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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT     Flat cable is not simply round cable spread out. Learn about application challenges that can be solved with flat cable and the unique attributes of signal quality, weight, volume, flexibility, chemical and other environmental capabilities that flat cable brings to your toolbox. We’ll show…

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) has named Esben Østergaard the recipient of the latest Engelberger Robotics Award. Østergaard spearheads the development of Universal Robots’ collaborative robot arms representing one of the most significant technology breakthroughs coming out of the robotics community in decades. The Engelberger Awards Dinner and Ceremony will be on Wednesday, June 20,…

Balluff has introduced Face Savers — a game-changing accessory to extend sensor life. The new-to-market face saver can be added to a flush mount sensor to increase the life of the sensor by protecting it from impact damage due to over travel and hostile application environments. “Face Savers can almost be considered a ‘Machine Up-Time […]

Stand-alone motion controllers can take the place of PCs in some types of control systems. And there are a few different configurations possible. One is that the motion card can be housed in box with I/O and networking connections and mounted directly to the machine or process it controls. Control programs can be uploaded to […]

Download the Nippon Bearing eBook NB’s standard TOPBALL® TW type is the forerunner of the TOPBALL Ultimate and it is available in a wide range of sizes. TOPBALL has 3 times the load capacity and 27 times more travel life than conventional bushings. Because it is selfaligning, it speeds manufacturing and assembly. It is a…

Our society needs new ideas and technologies to solve the various problems we face in everyday life. Here small startups play an important role – four enterprises point like it goes. Clean energy from an altitude of 500 m Johannes loves kites. The passionate kitesurfer also sails the skies in his work, and has big…

In a recent video I did with my esteemed colleague Paul Heney of Design World, I got the chance try out a BenQ PD2710QC computer monitor designed specifically for designers working in CAD, illustration, and animation. Most useful to design engineers is a CAD/CAM mode that renders better contrast on lines and shapes on technical…

SEARCHING FOR THIS CENTURY’S STEAM LOCOMOTIVE THE TECHNOLOGIES WE COVER HERE in this special issue on mechanical power transmission in motion control are for the most part well aged; that is, not exactly new but tried and true. These are components like mechanical screws, electric motors and gears but also belts and pulleys and chains…

Mating screw applications that require secure attachments can rely on self-clinching locknuts, which self-lock threads to reduce loosening and can be removed repeatedly without affecting performance. By Michael J. Rossi, Marketing Services Supervisor, PennEngineering By all measures, the hardware specified to attach components is expected to perform reliably in service. But sometimes application-related factors —…

Six key trends are driving HARTING’s development program for the cyber-physical control infrastructure needed for advanced manufacturing. HARTING’s strategy, outlined by Jon DeSouza, President and CEO of HARTING Americas to guests at the company’s Open House at EDS Summit 2018 in Las Vegas this week, covers the company’s solutions for the digital production environment. These…