Omron Automation now offers an array of Sysmac library functions on its expanded Sysmac Studio integrated development environment. One is a set of weighing-system Function Blocks to let engineers easily design weighing tasks using load cells. More after the jump. The Function Blocks eliminate the complicated programming usually required to communicate with weighing indicators and […]
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Oriental Motor offers Brother Gearmotors NEMA 56C speed reducers
Oriental Motor now sells Brother Gearmotors NEMA 56C speed reducers — high-strength and maintenance-free reducers that can mount in any direction with a slip-fit O ring design. Low to high reduction ratios, flange mount or foot mount types, right angle or hollow shaft right-angle types are available. Fit NEMA 56C ac motors, brushless dc motors and brushed dc motors. The gear […]
GAM expands U.S. manufacturing and introduces one-week delivery for gearboxes and couplings
GAM Enterprises, a U.S. owned and operated company announces the expansion of their U.S. manufacturing operations. It also introduces a 1-week quick delivery program for gearboxes and couplings. With a goal aimed to improve delivery and overall customer satisfaction, GAM established full U.S. manufacturing at its headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois. More after the jump. GAM […]
FAQ: How do drives for switched-reluctance motors work?
Switched-reluctance motors are stepmotors that accept power to their stators (instead of their rotors) to use output mechanical force through the use of reluctance. This is magnetomotive force to magnetic flux. Switched-reluctance motors use drives that differ from those that pair with other stepper motors. That’s because switched-reluctance motors have nonlinear magnetic behavior … but output high […]
Conveyor manufacturer Dorner appoints new territory manager for Georgia and Florida
Jon Schadeberg has been appointed a Territory Manager covering the states of Georgia and Florida for conveyor manufacturer Dorner Mfg. Corp. In this newly created sales position with Dorner, Schadeberg will be working with sales channel partners and key accounts to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business. In June 2015, Schadeberg began his […]
Brother Gearmotors Website Introduces 3D CAD Drawings of 1-3 Horsepower Gearmotors
Brother Gearmotors now offers 3D Computer-aided Design (CAD) drawings of its 1-3 horsepower gearmotors on the company’s website. With the new online tool, customers can easily access and search Brother Gearmotors’ product catalog, using 3D technology to pan, zoom and rotate images of the 1-3 HP gearmotors. Offering realistic, high quality visuals and details, the […]
FAQ: What is dynamic braking and when is it used?
When a motor is in an overhauling condition—that is, the load is moving faster than the designated motor speed—the motor acts as a generator and produces electrical energy from mechanical energy. This electrical energy, however, needs somewhere to go, and the most common way of dealing with its release is through dynamic braking. How dynamic […]
App turns Apple iOS devices into professional vibration measurement tools
ACE Controls’ new VibroChecker PRO native iOS app turns iPhones and iPads into professional vibration and impact measuring devices. The mobile app gives users a high-performance, lightweight alternative to more costly systems. The VibroChecker app from Ace Controls uses the acceleration sensors, gyroscopes and microphones integrated in the iPhone and iPad to measure vibrations on machines and components within a […]
Opto 22 announces availability of Node-RED
Industrial automation manufacturer and Internet of Things platform developer Opto 22 announced immediate availability of Node-RED nodes for its industrial programmable automation controllers, significantly decreasing IIoT application development time and complexity. These Node-RED nodes for PACs make it easier to prototype and develop applications for connecting physical assets to cloud applications. Rapid IIoT Application Prototyping […]
Direct drive rotary servo tables fitted with absolute encoders
IntelLiDrives now offers a new series of low-profile PSR300MHS-ABS tables — large-center-aperture direct-drive rotary servo tables fitted with absolute encoders. Benefits of absolute encoders and direct drives in rotary servo tables The major advantage of an absolute encoder over an incremental encoder is that the absolute encoders keep track of position at all times —and provides position as soon as the system gets power. […]