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Mitsubishi Electric Automation Releases Melservo-J5 Series of Servo Products
The company’s next generation of motion control products deliver high-speed, high-precision control to maximize machine performance.
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AutomationDirect Adds Motor Control Relays and Intrinsically Safe Relays
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Two-Phase Digital Stepper Drives
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Servo System Saves Costs, Simplifies Sizing
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XY Stages with Mechanical Bearings
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High Power Density Brushless Motor
The KinetiMax High Power Density motor series from Allied Motion Technologies is designed for high-torque, low-cogging applications like robotics, automated guided vehicles, and handheld power tools.
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Dorner Continues its European Expansion by Building 2200 Series LPZ Conveyors From its German Manufacturing Facility
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Flexible Production Makes Roche’s HIV Test Innovation a Success
Roche designed a plasma separation card that greatly simplifies blood sampling and transport. Beckhoff Automation made production of the card cost-effective with its flexible, compact eXtended Transport System.
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Integrated Closed-Loop Step Motors from Applied Motion Products Solve Heat Problems in Peristaltic Pumps Used With Bioreactor System
Open-loop motors previously working in this system elevated the temperature of fluids being pumped into the bioreactor. The higher temperatures, in turn, adversely affected biological processing times and reduced yields.
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IP65-Rated Stepper Motors
These motors from Applied Motion Products are dustproof and resistant to water pressure impact, making them suitable for use in both wet and dusty applications.
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Motorized Yaw-Pitch Stages
OES’s YP110-10-01 (stepper motor driven), YP110-10-02 (brushless servo motor driven) and YP110-10-03 (DC servo motor driven) Yaw-Pitch stages are useful for the precise measurement of angles or the curvature of an object.
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I/O modules for the groov EPIC Platform
Two new modules from Opto 22 support CAN bus integration and high-density temperature sensing.
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AutomationDirect Adds Schmersal IP69K Rated Joysticks
AutomationDirect is a distributor offering thousands of industrial automation products for electrical control systems, including PLCs, operator interfaces, AC drives, motors, stepper systems, sensors, motor controls, enclosures and more.
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Preference for Electromechanical Actuators on the Rise
Though the initial price point for electromechanical actuators tends to be higher than hydraulic cylinders, their popularity is growing due to energy efficiency, increased uptimes, simplified maintenance, and other key factors.
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Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group Injects Automation and Ingenuity into Conveyor Systems for Complex Applications
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Schmidt Couplings Connect Offset Shafts
Zero-Max Schmidt offset couplings provide machine designers with a proven method to ensure that machines operate with constant phase accuracy and constant speed throughout the rotation and cycle.
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XZ-Axis Motorized Linear Positioning Stages
The XZ series of motorized m linear motion positioning stages feature 1 micron repeatability and 10 micron positional accuracy.
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Miniature Voice Coil Motor Features a 1/2 Inch Stroke and High Force-to-Size Ratio
The miniature LVCM-019-022-02 linear voice coil motor (also called a linear DC motor), from Moticont has a 1/2 inch stroke and produces 8.1 oz. (2.3 N) of continuous force and 25.7 oz. (7.1 N) of peak force in a compact 0.750 in. diameter.
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Motors for Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing
The IL+ series of updated ironless linear motors from Heidenhain’s ETEL unit are optimized for electronics and semiconductor manufacturing.
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Three Phase Monitoring Relays
Additions to Carlo Gavazzi’s DPB and DPC families reduce the number of individual items that need to be stocked, while providing quality and functionality.
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Helical Bevel Gearboxes with Cast-Iron Frames
The IronHorse HBR series of helical bevel gearboxes from AutomationDirect combines the helical gearset with a bevel gearset to create an output perpendicular to the input.
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Multi-Axis Servo System Conserves Energy
ANCA Motion’s AMD5x multi-axis servo drive system captures regenerated energy with capacitor banks, rather than throwing it away with braking resistors.
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Motion Controls Market to Exceed $15 billion by 2023
Among the sectors helping drive a more positive outlook for motion controls are food and beverage machinery, packaging machinery, robotics, and material handling equipment
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Are Servo Motor and Drive Combinations from One Vendor Better?
In this episode of the 'Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered' podcast series, we connect with Eric Roggeman and Greg Dieck of Omron Industrial Automation to find out if servo motor/drive/controller combinations sourced from one vendor are the best option or if mixing and matching components is preferred.
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Medium Voltage Service-Oriented Drive
Schneider’s Altivar Process 6000 (ATV6000) can help optimize businesses by enabling process optimization, improving energy management, enhancing asset management, and providing a tailored engineering solution.
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Economical High Resolution and High Repeatability XYR Alignment Stages
The XYR-01-01 and XYR-01-02 alignment stages from OES offer high precision and repeatability for industrial, medical, semiconductor, research, and laboratory applications.
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Active Vibration Control System for CNC Machine Tools
NUM’s accelerometer-based active vibration control system virtually eliminates tool head vibration.
