Motion and Controls Reference Materials

Description: 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 ...

Description: 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 ...

Description: 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 ...

Description: 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. ...

Description: The creation of small, portable infusion pumps opened a new chapter in medical care. A patient can receive carefully metered and timed doses of medicine, without requiring a visit to the medical ...

Description: Many applications using miniature brushed DC motors require motors to operate at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running a motor at usable load points requires a variable, ...

Description: As the art of tattoos has evolved, so have the machines designed to turn ink into living art. The process requires reciprocating needles that repeatedly penetrate the dermal skin at a high rate of ...

Description: Shenzhen is an important LED production base and trade center and has a complete industrial chain and supporting capacity, in the fierce market competition, peers are fighting the price and ...

Description: The outer rotor BLDC motors from Power could deliver stable high torque, compact size and long service life for different applications. ...

Description: The heart of a multi-axis automation system is the ability to synchronize the motion of multiple motors to a designated "master" source device. ...

Description: Cut-to-length process uses a rotary knife cutter and "recipe" storage to create flexible automation solution. A web of material is fed into the machine by a prime mover. ...

Description: Today, linear actuators play a significant role in a broad range of advanced automation applications. From the simple movement of raw material in a manufacturing environment to advanced robotic ...

Description: Rotork recently installed and commissioned CVL linear control valve actuators at Didcot B Power Station, which supplies electricity to the National Grid. ...

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Description: Applied Motion Products solved heat problems associated with a peristaltic pump system that supplies materials to a bioreactor by replacing open-loop step motors with closed-loop step motors. A ...

Description: Every system that is powered by an electric motor requires some type of control system. Joyce offers a number of control options. ...

Description: The friction welding machine is a new type of welding, which has the advantages of solid welding, wide process adaptability, high reliability, high dimensional accuracy, high efficiency and low ...

Description: Every system that is powered by an electric motor requires some type of control system. Joyce offers a number of control options. This document explains them and tests you at the end. ...

Description: Learn about Hansen's 30mm brush motor, which has the unique quality of providing a large amount of power and speed inside a small package. With torque ratings reaching up to 19 in-oz and speed ranges ...

Description: Spline profiles on the gears allow them to handle even larger loads. The all-roller bearing design for the planet gears allows for greater efficiency and superior start-up torque. The gearboxes also ...

Description: Power Motor introduce our two new series of BLDC Motor Fan.They are specialized to be developed for floor care, commercial and industrial applications. ...

Description: ABTech Manufacturing creates five-axis platform for nanometer/sub-arc second processing around its ultra-precision air bearings and Renishaw SiGNUMTM position encoders. When a leading manufacturer of ...

Description: AT400, 2000LBS, Rotational Accuracies better than 5µ", No Problem....ABTech Inc. started with an AT400 series rotary air bearing table capable of holding 2,000 lbs with certified rotational accuracies ...

Description: PI has developed a powerful 3D Print System Interface software working direct from STL files. It uses the ACS motion controller's Smart Processing Commander (SPC) software that offers complete system ...

Description: This article analyzes operating characteristics of mine hoist, controlling difficulty and special requirement to inverter, introduce Goodrive300-19 series special inverter for crane, and advantage of ...

Description: The basic stepper motors are rotated by a magnetic rotor core that interacts with the pulsating stator electromagnetic field generated by the stator. The linear motors combine a screw and a nut to ...

Description: The linear stepping motor is rotated by the magnetic rotor core through interaction with the pulsed electromagnetic field generated by the stator, and the rotary motion is converted into linear motion ...

Description: The SPEC of each type of motor has some parameters such as maximum static torque and motor inertia. Each parameter has a certain relationship with load torque and load inertia. When selecting the ...

Description: Almelo, The Netherlands, August 2018 - Tecnotion launched its new online simulation tool. This new online tool replaces our offline tool. With the new calculation tool, you can simulate motor behavior ...

Description: KSS+MOONS' High-speed 4-axis pick and place unit provides linear motion of the XYZ axis, Z-axis rotation and vacuum function, achieve compact high-speed motion system design MOONS' TSM Step-Servo ...

Description: Several factors should be considered before selecting the appropriate motor for an application. In addition to speed, torque and duty cycle requirements are other critical aspects-including the ...

Description: Integrating servo drives into motion systems forces engineers to make decisions that will ultimately affect the entire machine build. Specification choices include picking between analog and digital ...

Description: In this paper, through introducing INVT Goodrive5000 medium voltage VFD applied to sugar mill house mill presser in Pakistan, especially to illustrate many benefits of VFD and AC motor system instead ...

Description: In order to maintain precision and reliability- the two key factors to the success of industrial processing - motion and positioning equipment has to be designed accordingly. These properties are ...

Description: VFDs - also commonly referred to as Adjustable or Variable Speed Drives - improve the efficiency of motor-driven equipment and allow for accurate continuous control over a wide range of operating ...

Description: Device makers and surgeons have for decades relied on sterilizable brushless direct current (BLDC) motors to meet the torque, speed, and reliability requirements of surgical handtools. Now surgical ...

Description: The type of application being designed will dictate different factors be considered for the motion solution. Will the product be stationary? Is the product mobile - being moved by an apparatus or on a ...

Description: Linear stages and automation actuators are essential components in additive manufacturing (AM) processes, providing the quick and precise mechanical responses necessary for generating intricate ...

Description: The development of manufacturing industrial technology is inseparable from stepper motors. The selection of the stepper motor is a very tedious task. The engineer not only needs to know about machine ...

Description: A heavy-duty drawer slide can do a lot. But the right kind of heavy-duty slide can do even more. ...

Description: The ball bearing telescopic slide was a step forward in drawer movement. 'Progressive movement' is a step forward from that. ...

Description: This paper introduces the application of INVT GD5000 series medium-voltage four-quadrant vector VFD in the inclined shaft hoist of GUANG HANH coal mine plant in Vietnam, analyzes the control strategy ...

Description: INVT products are much more reliable and professional than other VFD manufacturers, due to INVT support VFDs and service in the sugar industry for more than 10 years. INVT can support not only VFD ...

Description: In addition to the motor body, the performance of the stepper motor is greatly affected by the driving method. The driving method of the stepping motor is divided into the full-step, the half-step, ...

Description: Using software to size motion designs is rewarding because engineers can efficiently predict which products are suitable for the application at hand. But key considerations (sometimes missed) when ...

Description: Specifics of how variable frequency drives (VFDs) operate and ways to simplify their installation and setup. ...

Description: In a previous motion-sizing article, we reviewed how to properly specify a ballscrew-driven motion axis. Here we review how engineering teams can use a similar approach for sizing ...

Description: In order to accomplish the advances in industrial automation, leading edge processors are incorporating variable frequency drives. ...

Description: Make the right choice to drive electrical efficiency. ...

Description: Select the right oscilloscope to fit a variable frequency drive (VFD) application. Consider scope types, probes, and options. See eight factors to consider when choosing an oscilloscope. ...

Description: Additional answers provide more details about smartphone programming for variable frequency drives (VFDs). ...

Description: To meet manufacturing needs for better accuracy and speed, additive manufacturing vendors are installing servo motors to better control their equipment motion. ...

Description: Today servomotors abound. Thankfully the art of using speed, torque, and inertia to select from these servomotor offerings for specific applications has become quite automated. ...

Description: Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) store a plethora of information that can be easily accessed. Regardless of the connection method, traditional fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet, the main objective can ...

Description: There's a lot to know behind the process of replacing a drive. ...

Description: With the current state of the internet and the interconnectivity of devices and equipment, it is in the best interest of any company that wants to optimize the productivity of their associates tasked ...

Description: Wildcat Technologies makes laboratory and well site pyrolysis instrumentation for the oil and gas industry. For a crucial role in its flagship HAWK (Hydrocarbon Analysis With Kinetics) instrument, the ...

Description: Not too long ago, the motion systems used in medical and lab automation equipment had technical requirements that were easy to satisfy. These lightly loaded applications generally required simple ...

Description: The launch, landing and overall mission of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is arguably one of the most daring-and successful-space exploration endeavors ever undertaken. After a successful ...

Description: In the semiconductor, medical, surgical, robotics and precision machinery industries, components must sometimes be sized to the smallest dimensions possible to meet demanding performance criteria. ...

Description: Each year, approximately 700,000 people survive a stroke. As deaths caused by stroke decrease and our population ages, that number is expected to increase by nearly 40 percent over the next 10 years. ...

Description: ETEL's force control feature is specifically designed to maximize throughput and precisely manage the contact force of diverse motion axes. The main benefits are such as: zero stop time, sensorless ...

Description: This application note explains how to use the ETEL's Interpolated Motion Planning (IMP) library to create a complex, high-precision, yet smooth synchronized multi-axis reference motion trajectory for ...

Description: This application note describes the IC package handler ecosystem (market drivers, machine architectures, technical challenges...), and sets a specific focus on the IC turret handler category. With its ...

Description: Many Force Control Industries clutches and brakes are available for C Face mounting. C Face means the clutch or brake can be mounted to a motor or gear reducer by a flange mounting and female quill to ...

Description: Force Control Posidyne Clutch Brakes, Posistop and Positorq Brakes, and MagnaShear Brakes can all be modified for marine duty applications. This means they can be used for salt water applications on ...

Description: Force Control Industries offers a washdown option for all oil Shear products. The purpose of washdown option is to prevent damage and early failure due to moisture, water, saltwater, caustic spray, or ...

Description: Force Control Industries is known around the word for the reliability of their Posidyne clutch brakes, Posistop and MagnaShear brakes and the Positorq continuous slip brakes. They will do the ...

Description: Force Control clutch brakes operate by applying pressure to a centrally located piston applying pressure to the friction stacks. There is a clutch friction stack and a brake friction stack. The unit ...

Description: Posidyne Oil Shear Clutch Brakes last so much longer than the popular dry friction inexpensive clutch brakes it is sometimes hard to determine how much savings can be realized. ...

Description: Posidyne Clutch Brakes, Posistop brakes and Positorq Brakes can be actuated by air pressure or hydraulic pressure. All Force Control clutches and brakes operate by pressurizing a piston to apply ...

Description: An AC waveform can be identified on the DC output of a LED Drivers, which is shown in there are two AC components, also known as Ripple and Noise (R&N) on the DC output. The first one, coming from ...

Description: For a long time, paraplegia has inevitably meant life in a wheelchair. Stairs present an insurmountable obstacle; objects above waist-height remain out of reach. The ReWalk System changes everything. ...

Description: According to DALI protocol, the dimming curve can be divided into two categories. One is the logarithmic dimming curve and another is the linear dimming curve. Both of them within the range from 0% to ...

Description: This white paper demonstrates the 2090-series single motor extension cable shield design. A representative DSL feedback eye-diagram test result is provided to illustrate the signal quality when a ...

Description: Due to transport sugar juice/ clean water /cooling water/ massecuite and wastewater, there are many pumps in the sugar factories. Pumps are characterized by high reliable require¬ments and fairly high ...

Description: As long as we mentioned dimmable LED driver, someone will have a deep impassion on filament lamps dim, also known as phase cut dimming or TRIAC dimming. The system relies on reducing the voltage that ...

Description: Some sugar factories use steel turbine to drive shredders, sugarcane feeders and millings, as above mentioned this technology is old and outmoded. There are many disadvantages. With the development of ...

Description: Traditionally, the most common way of changing the operating point is to use a damper which alters the system characteristic (operating point moves from position 1 to 2, see Fig. 11) and increase the ...

Description: Lighting has a profound effect on the human society. It's more than just how we see. It also affects how we feel and how we function. MOONS' tunable white solutions are designed to help maximize the ...

Description: In sugar separation process, there is one sugar production which is brown sugar. In order to produce this sugar production, continuous centrifugal is needed. With the development of VFDs technology, ...

Description: Encapsulation Technology From MOONS' Offers Many Advantages ...

Description: High accuracy compass Tilt compensation Light weight All solid-state structure 25Hz data refresh rate User-defined heading plane Customizable coordinate system + 5DC power supply voltage range ...

Description: SMI800, developed independently by sz RION, is a wired transmitting handheld monitor. It could receive data and display value of all RION's sensor, including inclinometer, accelerometer, electronic ...

Description: Scraper Centrifuge is mainly used to separate, concentrate and clarify two different materials. ...

Description: These step motors from MOONS' include a number of improvements for even greater performance and value... ...

Description: This paper introduces the feature of screw air compressor, INVT Goodrive300-01 series special inverter for compressor, and the successful application in Israel. ...

Description: MOONS' PowerPlus technology provides 25% to 40% more torque across the entire speed range of the motor. The increased torque is a result of higher motor efficiency, and is available without increasing ...

Description: A stepper motor is an electromechanical device which converts electrical pulses into discrete mechanical movements. The shaft of a stepper motor rotates in discrete step increments when electrical ...

Description: As for the electronic cam, we have talked about the flying shear, Chase saw is also a reflection of the electronic cam, the biggest difference between them is that flying shear is always in one ...

Description: Dispenser specializes in the control of fluid, dripping the liquid, and coating it on the product surface or the automated machine within product, which can achieve three-dimensional, four-dimensional ...

Description: 1. DALI History Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) is a protocol for digital lighting control that enables the easy installation of robust, scalable and flexible lighting networks. Today ...

Description: Double servo nailer machine, first manually put the carton on a platform, and then take a carton into the track each time, carton triggers the sensor, paper feeding servo drags the rubber roller to ...

Description: Features: ?Heading accuracy: 0.3°~0.5° ?Roll angle measuring range :±180° ?Tilt angle resolution: 0.1° ?Tilt angle accuracy: 0.2° ? Wide Temperature : -40?~+85? ?Size: L:125×W:22×H:24 mm ?With ...

Description: Operating Principles In response to each individual control pulse and direction signal, the drive applies power to the motor windings to cause the rotor to take a step forward, a step in reverse, or ...

Description: Does your machine need a power upgrade or do you want to expand an existing design? Coupling two linear motors is an easy and effective way of increasing the available force. Herewith you are not just ...

Description: Laser cutters concentrate a high amount of energy into a small, well-defined spot. This generates intense heat, which vaporizes the material in the focus area. In a similar manner, waterjet cutters ...

Description: is Tecnotion's largest torque motor series up to date, yet very compact and thus a high torque density for the generated torque. The motor is now available for applications that have high torque and ...

Description: C. Slew Range: the motor cannot be started directly in this area. It must be started in the start/stop region first and then accelerated to this area. In this area, the motor can not be directly ...

Description: INVT kinway brand MH500 series electro-hydraulic servo system is designed for injection molding machine, die-casting machine, oil press and other hydraulic equipment, it adopts high-performance vector ...