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There’s a gap between where we need to be mechatronically and how we’re training people to get there.
A New Approach to Mechatronics Training?
And so it was that mechatronics—the synergistic combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronic control, and system thinking in the design of packaging machinery and other systems—was born. By including mechatronics in the curricula at the world’s educational institutions, it was thought, we’d increase the likelihood that the workforce of the...
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News
 | May 9, 2013

Festo Shows Innovative Gantry at Hannover

Festo’s H-gantry EXCM provides precise and fast positioning in cramped installation conditions.
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Product
 | April 23, 2013

Servo Drive

The MicroFlex e150 is aimed at Ethernet-based machine automation.
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News
 | April 15, 2013

Kollmorgen Expands Globally by Acquiring Turkish Automation Integrator Elsim

Kollmorgen has acquired Turkish-based Elsim Electrotechnical Systems A.S.
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Product
 | April 5, 2013

Universal Motion Controller

The SCX11 Universal Controller is now simpler to wire.
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Product
 | April 5, 2013

High-Efficiency Motor and Driver Package Available with Built-in Controller

The AR Series is now available with built-in controller (stored data) featuring I/O, Modbus or EtherCAT (via a gateway converter) communications.
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Product
 | April 4, 2013

Hollow-Shaft Rotary Actuator Has New Motor

The DGII Series hollow rotary actuator now utilizes the energy saving AR Series closed loop motor.
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Product
 | April 1, 2013

Magnetic Ring Encoder Offers Velocity Feedback for Large Shafts

The MRI 2000 helps machinery OEMs and users increase output power while reducing weight.
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There’s a gap between where we need to be mechatronically and how we’re training people to get there.
Perspective
 | March 27, 2013

A New Approach to Mechatronics Training?

Change intro to: A few years back, a now widely held observation emerged about the future: In 1980, 80 percent of the complexity of equipment was mechanical, but by 2020, only 20 percent of it would b
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Product
 | March 4, 2013

Four Quadrant PWM Servo Controller

The ESCON 36/3 EC handles brushless DC motors with Hall sensors up to approximately 100 W.
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Product
 | March 4, 2013

Scalable Servo Drives

The AKD PDMM and AKD BASIC fill out the model range to 128 axes.
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Product
 | February 21, 2013

Compact Dual/Quad Axis Universal Drive Module for Cost Sensitive Applications

The SPiiPlusUDMlc, or UDMlc, is a compact EtherCAT dual/quad axis drive, designed to meet the needs of OEMs designing control systems for motion demanding equipment that uses small motors, such as pic
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Product
 | February 14, 2013

EtherCAT Positioning Controller

The digital positioning controller EPOS3 70/10 EtherCAT allows real-time positioning of synchronized multi-axis systems.
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Product
 | January 17, 2013

Simple Motion Module Added to PAC Platform

The QD77MS works with the iQ Programmable Automation Controller and offers two, four or 16 input/output axes.
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Product
 | January 11, 2013

PWM Speed Controls

These 12 and 24 Volt units drive permanent magnet DC gearmotors and motors up to 1/3 hp.
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Product
 | January 4, 2013

Electric Slides

The EGSL series is for pick and place systems or planar surface and 3D gantries.
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Feature Article
 | December 7, 2012

Mechatronics in Packaging: It’s Not Rocket Science

Companies are finding an increasing number of common sense reasons for employing the mechatronics approach to design; ultimately, though, the most compelling reason may simply be the growth of computi
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Product
 | November 29, 2012

Motor-Integrated Servo Drives with IP65 Protection

The ACOPOSmulti65m unites all of the important components such as the motor, positioning sensor (encoder), precision gearbox and servo drive into a compact unit.
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Linear Motion Module
Product
 | November 21, 2012

High-Force Motor Module for OEMs

The new CKL linear motion module from Bosch Rexroth is well suited for packaging and processing operations.
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Product
 | November 16, 2012

Drive Solution for Dry, Wet and Aseptic Process Areas

The VLT FlexConcept is a complete, highly energy efficient drive solution optimized for use in dry, wet and aseptic process areas.
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Triangle Control Concept
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 | November 8, 2012

Networks Central to Mazda’s Triangle Control Concept

The Changan Ford Mazda Nanjing plant in China employs Mazda’s Triangle Control concept to produce multiple models, with the CC-Link network playing a key role in connecting more than two-dozen robotic
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