AMETEK Factory Automation continues a significant reduction in the lead time for the renowned 953A Linear Displacement Transducer (LDT). AMETEK is committed to streamlining the production processes and optimizing supply chain management, and this has resulted in a substantial decrease in the time it takes to deliver this critical component to customers worldwide. The market…

AMETEK Abaco Systems and SYSGO are now equipping an uncrewed air systems (UAS) developer with their joint certifiable mission computer hardware and software components. It comprises the hardware, consisting of Abaco’s SBC314C flight safety certifiable single board computer, and SYSGO’s real-time operating system and hypervisor PikeOS. The vertical takeoff and landing UAS is using “fly-by-wire”…

Power equipment and instruments have long life cycles primarily because their functions are ubiquitous. The key to robust application management is understanding how the products used in your application contribute to the success of your test and measurement goals. In this white paper, learn about a product’s lifecycle, how that lifecycle can affect any end-of-life…

AMETEK Abaco Systems’ new NETernity SWE450S and SWE550S are fully managed (Layer 2/3) rugged 3U and 6U VPX Ethernet switches designed with fast 25/100Gb Ethernet connectivity. Both SOSA-aligned Ethernet switches use a high-performance switch fabric, providing full wire-speed switching and data center-grade protocols. The innovative fabrics enable 2.5 times the bandwidth of similar 10/40GbE 3U…

AMETEK Germany opened a new state-of-the-art Customer Solutions Center in Weiterstadt, Germany, where visitors can find the latest news concerning the company’s many brands, and experience product demonstrations of technologies ranging from the field of elemental analysis, drive technology, optics metrology, and surface measurement. Serving numerous industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, food, pharma and…

As a world leader in compact linear motion systems, Ametek Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP), a business unit of Ametek, is pleased to announce its new EGS04 low-profile precision rail. The EGS “efficient guided system” is ideally suited for customers in lab automation and electronic assembly whose applications require high speed and highly efficient point-to-point motion. […]

A wide range of industries is showing significant supply chain issues. However, the Michigan-based manufacturer of Gemco linear position sensors, AMETEK Factory Automation, has proven they can still deliver in a timely manner. In the past couple of years, an increasing supply shortage due to various factors has caused manufacturing and on-time delivery issues. On […]

Electric motors are at the heart of motion. Across the board, motor manufacturers are seeing increased demand for their products. Hastened by the pandemic, demand in areas such as robotics, autonomous vehicles and automated production and manufacturing lines across a wide swath of industries has risen, spurring new business as well as innovation. Some top […]

AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP), a business unit of AMETEK, introduces the new 57 mm-sized brushless DC motor  in its IDEA Motor series. This EC057B joins the 42 mm EC042B product introduced in 2019 and enhances an already popular line of motors with integrated, programmable drives. The IDEA Motor combines a precision brushless servo motor…

AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP), a business unit of AMETEK, has released a new size in its IDEA Motor series of brushless dc motors: 57 mm. This EC057B joins the 42-mm EC042B product introduced in 2019 and enhances a line of motors with integrated, programmable drives. The IDEA Motor combines a precision brushless servo motor […]

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division, has released its new Pittman Express online motor calculator. The Express tool lets users identify and select the right motor for their applications quickly and easily. When a user enters an ideal load point, torque, and speed, the Express tool returns a list […]

Compact linear motion systems manufacturer, Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division, announces its new Pittman Express online motor calculator. The Express tool allows users to identify and select the right motor for their applications quickly and easily. When a user enters an ideal load point, torque, and speed, the…

Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, brings extreme throughput to machine vision applications with the introduction of the Phantom S991 Machine Vision camera. The Phantom S991 employs CoaXPress-over-Fiber technology to deliver up to 9 Gpx/sec (70 Gbps). This throughput translates to over 900 frames per second (fps) at a full 9 Mpx resolution of […]

As a world leader in compact linear motion systems, Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions Division, is pleased to announce its size 8 21mm hybrid stepper motor is now available with an integrated connector. Offered alone or with a harness assembly, the connector is RoHS-compliant and features a positive latch […]

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions Division, announces that its size 8 21-mm hybrid stepper motor is now available with an integrated connector. Offered alone or with a harness assembly, the connector is RoHS-compliant and features a positive latch to allow high connection integrity. The connector is rated up to […]

Modern machines and devices use all available process data to optimize them and make them transparent. PROFINET as a communication standard is ideally suited for this. Dunkermotoren early on integrated PROFINET functionality, including the PROFIdrive profile with application classes 1 and 4, into motors as standard. This offers PROFINET users significant advantages in cabling, commissioning […]

Superior Tube, the specialist manufacturer of high quality, small diameter metal tube products for the defense and aerospace sectors, amongst others, has been awarded three prestigious Nadcap reaccreditations for its heat treating, welding, and non-destructive testing programs. Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors’ Accreditation Program) assesses and supplies independent accreditation of specialist manufacturing processes and…

The research and development team at AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP) — based in Eighty Four, PA, U.S., has taken an interest in the emerging capabilities of plastics. The business has invested time and resources into turning its high-alloy and stainless steel powders into ideal additive or filler materials for use in several applications, including…

AMETEK SMP Superior Tube, a leading manufacturer of small diameter precision metal tubing for the aerospace and defense industries as well as other sectors, has announced two successful reaccreditations from Nadcap, formerly known as the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program. Superior Tube met all Nadcap’s requirements based on the exacting standards around heat…

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK Advanced Motion Solutions, announces the latest addition to its line of brushless dc motors: the EC042B IDEA Motor Series. The new motor is 42-mm in diameter and integrates a high-torque, precision brushless servo motor with an IDEA Drive in a single compact unit. The IDEA Motor enables […]

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division, has announced the release of the HKP Mobile App. The HKP Mobile App offers a streamlined user experience that optimizes accessibility and a wide variety of resources: applications suggestions, product data sheets, brochures, catalogs, guides, technical documents, case studies, white papers, and more.…

Dunkermotoren, GmbH, a unit of AMETEK Advanced Motion Solutions, has launched the BG 65/BG 66 dMove servomotors as successors to its BG 65(S) servomotor with completely integrated motor electronics. The BG 65/ BG 66 series has the same outward appearance as the BG 65 series with simple electronic controls. Those motors formerly designated “SI” motors […]

The new Windjammer® PRO Series from AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions (DFS) is one of the most powerful blowers for high-flow applications. The Windjammer PRO offers new design and performance enhancements. Among those enhancements is the ability to apply multiple performance profiles to the blower depending on application requirements. Another is Universal Voltage Common Performance (UVCP) that…

AMETEK, Inc. has consolidated its industry-leading motors, blowers, fans, pumps and motion control businesses into a new Advanced Motion Solutions (AMS) division that combines its former Floorcare and Specialty Motors and Precision Motion Control divisions. Headquartered in Kent, OH, the new division leverages the manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing resources of four existing AMETEK business […]

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AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions has added two new advanced metrology tools at its Rock Creek, NC, manufacturing facility, enhancing its inspection, compliance and quality-control capabilities. The new additions include a SPECTRO MIDEX micro X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer with an ultrafast silicon drift detector (SDD) system for rapid and reliable elemental analysis. The MIDEX is designed…