Operating the complex equipment deployed in modern mines requires judgment and skills that only can be acquired by an enormous amount of hands-on experience. Accumulating that experience in an actual...

Balancing tight cost constraints, addressing program viability questions, and dealing with severe environmental variables puts military vehicle designers in a constant search for measureable,...

Purchase and assembly of multiple components are rendered unnecessary because this actuator combines servo motor and planetary roller screw in one compact unit....

Among the most vital material handling systems in use today are those that handle weaponry for the armed forces. Case in point: In Cincinnati, Ohio, Federal Equipment Co. is manufacturing 11...

In the first installment of this series, "Calculating a practical hotspot safety margin", we discussed how two-parameter thermal models assume that the entire motor, including windings, exhibits one...

High-performance motion control demands compact and economical servomotors. Fortunately, because most servo applications only intermittently demand maximum continuous-torque motor output, a smaller...

The choice of hydraulic/pneumatic or mechanical actuators always depends on the application, but if application factors are equal, the roller screw actuator has some advantages....

Operating the complex equipment deployed in modern mines requires judgement and skills that only can be acquired by an enormous amount of hands-on experience. Accumulating that experience in an actual...

Technological advances and changes in environmental, safety, and ergonomic requirements have increased motion control options and their capabilities....

Conventional thermal models can be inaccurate enough to cause trouble when servomotors get pushed to their limits....