by William L. Winterbauer, Ph.D., Principal Engineer, QED Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. The U.S. military has demanding requirements for the hardware it needs. Take, for instance, a set of gearboxes built by Excel Gear Inc., Roscoe, Ill, (excelgear.com) for missile launchers on the U.S. Navy’s new DDG1000 series of ships. The gearboxes are drive elements […]
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Tritex™ II Series Electric Actuators
Chanhassen, MN—Exlar announces the Tritex™ II Series electric actuators, offering 1500 Watt, AC powered operation and digital position control within a single, space-saving housing. These actuators combine a brushless servomotor with either rotary or linear (output) actuation, assembling all elements into a compact, sealed housing for demanding environments. With their built-in mechanical converters, Tritex II […]
Reduce the Number of Cables
by Alexander Bromme, Managing Director, Steinmeyer FMD and George Jaffe, Executive VP, Steinmeyer Inc. The use of new, miniature single axis motion controllers enables an innovative cabling concept. Each axis carries its own peripheral controller connected with motor, encoder and sensors by means of short, stationary cables. The peripheral controllers are connected by a high […]
Pneumatic Step Motor is First Fully MRI-compatible Motor
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are investigating the use of a robot (MrBot) that can operate within the closed bore of magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) equipment to help physicians perform remote biopsies of tumors under MRI guidance. Researchers involved in the project say that MRI is ideal for this type of application because it is the […]
Servo Motors by B&R
The dynamics of a system can generally be characterized based on two values: the available motor torque and the moment of inertia for the power transmission system. The later of the two consists of the moment of inertia of both the motor and the load and is an important measurement of the system’s dynamics. Lower […]
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Motion Control Tips is the premier online source for news and information about motion systems and automation. The site covers components that compose motion and automation systems including controllers, drives, encoders, motors, as well as mechanical components like gears and bearings and couplings in addition to networking elements such as sensors, I/O, and fieldbuses. Motion […]
