A recent report from the firm Frost & Sullivan on the integrated motor and drive market in Europe got me thinking about issues beyond the forecast itself. First, the specifics. The reports anticipates an annual growth rate for the European integrated motor and drive market of 12.1% from 2010 to 2017. The growth is being […]
Editor Blogs
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.
3 Minutes on Motion for January 31, 2011
Senior Editor Miles Budimir highlights some of the week’s new motion control products, including a linear position transducer from Balluff, a BLDC speed controller from LIN Engineering, and motors for oil and gass exploration from Ducommun Technologies.
Miles on Motion Episode No. 5 – Feedback Devices
Senior Motion Control editor, Miles Budimir, explains the processes of feedback devices and the difference between sensors and encoders.
Miles on Motion Episode No. 4
In this episode Miles looks at the two most common motors used in motion control operations.
Miles on Motion Episode No. 3 Miles discusses AC & DC drives.
Miles On Motion No. 2
In this episode Miles looks at the basics of motion controllers and motion profiles.
Miles on Motion No. 1
Miles Budimir is site editor for the vertical motion-control community within the Design World Network. Miles has a background in electrical engineering, and is also currently a professor of engineering ethics at Cleveland State University.
Top 25 most searched for terms for March 2009
Here are the top 25 most popular terms for March 2009 as deteremed by user searches.