Motion and Controls Reference Materials

Description: Vacuum applications are of growing importance due to technologies that can only be applied in vacuum or cryogenic environments. ...

Description: Many applications require synchronous or ratio speed control - this article explains a simple drive accessory that does the trick. ...

Description: Screw jacks that are properly selected and maintained will reliably lift, position, support or hold industrial loads for years. Incorporating them into mechanized applications is a fairly simple ...

Description: ISSI revolutionizes the bagged ice palletizing process with EVOLUTION - designed from the ground up using CCâ€'Link communication protocol and all Mitsubishi Electric components. BACKGROUND Founded in ...

Description: From the standalone sprinklers in our backyards, to sophisticated watering systems operating on farms, golf courses, corporate campuses, municipal parks, residential developments, shopping centers, ...

Description: Model based electronic control allows the reduction of aerodynamic instability, which leads to increased flight performance and maneuverability. ...

Description: Upgrade your next machine design with servo motors to decrease downtime, decrease footprint, increase throughput, make equipment last longer, and provide better diagnostics. ...

Description: Servo system selection criteria involves more than just wattage and price. Other important servo criteria to consider include rated torque, rated speed, overload time, torque-to-inertia ratio, ...

Description: A prepackaged chiller retrofit cuts energy costs by 30%, reduces required maintenance, and extends operating life at Duke Realty Corp.'s 19-story office building in Clayton, Mo. ...

Description: Machine designers strive to increase throughput, decrease machine costs, and reduce maintenance costs. The migration from traditional analog motion networks to digital motion networks accomplishes ...

Description: There are many things to consider when selecting the right servo system for a particular application. Look at these nine areas for the best results. ...

Description: Deciding which setup is right for a common bus takes research and evaluation, but selecting and implementing the right one significantly improves design performance and efficiency. ...

Description: This application story by Jeff Watter of Yaskawa details increasing globalization and industrialization are spurring high-capacity manufacturing with even less tolerance for errors than ever before. ...

Description: An influent pump station in Washington incorporated control technology that improved system efficiency and energy savings. ...

Description: Simplify system design and programming, cut development time and boost productivity using advanced integration capabilities. ...

Description: Operating Torque Constants and Tare Torque values can be found on specification pages. Use the following formula to calculate horsepower: ...

Description: Repeatable multi-axis motion simulation can help tweak advanced algorithms in image stabilization systems and verify the performance of opto-mechanical or electronic stabilizers. ...

Description: Factory automation and robotic application engineers are often faced with the challenge of requiring fast, accurate and powerful linear actuation within a small allocated volume. The two most commonly ...

Description: There are so many motors on the market today, from heavy-duty AC motors to tiny DC brushless and stepper motors. To use any of the motors users must have a full understanding of the application ...

Description: To understand the concept of high efficiency motors, you must first know how to calculate efficiency and the losses associated with the motor components themselves. ...

Description: Consider torque requirements, speed control and power distribution when deciding between a soft starter or an AC drive for an application. ...

Description: Just as there is no one ideal golf swing that works for everyone-there are too many individual variations in grip, stance, backswing, downswing and follow-through for a single solution-there is no ...

Description: Installing some type of torque limiting device in your machine system is very often a wise idea. This is especially true where there is human interaction, but it's also smart to include them in other ...

Description: The Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing (BEAST) lab, located at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ will provide valuable data and insight into the degradation of bridges due to ...

Description: High precision roll-to-roll manufactured drums are used to produce everyday items sold around the world. For example, these drums are used to manufacture credit card security holograms as well as ...

Description: Facing new challenges through globalization, machine builders are investing in new technologies and skills to maintain competitiveness and penetrate emerging markets. In today's technologically mature ...

Description: Aerotech's engineering reference guide serves as a valuable resource for all Aerotech motion and positioning control components and systems. It includes terminology, conversion tables and helpful ...

Description: The internal model principle is a 30-years-young idea that serves as the basis for a myriad of modern motion control approaches. One such algorithm - harmonic cancellation - is indispensable to ...

Description: Traditionally linear stages are used with encoders to position to precise points in a motion profile. These encoders are used for both positioning and, in the case of brushless servomotors, for motor ...

Description: Let's start with mass and weight. Mass is the unchanging quality of a body, while weight is the force that mass exerts in a gravitational field. ...

Description: The purpose of this discussion is to explain the major contributors to machine positioning uncertainty in systems with laser interferometer feedback near the work point. We will use an example to ...

Description: Many beamline applications such as X-ray microscopy and Computed Tomography (CT) require positioning of samples, detectors, and optics in order to perform measurements. Microscopy applications often ...

Description: The ROTATION command in the Automation 3200 (A3200) implements a rotation matrix operation. The function can be used to transform coordinates on mechanical actuators that include rotary motion. ...

Description: Reducing aircraft weight is essential to boosting fuel efficiency. Not only is it very important in terms of cost, but also given the ever-increasing distances that airplanes of the future are ...

Description: A&F Corporation, a machinery builder for the paper industry, recently completed the start-up of a slitter/ rewinder machine at a North American paper mill. The slitter/ rewinder is used for processing ...

Description: Brushed DC ironless motors are found in a large variety of products and applications such as medical, robotics, factory automation, security and access, civil aviation and aerospace products. The ...

Description: Cost effective system solutions for the rapidly growing market while ensuring safety and reliability of quadcopters. ...

Description: Piezoelectric motors are used in many industrial and commercial applications. Various piezoelectric motors are available in the market. All of the piezoelectric motors use the inverse piezoelectric ...

Description: On December 3, 2015, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, marking the birth of the next phase of an incredible project that will one day help scientists look at the ...

Description: Almost 4 years after Curiosity landed on Mars, it is still up and running - and while it has not discovered current life forms, the basic question whether Mars could have once supported an environment ...

Description: PI found a solution based on its compact, high stability PiezoWalk linear motor - a tried and proven technology used on many semiconductor and high-energy physics applications in the past. ...

Description: PiezoWalk principle shows advantages for Monochromator crystal fine adjustment. ...

Description: As new satellite programs become more popular, such as NASA's CubeSat program, the need for satellite test systems is becoming more urgent. ...

Description: Motion control is one of the most relevant disciplines for most machines, particularly in the packaging sector ...

Description: How do your manufacturing control systems' IQs measure up? Learn how smarter technology through Integrated Architecture can help. ...

Description: Surge voltages are damaging to electrical components when not properly accounted for. ...

Description: Reshape your enterprise to meet increasing productivity demands with high-performance control and memory capacity. ...

Description: Voice coils are fundamental electromechanical mechanisms that are used in material handling equipment, gimbals, medical devices, and even interplanetary spacecraft. Each application has used voice ...

Description: The technology world is rapidly adapting to miniaturization, with terms like "Micro", "Nano" and even "Pico" increasingly in vogue. This has created an immense need for anything that can provide ...

Description: The medical sector today mandates mechanical ventilation in cases where a patient's spontaneous ventilation is inadequate to maintain life. This is done to prevent an imminent collapse of other ...

Description: What is a "linear actuator"? It is actually a simple stepper motor with a built-in leadscrew to directly convert rotary motion in form of discrete steps, into linear motion. Achieving linear motion ...

Description: In this white paper, we will discuss how the ratio of load inertia to motor inertia affects performance, how additional factors such as compliance come into play and how proper sizing, combined with ...

Description: The question of whether to use voice coil actuators or solenoids for small displacement motion control applications comes up often. This article explains the key differences between each product and ...

Description: Miniature pumps are devices that utilize different technologies (diaphragm, gear, vane, peristaltic) to pump a fluid or create pressure or a vacuum. These pumps are typically less than 5" in height ...

Description: Associate Product Line Manager Anant Bhalerao discusses motion solutions for electric expansion valves on tech briefs. ...

Description: What is the greatest design challenge when it comes to developing mobile medical device technology? ...

Description: PI recently built a large 300mm diameter rotary air bearing stage for use in a synchrotron beamline test facility. The beamline, when finished, will be used for Macromolecular Crystallography. ...

Description: An insidious nanoscale instability process is the quasi-asymptotic settling due to lubricant flow processes in drive, alignment and adjustment elements such as lead-screws and micrometer drives. It ...

Description: While conventional positioning systems convert the rotary motion of a motor into linear motion using a spindle, PILine® positioning systems are based on a special direct drive. This completely ...

Description: The single molecule force spectrometer described in this paper uses of fast and highly linear piezo stage. This multi-axis stage (model P-313 PicoCube) can run in open loop and provide closed-loop ...

Description: This white paper is intended to provide a better understanding of what this wear is and what it means in terms of product lifetime. Furthermore, it focuses on showing why and under which circumstances ...

Description: The combination of "coarse" precision screw drives for long distance motion and ultra-high resolution actuators such as piezo and voice-coil-based systems allows combining travel ranges up to hundreds ...

Description: When working with air bearings, we often describe the quality of motion as one of the key factors in selecting an air bearing; specifically, the straightness and flatness of travel of linear bearings ...

Description: In this post we will be going over how to use relay boards to control the motion of linear actuators. We have 2-channel, 4-channel and 8-channel relay boards available and each one does the same ...

Description: Surges or pressure transients occur in centrifugal pumping systems when any sudden change of flow is introduced.Electronic starting and stopping of the pump motor will be explored as a cost-effective ...

Description: Use a soft start bypass, either internal or external, to allow an application to run continuously after the start in a closed contactor mode and to open once a stop or fault command has been provided. ...

Description: Given increasing costs and environmental awareness, energy conservation is a growing concern, and the need for energy efficiency throughout a plant or manufacturing floor is a priority.Using just ...

Description: A common question when deciding between a soft starter or a drive is, which one to select? The purpose of this publication is to show similarities and differences between the soft starter and the ...

Description: AC motor circuit wiring diagram ...

Description: Avago Technologies gate drive optocouplers are used extensively to drive IGBTs in applications such as motor drives and solar inverters. Optocouplers are a proven technology to provide reinforced ...

Description: Hardinge, Inc. was seeking a state-of-the-art control system compatible with existing systems - one that was loaded with features and capable of super precision performance -- all at a lower cost to ...

Description: In order to improve the shark tank's flow control for significant energy savings, NEWPORT AQUARIUM© turned to Mitsubishi Electric's Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) technology. ...

Description: PBC Linear needed a machining center that could machine parts longer than the 12-foot parts its existing machine could accommodate. Having worked with Mitsubishi Electric Automation in the past, PBC ...

Description: Mitsubishi Electric's integrated iQ Platform and C70 CNC module provides Romtech with the flexibility to incorporate a multi-platform solution, while improving performance and communications to their ...

Description: Schaefer Megomat's goal was to create a state-of-the-art, fully automatic wire processing machine that could not only surpass the highest production speeds in the industry, but would also offer ...

Description: The i-Series Thermoformer from VC999 Packaging Systems successfully integrates Mitsubishi Electric's reliable L Series control system supporting industry-leading Gigabit Ethernet speeds. ...

Description: kmV iSight Systems wanted a new control platform for their products that reduced software engineering and introduced visual display control in-line with a vision control system seamlessly. ...

Description: To achieve the highest possible level of comfort for air passengers, Lantal from Switzerland developed a pneumatic air cushion system. This system replaces the customary cushion foam with air-filled ...

Description: There is still a long way to go before we can make our own stars. However, in scientific applications, the technology is already in use today. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific ...

Description: As an unmanned vehicle, the Guardbot is able to travel over most terrains, including snow, sand, mud, and water for a wide variety of applications with special security needs. ...

Description: Whether traversing over the sands of Mars, or walking up a stone path, this robot was designed to move easily and quickly, to jump, and even to flip over. ...

Description: In today's how to post we will be going over the steps necessary to combine our linear actuator control systems together. Now in order to combine controls systems you must prevent short circuiting as ...

Description: In our latest "How To" post we will be going over how to control the timing of a linear actuators motion using some of our microcontrollers. Microcontrollers give a lot of freedom in motion control ...

Description: The robot named DARwIn-OP (Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence-Open Platform) is used mainly for research and education purposes. The user can easily program the robot according to his own ...

Description: The Formula Renault racing series has become one of the most important racing series for future world-class Formula 1 drivers. Since 2012, a new, more powerful V8 engine has been roaring under the ...

Description: Imagine the drain is clogged and not a single drop is flowing down any more. A common problem - the cause can be hidden in the far corners of a sewage system. This is where inspection robots come into ...

Description: Service robots being designed for the disabled must be reliable, safe, and easy to use. Having the right motion system components is essential for these highly specific applications. ...

Description: The latest, next generation surgeries are being performed today using Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s (Sunnyvale, CA) da Vinci™S HD Surgical System, which allows surgeons to perform the most minimally ...

Description: Life-sized hummingbird-like unmanned surveillance aircraft weighs two-thirds of an ounce, including batteries and video camera. ...

Description: Semigood Design, LLC approached Joyce/Dayton with a concept for a unique conference room table that combined both bold and functional handcrafted elements. Inspired by the customer's ingenious ...

Description: Specially designed robotic crawler navigates around the underwater portion of a ship to remove the biofilm layers that accumulate there. As a battery operated, autonomous vehicle, component selection ...

Description: Implantable medication delivery systems can have a decisive influence on the quality of life of the patients. In many cases, such delivery systems are vital for the survival of the patients - the ...

Description: The HETDEX project is the first major attempt to find "dark energy" in the universe. With special spectrographs, the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies are recorded. In the summer of ...

Description: Imagine you enter a room and see a twin in front of you. It is not made of flesh and blood, but the humanoid robot already bears an uncanny resemblance to its human counterpart. In China, this ...

Description: For paraplegic people, rehabilitation is frequently a long process; this is why methods and technology that optimize these measures for the patient are so important. At the Bern University of Applied ...

Description: Digital SLR cameras can deliver extremely sharp photos - regardless of whether the photo-grapher is a professional or a hobbyist. Not only does the skill of the photographer, but also the technology ...

Description: The Pegasus robot, which was created by students of the ETH Zurich during a research project, does not have wings like the famous horse from Greek mythology. But instead, the autonomous robot has ...

Description: Driver assist systems can help save lives by alerting driver of potential danger. ...

Description: At an altitude of 11 kilometers above the surface of the earth, the air is very thin. Modern pressure cabins and an environmental control system (ECS) ensure a pleasant atmosphere in commercial ...

Description: Hard and repetitive work weakens the body. The consequences are chronic back pain and other ailments that keep workers off the job, resulting in high costs to employers. The Cobot robotic arm is aimed ...