QuickSilver Solves Tightening Applications

The most common tightening applications are caps or nuts. These types of applications require accurate control of torque and position to avoid stripping, under tightening, over tightening, missing bottles, cross-threading, and mechanical jams.QuickSilver’s programmable single axis servo motor controller can be pre-loaded with the expected/nominal... [Read more]

Bison Gear’s VWDIR20 Parallel Shaft AC Gearmotor

St. Charles, IL -  A new parallel shaft AC gearmotor available in eight standard models is the latest addition to the expanding Von Weise Drop-In Replacement gearmotor line of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. The new VWDIR20 AC gearmotors feature 1/4 horsepower (186 watts) 115V, 60 Hz split phase electric motors. The compact, integral gear reducers... [Read more]

Programmable Incremental Encoders

DAYTON, OH – SICK|STEGMANN’s DFS 60 Incremental Encoders are now available in fully programmable versions to accommodate any value from 1 to 65,536 pulses per revolution – something no other encoder in the market today can claim. With the help of a simple programming tool, users, system integrators and distributors are able to select any number... [Read more]

Industrial C-face AC Motors

AutomationDirect’s IronHorse™ general purpose AC motor line now includes the industrial duty cast iron C-face style.Available in 1 to 100 hp, all motors have a base speed of 1800 RPM and are electrically reversible. The TC frame TEFC motors feature ribbed cast iron frames to ensure maximum cooling. Starting at $130, these motors are ideal in conveyor,... [Read more]

PMD Prodigy® Motion Cards

Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA — Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) announces its latest advancement in the Prodigy family of motion cards, which now provides machine designers the capability to download and run motion programs directly on Prodigy cards. This new capability off-loads the PC host and increases the flexibility to distribute motion... [Read more]

Beijer Electronics Launches HMI I/O Controller

Developed by Beijer Electronics, this new I/O module enables easy interfacing with Beijer Electronics’ HMI and allows the user to implement simple monitoring and automation tasks without the need of a PLC. The HMI I/O Controller is an easy-to-install and cost effective solution. The compact new HMI I/O Controller is specially developed for the plus... [Read more]

Advanced Motion Controls Boost Wafer Handling Efficiency

BlueShift Technologies recently debuted its QuickLink™ vacuum wafer-handling system. It is configured with linear, linkable architecture that provides OEMs a competitive edge over conventional radial systems. The system offers a common vacuum platform for a variety of tools and process applications. One of the greatest challenges in developing this... [Read more]

Reciprocating Linear Motion Drive

Aston, PA — The Amacoil/Uhing model RG linear drive features mechanical control over travel direction and linear speed eliminating the need for an electronic control system. Reversal of travel direction is automatic regardless of the speed or rotational direction of the shaft. Length of travel is increased or decreased using manually set end stops.... [Read more]

Bison Gear’s Inverter Duty Gearmotors

St. Charles, IL – Electric motors consume from 63% to 70% of the electricity used in American manufacturing. However, most motor efficiency efforts to date have focused on less than 10% of the total electric motor population: those motors greater than one horsepower. In response to customer desires to increase efficiency in equipment employing... [Read more]

ThinGap’s TGB1612 Brush Motor

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA – ThinGap LLC announces the TGB1612 brush motor for industrial, professional, and portable tools. From an especially compact package size the TGB1612 delivers high torque and high shaft output making it an ideal solution for a wide range of heavy-duty applications.“The compact TGB1612 brush motor delivers rapid acceleration... [Read more]

GE Fanuc Announces Profibus Addition to 8000 Process I/O

Charlottesville, VA — GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announces the availability of a new Profibus-DP Bus Interface Module for its line of industry-leading 8000 General Purpose and Intrinsically Safe I/O.The new Profibus BIM supports the pass through of HART variable and status data with 8-channel HART AI or... [Read more]

JenCNC Introduces Automatic Master/Slave X-Axis Gantry Control

JenCNC is written specifically for Animatics SmartMotors™ providing true robust CNC control for the Automation Marketplace. JenCNC now provides control of X, Y, Z and A (rotary or auxiliary axis) and an additional X-Slave Axis. Often times, in wide X-Y axis gantry machines, it is more effective to have two X-Axis motors one on either side of a gantry.... [Read more]

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms’ PACMotion™ Certified in Compliance with PLCopen

Charlottesville, VA – GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announces that it has received certificates of compliance from PLCopen, the independent organization that focuses on the harmonization of control programming around IEC 61131-2. PLCopen represents various industries and seeks to drive more efficiency in industrial... [Read more]

VRAL Heavy-duty Servo Reducer

Itasca, IL – Shimpo Drives is proud to announce the introduction of its new servo speed reducer product, the Able VRAL Series.Offered in concentric shaft, with a maximum 5 arc-min backlash rating, the VRAL is Shimpo’s heavy-duty servo reducer product. The VRAL offers long life with high duty ratings and impressive output torque. VRAL is also the... [Read more]