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Trends: Automation in agriculture and off highway

March 22, 2024 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

agriculture automation

In smart agriculture applications, companies are leveraging motion systems to improve reliability in their designs. Advances in automation technology as well as related advances in sensors, imaging, and communications have meant improvements to the kinds of motion control systems employed in agricultural applications as well as other off-highway uses. That means that the smart agriculture […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industrial Automation, Integrated Motion Systems Tagged With: Bishop-Wisecarver (BWC), KHK USA Inc., Kollmorgen, thomson linear, Yaskawa

Driving change in packaging automation

March 13, 2024 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Many trends in general automation have impacted the packaging industry. Some of these include the multiple benefits of better efficiency and increased speed and accuracy of automation systems in general, leading to improved packaging machinery. At the same time, there is more concern with sustainable practices and design, which means more emphasis on biodegradable materials […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industrial Automation Tagged With: Bishop-Wisecarver (BWC), Festo, LinMot, Mitsubishi Electric, Yaskawa

Yaskawa America to introduce i3 Control at Pack Expo

October 21, 2022 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

control

Yaskawa America, Inc. will introduce i3 Control (“iCube” Control), their new single control technology, during Pack Expo 2022. Pack Expo is the biggest packaging and processing show in North America. Yaskawa will be exhibiting at booth #S-2776. iCube Control debuted in the European market earlier this year and is now being introduced in North America. […]

Filed Under: Controls, Industry News, Stand-Alone Controllers Tagged With: Yaskawa

Safety, increased connectivity top drive trends

March 26, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

servo drive

Drives continue to evolve, responding to broader industry trends in automation with new features. Some of those drivers include rising interest in IoT functionality, the integration of safety features into drives, as well as some newer application areas that are seeing drive manufacturers respond in new and innovative ways. Some advancements are clearly visible in […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Industry News Tagged With: Yaskawa

How to size an electric-motor-driven chain-and-sprocket system

January 13, 2021 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

In previous motion-sizing articles, we reviewed how to properly specify (using software) a ballscrew-driven motion axis. Then we reviewed how engineering teams can use a similar software-based approach for sizing rack-and-pinion-based servomotor-driven axes on the same five-axis gantry. Now we’ll explore the process for sizing the components (using that same software) for an electric-motor-powered axis […]

Filed Under: Controls, Drives + Supplies, Gearmotors, Software Tagged With: Yaskawa

Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact announce partnership

September 14, 2020 By Kelsey Zebrowski Leave a Comment

Yaskawa, a manufacturer of motion control, robotics, and variable speed drives and Phoenix Contact, a manufacturer of automation solutions are proud to announce an agreement to utilize PLCnext Technology from Phoenix Contact in the development of the next generation machine controller and PLC platform realizing the i3 -Mechatronics solution concept lead by Yaskawa. The common […]

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: Yaskawa

Programming variable frequency drives for variable-torque applications

July 23, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Variable frequency drives have an incredible amount of functionality. Due to advancements in technology over the years, HMIs in the form of VFD keypads have become more user friendly with easier navigation, higher resolution displays, and more detailed setup wizards. By Jonathan Kopczyk | Technical support engineer • Yaskawa America Inc. Looking back at the […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Featured, Industry News, Networking + IoT Tagged With: Yaskawa

Yaskawa debuts intuitive software tool to aid advanced manufacturing

July 8, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

auotmation

The Drives & Motion division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has released Yaskawa Compass, a new software user interface tool for advanced manufacturing. Yaskawa Compass is a CNC navigator, a graphical user software package applicable to multiple applications in 3D printing, shape cutting, machine tools and robotics. “Compass is designed with creativity in mind allowing machine […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, Industrial Automation, Industry News, Networking + IoT Tagged With: Yaskawa

Trends 2020: Drives propel robotics and IoT applications

March 27, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

drives

The overall trend in drives is for more powerful, capable, and feature-rich products to handle the challenges of automation and control over a range of industries and applications. We asked some top drive manufacturers what they’re seeing and here’s what they told us. In what industries has your company seen increased activity? Mike Wolfe, Business […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Featured Tagged With: Beckhoff, Yaskawa

Yaskawa America debuts innovative new industrial microdrive

February 27, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

drive

The Drives & Motion division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has introduced the GA500 Industrial Microdrive. The GA500 drive is rated up to 40 hp and can be applied to 240 Vac single-phase, 240 Vac three-phase, or 480 Vac three-phase incoming power. The GA500 can also be programmed without main power applied, which means users can […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies Tagged With: Yaskawa

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