert rotary motion into linear motion by using nut and leadscrew mechanisms. Unlike typical miniature motor ...
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Revisiting Motion Solution Parameters in Infusion System Design
From: PortescapDescription: As an engineer begins work on a new infusion system, the key requirements of the pump are at the forefront of the design. At the heart of these requirements are the parameters of the motion system, ...
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Selecting the Right Motion Solution for Biologic Delivery Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Biologics are more complex and have much higher molecular weight than traditional, small molecule chemical drugs and thus are very viscous. This complexity increases the costs, challenges and risks of ...
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Direct-Drive Servo Tutorial, Application Update
Description: Solving low speed rotary servo applications with direct-drive motors avoids hidden initial costs, while saving money over the life of the machine. Example shows $73,000 annual savings on a ...
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REST APIs on Industrial PLCs
Description: APIs allow for easy interfacing between two different applications and in this article a basic implementation of a Python REST API¹ will be used to manage various SQL commands from a PLC². ...
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FET Gate Drive and Bipolar Output Applicable to AHV85110KNHTR Gate Drivers
Description: This application note explains the turn-on and turn-off procedures of a FET. It also highlights some of the critical parasitic components and how to mitigate their effects, in particular, the use of ...
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Hall-Based BLDC Gate Drive Saves Microprocessor IO and Provides Zero Speed Torque
Description: Many BLDC motor applications require Hall-based position sensing to accommodate direction changes quickly and provide holding torque. For example, a robotic lawnmower, ebike, or personal mobility ...
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Minimizing PCB Parasitic Effects with Optimum Layout of the Gate Driver Loop Applicable to AHV85110 AND AHV85111 Gate Drivers
Description: This application note shows how to minimize PCB parasitic effects with optimum layout of the gate driver loop. ...
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Sensorless and Always Without Reverse Rotation: Rapid and Accurate Startup for Blower Fan Motors
Description: In modern fans or pumps, cost savings and power efficiency incentives are pushing motor designs toward sensorless motor drivers. Conventional motor drivers use trapezoidal motor control with three ...
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Application Note: White Goods
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: LOW-OHMIC PRECISION AND POWER RESISTORS ...
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Integrated Granite Motion Systems vs Positioning Stages Mounted on a Granite Base
Description: Differences and Similarities of High Precision Multi-Axis Positioning Systems Concepts ...
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Laser Seam Welding of Electronic Packages Using Galvo Scanners
Description: Improving Quality in Laser SEam Welding of Electronic Packages with Galvo Scanners ...
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Solving the Challenges in MicroLED Manufacturing with Fast and Precise Motion Control Solutions
Description: Display Technologies in Comparison: LCD - LED - OLED - MicroLED ...
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Continuous Generation Gear Grinding
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: By following the evolution of gears over a long period of time, we in the gear manufacturing industry increase the likelihood that we can learn from the past without engineering some of its mistakes ...
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Gears in the Right Place, at the Right Time
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Most people focus on the right material, meaning quality, and the right cost, meaning price, but fail to look at place and time. ...
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Learning About Gears
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Have you ever thought, "I'd like to know more about the gears our company buys or specifies. It might help me or one of our engineers or quality folks do our jobs better. ...
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Reducing Gear Manufacturing Costs at Turning
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: The management of gear manufacturing costs is a complex process. It is more than just the standard action process that gears take in their production. ...
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Reducing Gear Rattle
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Another glaring problem in the field of gear assembly that can lead to reduced life of both parts and machine - gear rattle. ...
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Variable Speed Drives Improve Machine Efficiency in Industrial Application
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: A comprehensive overview of VSD applications in improving machine efficiency and saving energy from electrical motors in industrial appications ...
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16mm BLDC Motors Essential to Atherectomy Devices
From: PortescapDescription: Orbital and rotational atherectomy procedures cut or grind away calcified plaque to restore blood flow in obstructed vessels. Atherectomy devices utilize different motion approaches for grinding or ...
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Miniature Motors Help Power Robotics Applications
From: PortescapDescription: A key element of the robotics industry is the motion control system that powers robotic applications and helps to make their small footprint, efficiency, and precision a reality. Miniature motors are ...
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Gearhead Technologies and Innovations
From: PortescapDescription: Gearheads, which are also referred to as either gearboxes or gear motors, are popular accessories in the world of miniature motors. Providing either increased torque capabilities or speed reduction of ...
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Improving Aircraft Passenger Comfortability with Brush DC and Brushless DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: It's time to board your flight! You enter the cabin, stow your carry-on in the overhead compartment, sit down in your designated spot, and automatically adjust the seat for comfortability with the ...
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Thrombolysis Treatment Devices Depend on DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: The 22mm and 24mm DC Coreless motors provide the higher speed and torque capability, wider speed range coverage, and competitive price/performance necessary to meet the requirements of thrombectomy ...
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7 Benefits of Using Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) to Control Your Crane or Hoist
Description: Variable frequency drives, or VFDs, are a type of AC motor controller that drive an electric motor by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to it. ...
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Ten Must-Know Messages About High Speed BLDC Motor
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: Micro high speed brushless DC motors have attracted more and more attention from customers in high-precision applications. Many high-end medical and precision industrial instruments use high-speed ...
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Designing Medical Devices for the 21st Century
From: PortescapDescription: Healthcare today is an ever-changing marketplace where technological advances fuel change and increase the demand for innovative ideas that often spawn a series or new applications. ...
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Slotless vs Slotted Brushless DC Motor Designs
From: PortescapDescription: Due to their mechanical commutation, brushed DC have limited operational lifetime and are confined to low speeds typically less than 12K rpm. ...
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Comprehensive Guide to Assist Selection of the Correct Coupling Type and Size
From: jbj Techniques LimitedDescription: Hello and thank you for downloading this document from jbj Techniques Limited which aims to serve two purposes: The first to provide a useful resource to assist in the correct selection of coupling ...
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Confirming Picometer Performance of Nanopositioning Systems
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: When evaluating nanopositioners and their performance, interpreting published specifications from multiple vendors always is challenging. Differences in definitions or units of measurement can make it ...
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How Many Types of Brushless Gimbal Motor Structures are there and How to Choose?
From: Constar Motion Co., LtdDescription: The rise of short videos has made portable handheld gimbals and shooting drones become popular, and the brushless gimbal motor as a core component has also become an important development direction ...
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New BLDC Roller Motor
Description: The rapid rise of the logistics field makes the demand for industry automation higher and higher. From the traditional high-intensity and high-density manpower industry to today's sorting machine, ...
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Different Scanning Stage Concepts for Precise Motion Control in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Applications
Description: OCT has long been used in ophthalmology but recently also finds growing application in dermatology, for example to fight skin cancer. In comparison to conventional invasive diagnostic measures, OCT ...
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Moonshots, Mine Carts, and Million Mile Motion Stages
Description: Load and Inertia are the Enemy: The Parallels of Precision Automation and Performance Cars ...
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Piezo Nano-Focus Stage used in Magnetic Tweezers Assay to Elucidate the Nucleotide Addition Cycle of SARS-CoV-2
Description: Viruses, especially emerging and re-emerging positive-sense single-stranded RNA ((+)ssRNA) viruses, such as the severe acutre respiratory syndrome coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have caused several ...
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Test Results: Voice-Coil Nanopositioning Stages for Two-Photon Polymerization
Description: Having been predicted by physicists in the early 20th century, it wasn't until the turn of the 21st century that the laser became a standard tool for material scientists and engineers ...
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XY-Linear Motion - The Difference between Planar XY-Stages, Integrated XY-Stages, and Stacked Stages
Description: True Planar Motion - What is a Planar XY Stage? ...
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Miniature Motors Power Ivenix's Large Volume Infusion Pump
From: PortescapDescription: Ivenix continues to be a satisfied customer leveraging Portescap motors as they aim to eliminate infusion-related patient harm. ...
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DC Motors for Missile Fin Actuation Systems
From: PortescapDescription: Miniaturized, lightweight motors are essential to improving the maneuverability of mission-critical systems. ...
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Dedicated Brushless DC Geared Motor for Pruning Shears Applications
From: PortescapDescription: When compared to manual pruning tools, light and powerful motorized pruning shears help to reduce fatigue and repetitive motion injuries in many contexts such as viticulture, orchard and tree pruning, ...
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Motor Technology Options for Handheld Electronic Pipettes
From: PortescapDescription: What Mini Motor Options Exist for Handheld Electronic Pipettes? ...
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We Direct Drive Innovation in Delta Robots
From: TecnotionDescription: The new generation delta robots have one thing in common. Their design replaces the familiar servo motors with gearbox for direct drive torque motors. Together with Tecnotion, Brom mechatronics ...
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Rotork Provides Critical Fire Safety Duties on Turkish Subway
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork has installed over 150 RC200 pneumatic actuators to perform critical safety functions on a railway line in Turkey. Actuators operating fire dampers on an extension of the Kadıköy ...
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How to Make Linear Motion Systems Cleanroom Compatible
Description: While we often talk about the importance of keeping contamination out of linear motion components such as linear guides and screws, when these systems are used in a cleanroom, the goal is just the ...
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Linear Actuator IP Rating
Description: The IP rating improves the service life of the equipment and the safety requirements of the user. The first number indicates the level of protection against solids entry, and the second number ...
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Embedded Drives for HVAC
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Drives for HVAC are addressed by a wide variety of power modules. ...
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What Factors Contribute to Friction in Linear Motion Systems?
Description: Designers and engineers typically try to avoid or mitigate friction in linear motion systems. Although friction isn’t always bad — in some applications, it can provide a damping effect and ...
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Rotork Actuators Improve Efficiency and Reliability at Jersey Water Treatment Works
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork has worked with Jersey Water to replace obsolete actuators at two water treatment sites on the Channel Island. Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuators have given Jersey Water increased levels ...
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Technology Update of Linear Actuator ANT-16
Description: Antuator's smallest electric linear actuator Ant-16 completed the technology upgrade that can take Hall sensor, Hall element is a thin sheet made of semiconductor material, can feel the measured ...
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Pandemic Impacts Linear Motion Component Manufacturing and Applications
Description: Linear motion components include everything from various types of linear actuators to linear guides, slides and ways, and a host of components in between. One thing they all have in common is that ...
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Linear Motion Basics: 13 Fundamental Topics You Need to Know
Description: Whether you’re new to designing and sizing linear motion systems, or you could just use a refresher, we’ve gathered all the articles that cover mechanical concepts used in linear motion ...
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Electrification in the Field
From: EwellixDescription: The transition of mobile machinery and off-highway equipment away from fossil fuels may be a long-term goal,? but electrification is already delivering real benefits in the sector Is the era of the ...
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Comparing Micropositioning and Nanopositioning Stages
Description: Linear stage designs can range from long-stroke, high-load gantries to micropositioning and nanopositioning stages with light payloads. Although all linear stages are designed and constructed to ...
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FAQ of Antuator Linear Actuators
Description: ANTUATOR designs and manufactures linear electric actuators for automated industrial, medical, automotive, outdoor home and ergonomic equipment. We offer our customers complete, customised system ...
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How to Choose Between Linear Shafts, Rotary Shafts, and Posts Part 2
From: MISUMI USADescription: You would not be blamed for mistaking linear shafts, rotary shafts, and posts at first glance. All three have similar appearances as they are all generally metallic, rod-shaped assembly components, ...
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The Electric Vehicle Revolution
From: MISUMI USADescription: The electric vehicle (EV) revolution continues to change the look, feel, and drive of the world's automotive fleet. Once extremely uncommon, a steadily increasing number of EVs can be spotted cruising ...
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Your Metal is Showing: Low Temperature Black Chrome Plating
From: MISUMI USADescription: Low temperature black chrome (LTBC) plating is a special coating used for many different products such as shafting, linear guides, and actuators. This popular coating is beneficial in many ways. ...
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5 Points You Should Consider When Replace Linear Motion Systems
Description: We outline the top five points that engineers, maintenance technicians and service providers should consider when replacing linear profile rail systems. When a linear system has reached the end of its ...
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Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs
Description: The current power tool market is a large and diverse space with a wide range of low and high power batteries that make it difficult to design a common platform to fit all tools. A tool line up can ...
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Ode to an Induction Motor
Description: Review three basic concepts of induction motors. Explore electrical concepts involved in induction motor design. ...
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Understanding the Key Components of a Labeler Machine
Description: Labeling systems are often used in the packaging industry. Placement and positioning must be precise to avoid potential errors. Software can help users overcome issues by making the process more ...
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Half-Bridge vs. Sixpack Modules for Motor Drives
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: The use of one power module for each phase is state-of-the-art in solar and UPS applications even at relative small power ratings whereas in drive applications a single module for the whole ...
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Motor Drive Applications
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Electric motors are all around us in appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators, and in transportation modes such as cars and in planes. We would not have many of the common modern ...
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Top 5 the Most Popular Structures of Linear Rail Guide
Description: We offer motorized stages that can be assembled into many different configurations; for example, XY stages, XYZ stages. We list top 5 the most popular stage combinations here, but you can select your ...
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Case Study: Water Resistant Linear Actuator System for Testing Facility
From: Isotech, Inc.Description: Given the environment in which this application would be subject to, the customer’s main concern was operational efficiency and longevity in water. In addition, they required an automated ...
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Linear Guides and Slides in Designs Light and Large
Description: Linear guide systems include guide rails,slides and ways. Industry categorizes them into a few basic types as well — including profile rails, drawer slides, linear bearings, guide wheels and ...
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Rise of the Electric Bike Market
From: Gear Motions, Inc.Description: Last month we discussed the popularity of electric vehicles and the impact on the gear industry. This month we focus on a specific type of electric transportation, electric bikes. E-bikes have seen a ...
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Slideology 101: Why Do So Many Drawer Slides Use a Half-Inch Cross-Section?
Description: Be it in a bedroom dresser or a kitchen island, there's a reasonable chance the drawer slides occupy a half-inch cross-section. ...
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What is Linear Motion Design Engineering?
Description: Linear motion is an area of motion control encompassing several technologies including linear motors, linear actuators, and linear rolling guides and bearings, among others. Traditional linear motors ...
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Design Application Examples Using Linear Shafts
From: MISUMI USADescription: Whether you're building a new machine or considering making modifications on an existing machine, engineering effort, cost and time are all factors that should be heavily considered before beginning ...
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Guide Mechanisms for Precision Positioning Stages
From: MISUMI USADescription: Most stages employ three primary types of guide mechanism for their precision positioning stages. Dovetail, Linear Ball, and Cross Roller guides compose most of the MISUMI product line. Each mechanism ...
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How to Choose between Linear Shafts, Posts, and Rotary Shafts
From: MISUMI USADescription: Linear shafts, posts, and rotary shafts are used when you need to control some type of motion, either linear or rotary, or a combination of the two. ...
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Manual and Motorized Drive Stages
From: MISUMI USADescription: Positioning stages are differentiated by the means used to control the position of the stage platform, either by manual control, via a positional knob, or motor control, via a stepper motor. These are ...
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Setting the Stage: Four Steps in Stage Selection
From: MISUMI USADescription: Selecting the right stage for your application can seem like a daunting task, especially with the variety available. An engineer might not want to spend too much time determining which stage to use ...
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Shaft and Hole Tolerances and Fits
From: MISUMI USADescription: It seems like even the most basic engineering design decisions can be exceedingly difficult and complex. Almost every mechanical system involves some sort of hole/shaft joint, and an innumerable ...
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Strengths & Limitations: Belt Drive vs. Ball Screw Actuators
From: MISUMI USADescription: The challenge for mechanical automation systems in the past has been the successful conversion of rotational motion from electric or mechanical motors into useful forms of linear motion. A ...
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Estimate Brush DC Motor Reliability With Confidence
From: PortescapDescription: When it comes to manufacturing advanced medical instruments, reliability is a critically important consideration for coreless miniature DC motors. To estimate a motor's expected lifetime, ...
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The Benefits of Engineer-to-Engineer Collaboration in the Motion Control Industry
From: PortescapDescription: When you're designing a device that requires a miniature motor, selecting a trusted and reputable motion control provider is absolutely crucial. One of the key qualifications to look for while vetting ...
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The Importance of Safety and Quality When Selecting a Motion Supplier
From: PortescapDescription: Selecting a miniature motor provider for your device or application isn't a simple task. Whether it's ensuring that the potential supplier has an extensive product and technology portfolio, ...
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5 Advantages of Integrating Motors and Controllers
Description: Motors and Controllers' roles in advancing and increasing areas of operation are vast. In this infographic, you will find the top five advantages that motors with controllers can have on your company ...
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Anomaly Detection on Servo Drives
Description: Reliably predict servo failures to reduce downtime ...
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Sizing a Single-Blade Rotary Knife Application
Description: Inside Machines, Part 2: Using calculations and equations will demonstrate how to correctly size a rotary knife application based on previous data. Part 1 covered key terms. ...
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Intro to Setting Up, Tuning a PM Motor with a VFD
Description: A permanent magnet (PM) motor requires a variable frequency drive (VFD) to operate effectively. See motor comparison table, induction motor vs. PM torque curve, and VFD programming and tuning advice. ...
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VFDs from the Inside Out
Description: Variable frequency drive (VFD) vocabulary words: These 50 terms can help properly apply VFDs. ...
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What is Torque Ripple and How Does it Affect Linear Motion Applications?
Description: Motors produce torque and rotation through the interaction of magnetic fields in the rotor and the stator. In an ideal motor — with mechanical components that are perfectly machined and ...
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White Paper - Calculating the Moment of Inertia
From: TecnotionDescription: The most difficult mechanical parameter in torque motor sizing, tends to be the moment of inertia. It is the rotative equivalent of moving mass. ...
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Linear Motors in Digital Cutting System
From: TecnotionDescription: Linear motors are the best fit in digital cutting applications with a high force density and more accurate control. The high force density provides best-in-class acceleration and top speed to increase ...
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Physical Parameters Affecting Stall Torque of a Brushless DC Motor
From: PortescapDescription: Stall torque is the torque available from a motor whose output rotational speed is zero. Motors in a stalled condition may be prone to overheating and possible damage if the current flowing under ...
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Technical Note - Back EMF Explained
From: TecnotionDescription: Back electro motive force (EMF) is known under a variety of other names. The most common alternative name is counter electromotive force. ...
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The TL48 - Best Suited for Printing
From: TecnotionDescription: The TL48 iron core coil unit is specially suited for applications with a high force demand and long strokes. The high force generation allows it to accelerate very quickly to the desired velocity. ...
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How To Reduce Jerk in Linear Motion Systems
Description: The most common move profiles for linear motion systems are trapezoidal and triangular. In a trapezoidal move profile, the system accelerates from zero to its maximum speed, travels at that speed for ...
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Fast Switching Power Module Solutions for Applications with 1200V Component Rating
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Power applications are forced to work at higher frequencies. This is caused by increased demand on motor drives with special capabilities for high speed, low noise or ultra high dynamic as well as the ...
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Motor Integrated IPM-Solution for Servo Drive Applications
From: Vincotech GmbHDescription: Distributed drive technology is becoming a key word in the inverter industry. for this approach the inverter has to be integrated into the servo motor. ...
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Multi-Axis Stages - Why Custom Aligned, Tuned, and Error-Corrected XYZ Assemblies are Better
Description: Multi-axis precision motion at the micron or sub-micron level is required in many industrial automation processes as well as in test and metrology applications related to optics, photonics, ...
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How Axial and Radial Loads Affect Linear Motion Systems
Description: In any motion system, understanding the type and direction of applied and resultant loads is important for determining bearing life and analyzing deflection. In linear motion systems, we typically use ...
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Avoiding Resonance with Stepper Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Stepper motors are electrical brushless motors, usually with a high number of poles. They are typically used as an easy and cost-effective positioning solution, as they can be driven step by step ...
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Reliability Estimation of Coreless Brush DC Motors
From: PortescapDescription: Coreless brush DC motors convert electric power into mechanical power and are ideal in high-performance applications requiring low friction, low starting voltage, high efficiency, good thermal ...