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Connections + Sliprings

Power over Ethernet (PoE) and M12 connectors in motion designs

July 7, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Though the internet of things is most visible to laymen in consumer devices, the IIoT is massive. The majority of applications are in business, factory, and healthcare settings … and more than a third of the nearly $6 trillion IoT market is in manufacturing. Connectivity is the basis of all this IIoT — providing the […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Controls, Featured, Fieldbuses, I/O, Industry News, Integrated Motion Systems, Networking + IoT Tagged With: helukabel, lapp, opto22

What is Ecolab certification for automation components?

June 24, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

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In applications that involve wet or humid environments — especially those in the food and beverage industry — a component’s IP (International Protection) rating for ingress of dust and water is an important factor in its selection. But even if a component is rated as dust-proof and protected against the forceful water jets used during washdown […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured, Sensors + Vision

Part 3: Trends in Ethernet, PoE, IO-Link, HIPERFACE, and single-cable solutions

June 10, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

As we explored in Part 1 and Part 2 of this six-part series, machine designs are evolving with wireless connectivity, cloud-based operations, and open programming. In this installment, we explore how Ethernet has continued its expansion in industrial connectivity. We also detail increasingly useful cable types for IO-Link and HIPERFACE … as well as cross-network […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Encoders, Featured, Fieldbuses, I/O, Industrial Automation, Networking + IoT, Software Tagged With: appliedmotionproducts, cclink, Exlar of Curtiss-Wright, igus, mitsubishi

Electric slip rings: 5 things to know about brushes, voltage drops, and noise mitigation

December 27, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Here we outline five things to know about electrical slip rings and their brushes, voltage drops, and noise mitigation. Also be sure to check out the FAQs: What are slip rings and why do some motors use them? and What’s the difference between electromechanical and fiber-optic slip rings? 1. The three main brush technologies in electric […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured

Standard versus custom slip rings — and inductive, capacitive, wetted mercury variations

December 23, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Slip-ring variations abound — and the advanced components come in bore sizes from half an inch to many feet in diameter — for medical-imaging machines designed to service livestock, for example. But options go beyond mere scale. So how do OEMs and design engineers choose between standard and custom options … and what are other […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured Tagged With: deublin

Where are slip rings used? Common markets and applications

December 22, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Slip rings excel in myriad designs that include a rotating base or platform — including industrial equipment such as index tables, winders, and automated welders. Wind turbines are another key application — as are medical applications for MRI and CT imaging. Slip rings also work at the pivot point of closed-circuit security cameras. Slip rings […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured, Integrated Motion Systems Tagged With: deublin

New hybrid cable from igus handles both power and feedback signals

December 20, 2018 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The new CF280.UL.H cable from igus is a hybrid servo cable offered as an expansion to the chainflex line of cables for moving applications. The flexible cable can deliver motor power and feedback functions through a single cable. Hybrid cable technology was introduced by drive manufacturers to streamline their cable connections to eliminate the encoder […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Networking + IoT Tagged With: igus

What’s the difference between electric and fiber-optic slip rings?

December 19, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Design engineers identify the need for a slip ring in the very first stages of the design process — as usually there are no viable alternative solutions. Of course, while engineers know near the beginning of the design process whether they need a slip ring, the slip-ring design details are usually developed and finalized with […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, FAQs + basics, Featured Tagged With: deublin

Electrical power and signals through a slip ring: Where do they go?

December 18, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Slip rings — also called electric swivels, collector rings, and rotary electrical joints — are electromagnetic devices of electromechanical, fiber-optic, or even non-contacting inductance and capacitance subtypes that transmit power and data signals between a rotating machine segment and a stationary segment. Of course, power transmission is associated with higher voltage and higher current than […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Featured, Networking + IoT Tagged With: deublin

Software tools streamline cable design, management

December 11, 2018 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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A critical but sometimes overlooked component, cables come in a variety of customized versions to meet specific application requirements. Cable properties such as the number of solid conductors or wire strands for transmitting power to motors as well as feedback to and from controllers and sensors are an example of what designers must consider when […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, I/O, Motion Casebook Tagged With: zuken

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