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Medical applications benefit from precision encoders

December 4, 2018 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Encoders are essential to accurate positioning in most motion systems, particularly where high precision is most needed. For instance, applications like semiconductor manufacturing with nanometer precision, or medical applications where there is virtually no room for error, because that could mean the difference between life and death. Designers of medical equipment are able to use […]

Filed Under: Encoders, FAQs + basics, Featured, Motion Casebook Tagged With: HEIDENHAIN

Casebook example: Programmable AutoMet grinder-polishers by Buehler for high-throughput manufacturing

December 1, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

ITW company Buehler now offers AutoMet semi-automatic grinder-polishers.  The AutoMet 250, AutoMet 250 Pro and AutoMet 300 Pro grinder-polishers are ideal for customers in material testing or demanding environments needing to process a high volume of samples. They feature a brand-new intuitive touch screen interface that is simple to learn and quick to operate. The […]

Filed Under: Motion Casebook

How a supercharger (blower) works: New animation from Ogura

December 1, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Ogura Industrial has created a new animation showing how a supercharger (air blower) works. Many people are familiar with the term supercharger from the automotive world … but are unaware of the many other uses of these high-performance units. For design engineers who have wondered, a new three-minute animation provides a quick understanding of how […]

Filed Under: Integrated Motion Systems, Motion Casebook

Geared stepper motors drive movements of Breakfast Brixel moving architectural wall

November 13, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

A new architectural wall called the Breakfast Brixel is making some installations more dynamic. The system is built from dozens of digitally controlled rotating bricks that act as pixels to create waves, stripes, and undulating shapes on the moving walls. Brixel installations can even run customizable artwork and facades to evolve in response to real-time […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT, Motion Casebook

HMI simplifies setup of robot-assisted automation for one integrator

November 12, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Integrator Inovatech Automation recently decided they were spending too much time programming expensive HMI and PLC platforms, so contacted Pro-Face America for help. The integrator needed an HMI capable of universal robot and I/O-Link integration, legal for Inovatech Automation branding, and easy to program. “I was apprehensive at first because we have a lot of […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, HMIs, Industrial Automation, Motion Casebook, PLCs + PACs

Conveyors with direct-drive motors offer key advantages to Pa. facility

November 11, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

American Axle Manufacturing (AAM) is increasing the functionality of its St. Mary’s, Pa. manufacturing operations with conveyors sporting advanced drive technology. Small yet powerful direct-drive motors from Electric Torque Machines actuate Dorner conveyors that move small parts around the AAM facility. AAM designs, engineers, validates, and manufactures an array of driveline, metal-forming, powertrain, and casting […]

Filed Under: AC Motors, Conveyors + linear transport systems, Featured, Motion Casebook, Motors Tagged With: Dorner

Digital printing pairs with a machine capable of handling its varied output

November 11, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

VITS International makes sheeting and finishing machines for packaging, printing, and converting. The OEM saw the digital-printing market needed finishing capable of commercial production speeds. So VITS designed and built the SPRINT Variable Data Finisher with a Bosch Rexroth drive and control platform to meet the demand. Digital inkjet printers can execute output comparable to […]

Filed Under: Controls, Drives + Supplies, Featured, Motion Casebook, Servo Drives Tagged With: boschrexroth

PC-based control on industrial sheet-metal presses — a Casebook example

November 11, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Sheet-metal workcells can deliver higher-quality parts in greater quantities than traditional builds when designed with centralized PC-based control and EtherCAT connectivity. That’s especially true of deep-drawing press applications (shown below) where modular hardware and software from Beckhoff maximize throughput and minimize tolerances. To review, deep drawing is the process by which sheet metal is placed […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, Motion Casebook, PC-Based Controllers

Programmable encoder saves a tradeshow demo for a robotic-gripper manufacturer

October 26, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Just before the recent Pack Expo 2018 in Chicago, Soft Robotics Inc., manufacturer of soft robotic gripping and automation solutions, had a brand-new show-demonstration workcell go down. That prompted one of the company’s engineers to reach out to Encoder Products Co. exhibiting in another McCormick Place hall to get the demo working again. “We had […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Featured, Motion Casebook Tagged With: encoderproductsco

Brushless dc motors for industrial power tools: Comparison of options including slotless motor variations

June 5, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Industrial power tools have operating profiles that differ from those of most other motor-driven applications. That’s why motors that go into these tools need specialized designs. By Thomas Baile, Business Development Manager | Portescap Most electric-motor-driven designs demand torque for the entirety of their motion. In contrast, power tools for fastening, gripping, and cutting applications […]

Filed Under: Brushless Motors, DC Motors, Featured, Industrial Automation, Motion Casebook, Motors Tagged With: Portescap

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