These days you’re likely to hear that manufacturing is experiencing a resurgence in the U.S. Contrary to what some jobs numbers seem to indicate, high-skilled, high-tech manufacturing jobs are in demand, especially so in a traditional manufacturing state like Ohio. That’s why a company like Siemens is making a bet on that resurgence. Today, from […]
Software
Program Connects Electromagnetics with Thermal Dynamics
CD-adapco has connected two leading simulation programs, SPEED and STAR-CCM+, to provide machine designers with the total machine design solution. It has combined the SPEED specialized design tool for motors, generators and alternators, with STAR-CCM+, a comprehensive heat transfer and thermal fluid flow program. Any machine design works on establishing a viable electro-magnetic design within […]
Scanning the News in Motion Control: From Chip Level Hardware to System Design Software
If I had to make a list of the 2012 hot topics of the year in automation and motion control, energy efficiency would be high on that list. In fact, last month I wrote about some new tools from several automation suppliers aimed at improving energy efficiency of machines and motion systems. It turns out […]
CD-adapco Releases Version 9.1 of SPEED PC-BDC
Melville, NY – CD-adapco has released the new 9.1 PC-BDC version of SPEED with over 150 revisions and updates added to extend, amplify and broaden the program’s capability and ease-of-use. PC-BDC is intended for designing and calculating brushless PM motors, drives and generators, line-start PM motors, and wound field synchronous machines. The accelerated speed of […]
SPEED 2012 Electro-magnetic Machine Software Design Suite
Los Angeles, Cal. – The new CD-Adapco SPEED 2012 software design suite release features programs for motor design including brushless PM motors, induction motors, DC brush motors, DC and AC wound field motors, and switched reluctance motors. The suite is available with a floating license system using FlexLM and a link that was established to […]
Motor-to-Gearbox Online Configurator Tool from WITTENSTEIN
Bartlett, Ill. – The latest advancement in online motion selection is the “motor to gearbox” option for WITTENSTEIN’s Product Configurator. This tool fills the gap between the online Product CAD Generator and WITTENSTEIN’s cymex® servo sizing software. The Product Configurator tool combines technical criteria in gearbox selection, for those designers who know their application requirements, […]
MotorSolve v3.0 with Thermal Analysis Module from Infolytica
Montreal, QC – Infolytica Corporation announces the new MotorSolve v3 with a thermal module included, giving motor designers a complete software tool to thoroughly evaluate the impact of temperature and different cooling methods on the performance of brushless, PMAC and induction machines. MotorSolve Thermal is a 3D automated-FEA analysis module that enhances the accuracy of […]
MotorSolve v2.5 Electric Machine Design Software from Infolytica
Montreal, QC – Infolytica Corporation announces the latest release of MotorSolve, the company’s electric machine design software. MotorSolve v2.5 features a host of improvements to the template modeling engine, results charts, and the user interface as well as a new online documentation resource. The improvements to the template library include a new interior/exterior wound rotor […]
Delta’s Curve Tool Makes Complex Motion Profiles Easier
Delta Computer Systems, Inc. announces the Curve Tool feature that delivers graphical ease-of-use to the custom motion and camming profiles. The Curve Tool is now available in Delta’s RMC70 single- and dual-axis and RMC150 multi-axis motion controllers. For more information, download the RMCTools software and also view a video at http://deltamotion.com/curvetoolvideo. The Curve Tool’s graphical […]
National Instruments Launches New LabVIEW 2010
Austin, Tex. – National Instruments announces LabVIEW 2010, the latest version of the graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications. LabVIEW 2010 delivers time savings with new features such as off-the-shelf compiler technologies that execute code an average of 20 percent faster and a comprehensive marketplace for evaluating and purchasing add-on toolkits […]
