Motion and Controls Reference Materials

Description: Rolling element linear motion bearings are widely used to guide, support, locate, and accurately move machinery components and products in a wide range of automation applications. Rolling element ...

Description: The November 2011 issue of Motion Systems Design Magazine features ATLANTA Rack and Pinion Drives in an article titled "Separating Rack & Pinion Myths From Reality". Rack and pinion drives are an ...

Description: Parameters that define a motor type are the mechanical output power, the shaft bearing system, the commutation system used, and the possible combinations with gearheads and sensors. The most important ...

Description: After many years of discussing gearboxes with engineers, we have developed a questionnaire we use to ensure that we have found all the necessary details of one's application. We use this even if the ...

Description: Virtually any custom designed turned part is fair game for the company's Swiss and CNC machines, which regularly turn out special screws and custom-designed fasteners requiring tight tolerances and ...

Description: Coming up with the right drive technology for your application often depends on the options before you. Here are five of the most common drive configurations being used today, along with their ...

Description: Whether for packaging, life sciences, office equipment or factory automation, smooth motion, fast accelerations and a high degree of accuracy are hallmark requirements for linear movement actuators. ...

Description: Variable frequency drives have emerged as a surefire way to reduce energy costs in induction motor systems. From pumps and fans to material handling and industrial processes, VFDs help save many ...

Description: A quality feed coproduct is vital to the success of an ethanol plant, therefore attention paid to critical sections in the distillers grains drying process is of utmost importance. As in any ...

Description: Medical engineers consistently look for ways to provide devices to physicians that offer smaller incision requirements, a more accurate procedure, and the opportunity for a quicker recovery. ...

Description: The generation of harmonics by SCR based reduced voltage soft starters and the current harmonic spectrum generated is discussed. Some example harmonic spectrums are given that can be used for ...

Description: Fieldbus (or field bus) is the name of a family of industrial computer network protocols used for real-time distributed control. It is a way to connect instruments in a manufacturing plant. ...

Description: Home energy systems based on renewable sources such as solar and wind power are becoming more popular among consumers and gaining increasing support from governmental bodies. Such systems, however, ...

Description: The ACPL-M61L is an optically coupled ultra-low power 10 MBd digital CMOS optocouplers that operates with low power consumption, especially when the light emitting diode (LED) operates at low current. ...

Description: With the goal of safer buildings and saving lives, scientists and engineers, through the simulation of many recent earthquakes, need to test building materials and structural designs. Using either a ...

Description: Machine builders strive to achieve the right balance of functionality, performance, price, durability, energy consumption and other attributes that will enable their products to excel against the ...

Description: For the best linear motion system designs; avoid canned solutions, develop a robust product development process, use modified or configured parts where practical, select competent and capable ...

Description: Digital networks reduce wiring, saving you time and money over traditional discrete and analog hardwiring. But are there other advantages? With digital networks, and in particular with EtherCAT - an ...

Description: Regardless of whether they are used in processing plants or in discrete manufacturing, commercial, municipal, or institutional facilities-motors that are started across the line require large amounts ...

Description: Imagine you are a surgeon in the middle of a major operation. Suddenly, one of the variable-frequency drives (VFDs) in your operating-room air-handling system develops a fault and stops running, ...

Description: Standardized programming for automation equipment is here to stay. At the forefront is IEC 61131-3-compatible software, which generates standardized code for use on any number of controls. ...

Description: Learn the terminology used to describe VFD internal operations and external interfaces - and you'll understand their application more thoroughly. ...

Description: Controlling Multiple Motors with One VFD Saves Money and Space ...

Description: In order to limit the harmonic distortion produced by Adjustable Speed Drives (ASD's), manufacturers have introduced several methods of both passive and active harmonic mitigation. Users of ASD's ...

Description: The universal motor, an often maligned old workhorse, is a particularly adaptable motor, and still proves very useful in many applications. ...

Description: Precise speed control of AC motors is typically accomplished with a variable frequency drive (VFD) connected to a speed or position feedback sensor. In certain situations, however, it's possible to ...

Description: The AEDR-850x encoder is the smallest three-channel optical encoder with digital outputs in the market, employing reflective technology for motion control purposes. This article describes the ...

Description: Most of us are familiar with the four "C's" that help determine the quality of a diamond: Clarity, Carat, Color, and Cut. These standards are commonly accepted as the determining factors for ...

Description: Pricing pressures, intense competition and strict regulatory demands are challenging scientists and researchers in the fast growing, highly-regulated pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, ...

Description: Recognized as an industry leader for over 30 years, Omega Design Corporation manufactures a broad range of high-quality container handling and packaging equipment systems. The list of equipment ...

Description: This article discusses how the parameters related to optocoupler propagation delay can affect data ntegrity and system reliability for applications requiring isolation of the I2C bus interface, ...

Description: Problem: customer wanted to engrave steel rolls without investing in an expensive CNC system (about 10,000 €). He wanted also to configure his machine using a simple user interface, via codes ...

Description: Problem: Facing fluctuating customer demands, that factory needed to design a flexible production line. A section of the machine was required to act as a buffer between the continuous production of ...

Description: Problem: Looking for productivity and quality improvement, the customer called upon Parker SSD expertise for the implementation of a new high-speed double spooling machine. The customer was ...

Description: Promoting renewable energy, students of physical engineering at Polytech Clermont-Ferrand worked on this solar car prototype (Bélénos) in order to participating in the 'World Solar Challenge' and ...

Description: Application profile : Crane perform electronic acrobatics with Parker SSD control. ...

Description: Challenge: Customer needed to eliminate 30 feet of air hose. This was a dangerous situation with the possibility of tangling and tripping over the hoses. The Assembler has the weight of tools and ...

Description: Challenge: An existing paint removal application that used environmentally harsh chemicals needed to be updated and replaced with a system that would cut maintenance time and improve performance. ...

Description: One of the growing problems facing the nursing career is a thinning staff, and with it the need to care for overweight patients with very little help. This effort has led to musculoskeletal disorders ...

Description: Some designs such as packaging-machinery frames rarely if ever endure internal shock loading or impact. In other cases, often in end-user products, designs are lower in cost. In both instances, ...

Description: As a machine designer, one of your top priorities should be to protect against operator injury and machinery damage due to overloads. Limiting the torque that can be transmitted through a system is ...

Description: One of the advantages of using a Powder Metal process to manufacture a part is the ability to design the part to exact specifications that eliminate the need for secondary operations or additional ...

Description: The problem can be a matter of life and death to the patient. Until a few years ago, head and neck tumors could not be safely bombarded with radiation without the possibility of damaging organs like ...

Description: Paper dust particulates wreak havoc with just about every aspect of paper converting machinery, and especially the bearings. Linear guides, planar bearings and shafts, even the wipers, lubricators, ...

Description: Preloading is the practice of assembling mechanical systems in such a way that some or all components are held in a compressed or tensioned state when there are no external forces acting on the ...

Description: Piezoelectric multilayer actuators are the driving force behind the most challenging nanopositioning applications. These types of actuators have been in use for about two decades and have reached ...

Description: By rotating in discrete angular increments, stepping, stepper or simply step motors provide a more precise solution for many motion control and measurement applications, especially when the ...

Description: The choice between direct-drive and gear-driven gimbals and optical mounts presents an opportunity for a comparison of the pros and cons for each. ...

Description: Air-bearing stages are noted for their smooth, frictionless motion. A few tips and techniques will ensure you benefit from their advantages. ...

Description: Compared to traditional methods, the mechatronic design approach is more of a holistic approach to product design, where the tradeoffs between different functional components (software, hardware, user ...

Description: With the coronary stent industry once again on the rise, laser machining promises to help stent manufacturers meet the significant production challenges that remain. Laser-workstation motion ...

Description: An axis-based trigger in the controller can significantly improve part quality, reduce cycle time, and eliminate processing problems. This article discusses Aerotech's unique PSO (Position ...

Description: What happens when I lose vacuum? Answers such as "It has never happened before" are very unacceptable but one must consider that the chances of losing vacuum are extremely remote for the following ...

Description: Lines at your local pharmacy will be a thing of the past, if ScriptPro (Mission, Kansas) has anything to say about it. The company's automated pharmaceutical dispensing systems can handle everything ...

Description: The best camera and sensor systems in the world are nothing if they're not placed on a stable platform that can point them in the desired direction. No company understands that better than ...

Description: The trend towards high-precision procedures and miniaturization in medicine and industry has continued unabated over recent years. Keyhole surgery and dental technology as well as industrial ...

Description: When it comes to finding technological ways of dealing with the loss of a limb, for example as the result of the amputation of a leg, two key things need to be taken into account. Firstly, it took ...

Description: "To sound someone out" is a familiar phrase.. In the context of nerve cells, however, some medical scientists have taken this statement literally. The complex interplay of individual nerve cells or ...

Description: The human body can be as much as 85% water. Small wonder, then, that one of the first lines of treatment for trauma patients like wounded soldiers is controlled fluid replacement, often at high ...

Description: It started out with a simple question one day during Dr. Rajiv Gupta's residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH): Why, with CT scanners routinely achieving submillimeter resolutions, was he ...

Description: Thomson and Kollmorgen have delivered a complete motion control solution for UK-based Ball Racing Developments Ltd (BRD) BRD-05 Formula One Race Car Simulator. After many years of evaluation and ...

Description: Aseptico (Woodinville, WA) is an innovator, designer, and manufacturer of endodontic, implant, and portable dental equipment. The company performs all its design and manufacturing in-house. As with ...

Description: Up until 2006, the only broadcast-use professional motorized Pan/Tilts in the market were very heavy. This is because the equipment was built to hold analog video cameras, which could weigh as much as ...

Description: The Ultrasound Probe System developed by Interson (Pleasanton, CA) delivers all the capabilities of a standard ultrasound probe but without the six-figure price tag. The device does not require the ...

Description: The Onyx guided parachute designed and manufactured by Atair Aerospace (NY) is an autonomous precision airdrop system. Each system fulfills the precision airdrop requirements under the U.S. Army's ...

Description: Immersion Medical (Gaithersburg, MD) designs and manufactures surgical simulators. Similar in idea to that of flight simulators for pilots, a surgical simulator allows a medical student to practice an ...

Description: You can get higher starting torque from an AC induction motor by replacing factory specified capacitors with larger ones. But pushing the motor too far beyond design specs is risky. Here's how ...

Description: This guide is intended to assist with the correct installation of BC1 and Supergrip numbers 2, 3, & 4 belt fasteners. ...

Description: Betz Contracting & Machining designs and builds custom turnkey machines, automated assembly fixtures and quality control fixtures for a number of Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry. ...

Description: A wind turbine typically lasts 20 years. But most wind turbine warranties cover only the first two to five years of a wind turbineâ s life. As these systems age, not all facility owners are ...

Description: Clutches are commonly connected to a drive system through roller chains and belting. This requires that a sprocket or pulley be mounted directly to the clutch. A pilot style clutch is made for this ...

Description: Although newly designed electric motors typically resemble earlier models, occasionally a requirement falls outside the familiar envelope. ...

Description: Consider, for example, specifying the lightest possible three-phase dc-brushless motor for use in a miniature aircraft. ...

Description: Soft starters can provide significant benefits in the demanding marine environment, including: more efficient use of the limited electrical supply. integrated bypass contactors reduce the area ...

Description: Mossel Bay Water Utility in South Africa "They are so simple but they do so much for me!" exclaims Johnny Meerholz as he proudly displays the AuCom IMS2 soft starter he has just installed. Electrical ...

Description: Voice Coil (VC) Actuators are direct-drive, hysteresis-free devices used for providing highly accurate linear or rotary motion. By virtue of their high acceleration and the absence of commuta- tion, ...

Description: Flexible couplings are designed to accommodate various types of load conditions. No one type of coupling can provide the universal solution to all coupling problems; hence many designs are available, ...

Description: Gears are some of the most important elements used in machinery. There are few mechanical devices that do not have the need to transmit power and motion between rotating shafts. Gears not only do this ...

Description: The EMX3 has a standard braking feature whose operation consists of two distinct braking cycles. The initial-state braking cycle is used to bring the motor speed down to approximately 60% of the ...

Description: The EMX3 has jog forward and jog reverse as a standard feature. During jogging, motor torque is fixed and the jog speed is 11% of the motor full load speed in both directions. ...

Description: EMX3 motor overload protection is provided by a second order thermal model. This highly advanced protection method combines co-dependent thermal modeling of the motor windings and the motor body (the ...

Description: The following diagram illustrates how an EMX3 can be used on a typical Submersible Pump installation. ...

Description: The EMX3 can be used for installations requiring sequential starting of identical motors. Master control of the EMX3 and external contactors is achieved using a PLC. ...

Description: The principle of a slip-ring motor is that external resistance provides the necessary motor torque during acceleration to full speed. ...

Description: A brushless motor is a hybrid permanent magnet DC motor. ...

Description: Energy is steadily becoming a rare and cost-sensitive item that can have a significant influence on the manufacturing cost of a machine. This cost factor can be minimized by using modern drive ...

Description: Robots are ideal for repetitive assembly operations, such as drilling, fastening, composite layup, welding, trimming, routing, painting and coating. Unlike gantry systems and other large, heavy fixed ...

Description: Alternative analysis and design method for spur and helical involute gears. ...

Description: Scienion's leading product is the sciFLEXARRAYER, a state-of-the-art noncontact dispensing system for ultra-low volume liquid handling. Scienion has continuously expanded the sciFLEXARRAYER product ...

Description: Manufacturers of precision positioning systems are often faced with applications requiring multi-axis stage systems. Usually an object has to move in two, three or more degrees of freedom (DOF) ...

Description: We have completed the redesign and rating increase of the Electra Gear worm reducer product line. This document will educate you on the product changes and advantages, reasons for the changes and ...

Description: Prior Scientific investigates how PC controlled tables lower positioning system costs. ...

Description: Prior Scientific looks further into how PCI Motion Control is used in microscope automation applications. ...