In a recent exchange with Omron Automation and Safety, we got the chance to speak with three industry experts in the field of motion controllers and industrial PC-based motion control: S.R. Ramadurai — product marketing manager, Controls for Automation Greg Dieck — product manager, Motion Control and Drives Clark Kromenaker — product manager, HMIs, IPCs, […]
Steve Meyer on the history of motion control and PC-based control
Recently, our regular contributor Steve Meyer spoke to us about the history of motion control and how PC-based control came to be. Here’s what he said. In the Industrial Revolution, machinery was mechanical. Production looms for weaving fabrics and floor coverings were programmed with mechanical memory in the form of hard stops and pins to make sizes […]
WITTENSTEIN Inc. Online Service Portal: IoT function in the form of personalized product information
Now there’s one-click access to documentation, service requests and more for WITTENSTEIN alpha gearheads. In another industry first, WITTENSTEIN Inc. has launched a new Online Service Portal that provides OEMs and end users with personalized product information in minutes. All of the LP model planetary gearheads (produced at WITTENSTEIN’s North American headquarters in Illinois) now feature […]
KBAC hybrid motor drive rated for 5 hp at 230 Vac (and 10 at 460 Vac)
New hybrid motor drives from KB Electronics are NEMA 4X — IP65 hybrid drives … digital drives with analog interfaces. • Model KBAC-217 is rated 5 hp and operates from a 230 Vac line. • Model KBAC-416 is rated 10HP and operates from a 460 VAC line. The drives are housed in a rugged NEMA 4X / IP65 die-cast […]
Encoder Products Company’s New Online 3D configurator now available
Encoder Products Co. now offers a new online 3D Configurator tool for their most popular encoder models. The 3D Configurator lets users customize select encoders to fit the desired application, including packaging, robotics, motors, or any other application where motion control is needed. The 3D Configurator interface is intuitive and works in any web browser for […]
ACE Controls: New website has engineering tools
ACE Controls, a leading supplier of deceleration and motion controls, has launched a suite of engineering tools related to industrial shock absorbers, vibration control, gas shock size and safety. These tools are part of a new ACE Controls website relaunch. The site’s calculation program makes sizing ACE product easy. By entering some basic technical information […]
Motion control technologies you missed at MD&M West
Last week, many of us with motioncontroltips.com and Design World headed to MD&M West 2016 colocated with the ATX West show in Anaheim, Calif. The Internet of Things (IoT) still leads much industry buzz, as does the idea of increasingly smart and connected components and the unabated rise of automation — in the medical industry and elsewhere. My colleagues Paul Heney, Mary Gannon, and Danielle Collins covered many […]
GAM SPH Flange planetary gearbox: Backlash less than 3 arcmin
GAM, a manufacturer of high precision gear reducers, servo couplings, and linear mounting kits, introduces the SPH Flange planetary gearbox. The SPH Flange (SPH-F) is the first high performance inline flange gearbox from GAM. Based around high precision helical gear technology, the SPH Flange is produced to the elevated standard of quality and reliability customers […]
Oriental Motor introduces new KIIS Series three-phase standard ac motors in 200 W
Oriental Motor USA now sells a new 200 watt (1/4 HP) KIIS Series three-phase standard AC motor with hypoid gear and terminal box. The new 200 W (1/4 HP) motor joins the 60 W (1/12 HP) and 100 W (1/8 HP) family and continues the KIIS Series advantages and with an all new motor design, focusing […]
Download the PDF: Metal shims brochure from SPIROL
A new brochure from SPIROL details the breadth of the SPIROL metal shims product line … as well as value-added services and quality certifications. Download the shims brochure at this spirolshims.com deep link — www.spirolshims.com/SPIROL-Precision-Metal-Shims-brochure_us.pdf. SPIROL specializes in quick turnaround delivery of precision-engineered shims ranging from simple OD/ID shapes to complex geometries — particularly in low to medium volumes. […]