Stepper motors power Open Date’s thermal transfer printer

UK-based Open Date Equipment (www.opendate.co.uk) is proud to announce the release of its Thermocode iQ thermal transfer printer.“The iQ has advantages in both print accuracy and reduced operating costs compared with other machines, while maintaining the speed and precision associated with more expensive models. It is designed to operate with... [Read more]

Endress+Hauser releases Analytical Platform

Endress+Hauser (www.endress.com) has unveiled the Liquiline CM442 – a 4-wire, 2-parameter transmitter intended for analytical sensing applications. The transmitter receives data from two sensors and then measures any combination of several parameters such as turbidity/suspended solids, SAC (UV254), nitrate, dissolved oxygen, ISE, chlorine, pH/ORP,... [Read more]

Kors Engineering introduces PleXML with PLCs

Kors Engineering (www.korsengineering.com) is proud to announce that it has concluded the integration of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) with the company’s PleXML tool for industrial machines at Marwood Metal Fabrication, Ltd. (www.marwoodmetal.com), which results in improved quality, enhanced customer satisfaction and lowered cost.Kors Engineering... [Read more]

New Egg-Bot Kit uses motion control

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (www.evilmadscientist.com), in collaboration with Bruce Shapiro, Brian Schmalz and Ben Trombley, revealed the latest Egg-Bot – a machine that can draw on spherical or egg-shaped surfaces with incredible precision.The kit is comprised of a chassis, pen-lifting servo motors, two stepping motors, USB cable, a power supply,... [Read more]

Can Automotion releases Automotive Test Platform

CAN Automotion (www.canautomotion.com.au) is proud to announce the release of the Automotive Test Platform (ATP) – a powerful hardware platform with interfaces for every conventional fieldbus system.The ATP helps users who are involved in a specific application software development or the automotive industry but don’t have the relevant target... [Read more]

Ampion Industrial performs servo motor repair, mechanical repair services

Ampion Industrial Servo & Controls Repair Inc. (www.repairservo.com) is a well-established repair company that specializes in Servo Drive Repair USA & Canada, Servo Motor Repair USA, Industrial Repair Services USA & Canada, and Industrial Automation Repairs Canada. The company assures its customers of someone to call 24/7 if their servo... [Read more]

Delta’s Curve Tool Makes Complex Motion Profiles Easier

Delta Computer Systems, Inc. announces the Curve Tool feature that delivers graphical ease-of-use to the custom motion and camming profiles. The Curve Tool is now available in Delta’s RMC70 single- and dual-axis and RMC150 multi-axis motion controllers. For more information, download the RMCTools software and also view a video at http://deltamotion.com/curvetoolvideo.The... [Read more]

Haydon’s PCM4806 IDEA drive for can stack linear actuators

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc. (www.HaydonKerk.com) has unveiled the new Haydon RoHS compliant PCM4806 IDEA™ programmable linear actuator drive – the latest addition to the IDEA Drive family of products. The new drive is optimized to regulate low-current power stage suited for controlling smaller Haydon’s can-stack linear actuators. With the... [Read more]

Heason Technology’s Thomson Micron Gearhead Express for fast planetary gearhead delivery

Heason Technology Ltd (www.heason.com) has unveiled an expanded Thomson Micron Gearhead Express program – a 24/7 build-and-dispatch service for US manufacturers’ wide array of TRUE series planetary gearheads. Expanded to more than 250 size and ratio combinations, the program is available in the United Kingdom through Heason Tech, ensuring faster... [Read more]

IBAG introduces new rotary coupling system for turret style CNC lathes

IBAG North America (http://www.ibagnorthamerica.com/) is proud to introduce a new rotary coupling system that enables the use of Micro Line high-speed spindles in turret style machines.The new rotary coupling provides support for all pneumatic and electrical requirements for high-speed spindles, with other models available to support either 4 or 2... [Read more]

High Torque Hybrid Stepper Motors from Applied Motion Products

Greenville, Del. – Servo2Go announces a new NEMA 24 frame series of high torque hybrid stepper motors. Manufactured by Applied Motion Products (AMP), the HT24 motors are a new frame size stepper motor offering up to 30% more torque than the previous HT23 series in a similar package size. The only significant difference in size between an HT23 and... [Read more]

Bosch Rexroth Launches New Linear Motion Resource Center

Hoffman Estates, Ill. –– Bosch Rexroth, the Drive & Control company, has launched a new online Linear Motion Resource Center, providing Rexroth linear motion customers with easy access to its most popular linear motion resources. The site features product configuration tools, technical documents, product updates and other useful information... [Read more]

Rattunde’s new Integrated Sawing/Machining Center

Rattunde (www.rattunde-corp.com) has unveiled the ACS+CFMcurve Integrated Sawing and Machining Center, which makes use of servo motors, custom-developed software and sophisticated electronics to control the saw blade throughout the cutting process. A proprietary sawing algorithm generates the fastest saw cutting time, longest saw blade life and best... [Read more]

EPSON Robots unveils open-architecture PC based workcell controller

EPSON Robots (www.robots.epson.com) is proud to introduce the new RC620+ – the company’s fourth generation open-architecture PC based workcell controller. This high-performance controller provides the ultimate experience of extreme ease of use with the EPSON RC+ development software. The powerful RC620+, which leads the industry in PC-based controls... [Read more]

Delta introduces ASDA-A2 Series AC servo drive and servo motor in India

Delta Group (www.deltaww.com) is proud to launch its advanced ASDA-A2 series of servo drives and servo motors for network communication and motion control in India. As the motion control’s current trend is to position the control command source near the drive, Delta designed the new series to provide excellent motion control without the need for external... [Read more]

maxon motor Expands Line of Industrial Type Brushed DC Motors

maxon motor is expanding its existing range of industrial type versions with the addition of two new motor sizes with IP54 protection rating as well as mounting brakes. The two powerful and mechanically commutated DC motors, with output powers of 200 and 250 watts are protected on the commutation side with sealed aluminum housing. The cable outputs... [Read more]

New EZ Limo Motorized Linear & Rotary Actuators from Oriental Motor

Oriental Motor USA has introduced four new linear motor driver packages to its already wide range of linear and rotary actuators. Designed for higher performance in positioning applications and greater ease of use, each of the four new packages –SPV, EZC II, EZA and PWA II, accommodates a wide array of possible applications as well as simplicity in... [Read more]

33A-WX Permanent Magnet DC Gearmotor from Bodine

The new WX gearhead is now available with two 33A permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motors. The WX is a high-torque gearhead built to provide longer life and higher performance than similar gearmotors in the same size range. These gearmotors are designed to drive applications such as conveyor systems, packaging equipment, metering pumps, medical devices,... [Read more]

Acuity unveils new ISS Intelligent Servo System

Acuity Technologies Inc. (www.acuitytx.com/) has unveiled its ISS line of Intelligent Servo System at the recently held AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2010. The servos are especially designed as compact sealed actuators for remotely and autonomous controlled vehicles in marine, surface, aerospace and industrial robotic applications.Available... [Read more]

Inmoco introduces new digital servo drive

Inmoco (www.inmoco.com) is pleased to introduce Extriq Panther, an addition to its Elmo Extriq range of compact digital servo drive products designed for specialized applications in extreme conditions.The Panther can operate from a very high-voltage power source, even without a transformer, and using a direct-to-mains connection to a 750V DC or 400V... [Read more]

Rotalink’s low-cost absolute encoders with ovoid gearboxes

Rotalink (www.rotalink.com) has unveiled an innovative low-priced absolute encoder with ovoid style gearboxes. This compact encoder is directly fitted to the output shaft’s rear side to measure the load position and it is available for single-turn 360° rotation or multi-turn versions of up to 32,000 revolutions. The absolute encoder uses highly reliable... [Read more]

Henniker Scientific introduces CLAM II Magnetron Sputter Deposition System

Henniker Scientific (www.henniker-scientific.com) is proud to announce the release of CLAM II, the company’s flagship R&D sputtering system. This motorized CLAM opening provides full, unobstructed access for the easiest possible service and maintenance operations.The new system has UHV construction with a differentially pumped CLAM seal that... [Read more]

Square1’s Servo Integrated Controller revolutionizes the Meyers pulse wave modulation

Square1 Energy Incorporated has unveiled the Hydro-Maxx Servo Integrated Controller – a new digital technology that can save a great amount of power to produce high volumes of hydroxy gas (HHO). This patent-pending controller is meant for use with any hydroxy system. It revolutionizes the “Meyers Symmetrical Pulse Mode” Concept by placing... [Read more]

GAO Embedded unveils low-voltage servo motors driver

GAO Embedded (www.GAOEmbedded.com) is proud to introduce the new low-voltage servo motor driver intended for high-performance DMC systems. Based on the TMS320F2812 DSP from Texas Instruments (www.ti.com), the servo motor driver is part of a fast and reliable servo motor driver solution that comprises three parts: the LVD (driver part), the IB2812 (interface... [Read more]

Kokoro introduces Actroid F with servo motors

Tokyo–based entertainment company Kokoro (www.kokoro-dreams.co.jp) is proud to announce the release of an uncannily life-like fembot that calls itself “Actroid F”, which is almost an exact replica of a human female model introduced in April, the Geminoid F.Kokoro has collaborated with Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University to create feminine... [Read more]