Greenville, Del. – Servo2Go.com has just added Galil Motion Control’s New Econo Series Motion Controller with Ethernet & Onboard Servo Drive, the CDS-3310, to its broad range of high-performance cost-effective Ethernet-based motion controllers. Galil Motion Control recently released the CDS-3310 single-axis controller and drive system designed to provide high performance and precise control of a […]
High Speed, High Force, Sub-micron Positioning, Voice Coil Stage Features 20 mm Aperture
Sunnyvale, Calif. – Equipment Solutions’ VCS-2020 Voice Coil Stage features a 20 mm diameter aperture, 20 mm (0.7874 in.) travel, and sub-micron (1.1811 10-6 in.) positioning resolution. An integrated Analog position feedback sensor assures 100 nanometer (3.937 10-6 in.) repeatability. The cross-roller voice-coil stages are self contained, compact, and can be mounted in a horizontal […]
ATEX-Rated High-Temperature Hazardous Location Positioner from Exlar
Chanhassen, Minn. – Exlar’s EXP-24 Positioner conforms to both ATEX (Directive 94/9/EC) and CSA regulations for explosion-proof applications, and can be used to control most of the company’s three-phase linear and rotary actuators, including the EL100 linear and ER115 rotary actuators. Housed in an IP66-rated enclosure, the Exlar EXP-24 Positioner integrates a fully featured 24VDC […]
20 New Accessories for WAGO’s TOPJOB®S Terminal Block Line
Germantown, Wis. – Twenty accessories, including WAGO-exclusive models, have joined WAGO’s TOPJOB®S Terminal Block family. The accessories include Modular Connectors, Vertical Jumpers, Colored Jumpers and Component Plugs. Modular Connectors, Push-in Jumper Slot Connectors and exclusive Conductor Entry Connectors can be configured for test harnesses or serve as permanent pluggable connectors. TOPJOB®S terminal blocks have an […]
New Speed Connect Quick Release Mechanism from Siemens
Atlanta, Ga. – Siemens Industry, Inc. announces Speed Connect, a new quick release mechanism that protects against vibration shakeout on its Motion-Connect® line of power and signal cables. Motion-Connect cables are offered as standard on all Siemens motion control systems. The Speed Connect release simplifies installation and changeover, even in very restricted space applications. No […]
Balluff Introduces Analog I/O for IO-Link
Florence, Ky. – Balluff’s line of IO-Link Analog Plugs lets users easily integrate analog I/O at an overall cost savings. By placing the IP67 Analog Plug between the standard analog field device and the Balluff IO-Link Master/Proxy, the plug converts the analog signal to a 14-bit resolution IO-Link signal, eliminating the need for an expensive […]
Enhanced Harmonic Linear Belt Drive Actuators from OEMDynamics
Santa Clara, Cal. – OEMDynamics, a division of Animatics Corporation, announces enhanced features on the HLD60-H3 actuator. Enhanced features include no gearheads required, which saves money and reduces maintenance, and no brake required in many vertical applications. Due to its unique harmonic principle, the H3 belt achieves a gear reduction equivalent of up to 40:1 […]
New Bearing Material for Food Industry from igus
East Providence, RI –igus now offers an FDA-compliant bearing material that is blue in color for easier detection. igus’ new iglide A350 polymer plain bearing material is highly wear-resistant and can handle long-term temperatures up to 356°F, making it ideal for applications in the food, packaging and bottle-filling industries. The iglide A350 delivers low coefficients […]
This Week in Motion – February 7, 2011
Senior Editor Miles Budimir highlights some of the week’s new motion control products with a focus this week on encoders. Specifically, a 27-bit encoder from Renishaw, an inductive rotary encoder from Heidenhain, and magnetostrictive sensors from MTS Systems.
MotorSolve v2.5 Electric Machine Design Software from Infolytica
Montreal, QC – Infolytica Corporation announces the latest release of MotorSolve, the company’s electric machine design software. MotorSolve v2.5 features a host of improvements to the template modeling engine, results charts, and the user interface as well as a new online documentation resource. The improvements to the template library include a new interior/exterior wound rotor […]