Motion

Hubbell Wiegmann Enclosures 5x7

KwikHinge Enclosure Door Hinges and Ultimate Series Gland Plates

KwikHinge door hinges from AutomationDirect makes common tasks like subpanel installation or door modifications substantially easier.
CASM electromechanical actuators from Ewellix USA (formerly SKF Motion Technologies).

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...
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Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group Injects Automation and Ingenuity into Conveyor Systems for Complex Applications

When a customer needed to upgrade their existing food processing line to merge two lanes of frozen pizzas into a single lane, Dorner’s Engineered Solutions Group designed the ...
Voice Coil Motor with Internal Shaft and Bearing provides 63.9 lbs of Continuous Force

Voice Coil Motor with Internal Shaft and Bearing Providess 63.9 lbs of Continuous Force

The GVCM-095-089-03 from Moticont features a continuous force of 63.9 lbs (284.1 N) and 202.0 lbs (898.4 N) of peak force at a 10% duty cycle.
Mounted Bearings Meet Hygienic Design and Clean-In-Place Criteria

Mounted Bearings Meet Hygienic Design and Clean-In-Place Criteria

Stainless-Steel Stand-Out mounted bearings from KML meet the strict sanitary requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Sensing And Control Unit for Hygienic Valves

Sensing And Control Unit for Hygienic Valves

The latest version of Alfa Laval’s ThinkTop has new features based on user requests.
Beckhoff’s XTS (eXtended Transport System) linear transport system.

Improving Material Handling Capabilities

Increased collaboration among mechanical, electrical, and software engineers at machine builders has led to a number of advances in material handling automation technology, like...

Products

MDX+ series: Low-voltage integrated servo system 20% smaller than standalone

Applied Motion Products introduces the MDX+ series, a family of low-voltage servo systems that integrate a servo drive, motor, and encoder into one package. Solutions with 100...

Servo Drive

Electromate now offers the FE060-25-IPM FlexPro series servo drive from Advanced Motion Controls. This drive features high processing capability and high-current components that...

Severe Duty Motor

The ECP5000 severe duty motor can deliver up to 1000 hp or 745 kW. It was built to match NEMA dimensions to be compatible with existing installed bases. The design also enables...

March 2024 Product Round-Up: Drives

Servo SystemsThe new SureServo2 systems from AutomationDirect accept 460Vac three-phase input power and have output power from 400W to 15kW. All 12 sets of servo motors, drives...

Videos

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Cobot Palletizing System

ONExia demonstrates its PalletizHD robotic palletizing system available with three cobot types—a 20kg Doosan cobot, a UR10 Universal Robot, and a CRX cobot from Fanuc.
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Cobot Bin Picking System

Applied Controls showcases its cobot bin picking systems using Universal Robots' ActiNav system with a UR5 cobot.
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Universal Robots/Robotiq Integrated Palletizing System

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021, Universal Robots and partner company Robotiq demonstrated its new palletizing system for end of line packaging systems.
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Pneumatic Function Integration on One Controller

Though Festo first released its Motion Terminal two years ago, it continues to develop software upgrades that expand its range of capabilities.