For this week’s Design World Technology Tuesdays Podcast, I spoke with Don Labriola, P.E., President of QuickSilver Controls, Inc., about hybrid stepper motors and the concept of microstepping error, including the role stiction plays in stepper motor performance. Click below to listen to this week’s podcast.
The push and pull of rare-earth magnets
Much of the world’s sophisticated high-tech electronic products would not be possible without the use of so-called rare-earth materials. In the industrial world, modern, high-power electric motors rely on powerful magnetic materials for their power density edge. Traditionally, these motors have incorporated rare-earth magnets such as neodymium iron boron (NdFeB). Recently, prices of rare-earth materials […]
Laser-based distance sensor with measuring range up to 5 m
The new Optical Sensor LT5000 from SIKO is suitable for measuring distances of up to 5,000 mm. The sensor works with a laser light based on Time-of-Flight technology. The distance is determined by a pulsating laser light emitted from the sensor head and reflected back from the object at the distance being measured. The distance […]
Precise speed control reduces glass imperfections
Glaston America, a manufacturer of glass tempering ovens based in New Jersey, recently selected the Unidrive M family of variable speed drives from Emerson Industrial Automation USA LLC to improve the quality of its products. The company’s biggest customer is Cardinal IG, a manufacturer of residential glass. To ensure its glass tempering ovens meet the […]
The top 5 posts of 2014
‘tis that time of year again when people become reflective, looking back over the old year while looking forward to the new one ahead. So in the spirit of year-end reviews, we thought we’d take a look back at the most popular posts from motioncontroltips.com in 2014. Here are the 5 posts that you clicked […]
GUI supports new CUI encoder series
CUI Inc.’s AMT Viewpoint Graphical User Interface (GUI) supports the recently released AMT11 incremental and AMT31 commutation encoder series. The AMT family is a rugged, high accuracy encoder based on CUI’s proprietary capacitive encoder platform. Thanks to the unique technology, AMT encoders are not susceptible to contaminants that typically plague encoders in industrial environments. Additionally, […]
Leine & Linde 600 Series Encoders Now Offer EtherCAT Option
Leine & Linde’s ISA and IHA 600 series of solid shaft and hollow-shaft absolute rotary encoders are optimized for process and machine control in the harsh environments found in steel, mining and energy industries. EtherCAT is one of the latest networking technologies to be used for process or equipment control in these applications, and Leine […]
EMERF recognizes Dan Jones with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Electric Motor Education and Research Foundation (EMERF), part of SMMA – The Motor & Motion Association, recently recognized Daniel B. Jones, Incremotion Associates Inc., with their Outstanding Contributions to the Electric Machines Industry award. John Calico, Senior Research Engineer, Moog Components Group, and EMERF President, presented the award at a dinner on Wednesday November […]
QuickSilver extends Mosolver line to NEMA 17 frame
QuickSilver Controls, Inc. has extended their patented Mosolver (motor + resolver) technology into the compact NEMA 17 frame format. The Mosolver sensor provides 32,000 counts of position information using a compact polyamide sensor coil placed within the stator opposite the rotor. The sensor is protected by the motor structure and does not need a separate […]
The Robot Revolution: The Promise and Peril of Robotics
2014 may very well be the year of the robot. Why? Looking back, this was the year that robots not only became more visible in the consumer world but also became more prevalent in the industrial world as well. Of course, robots have been a part of industry for decades. What’s new is that robots […]