Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls Division today announced the release of its next-generation Exlar® brand FTX Series actuators. These high-force electric rod style actuators now offer higher performance and ease of maintenance than previously available. The FTX Series actuators leverage more than a decade of experience successfully replacing hydraulics in high-force, high-duty cycle applications in harsh…
HTI Technology acquires Klauber Machine & Gear
HTI Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired Klauber Machine & Gear, Co. on June 1, 2016. This acquisition will combine HTI Technology’s expertise in AC and DC motor and drives systems with Klauber’s technology and market leadership in AC and DC gear motors. The companies’ complementary technology and market capabilities will…
More data leads to greater efficiency for brewery
For South African Breweries (SAB), an automated and networked Ethernet/IP-based control system will integrate traditionally disparate, malt-production processes into a single, networked, Ethernet/IP-based solution for plant-wide visibility and actionable data. The maltings plant in Alrode, South Africa, will account for more than half of the brewery’s South African and Namibian malt production when fully commissioned…
New motor technology lowers energy and noise for extruder
When designing its synchronous reluctance motor and drive (SynRM) packages for twin extruder applications, ABB had several objectives. The goal from the outset was creating 15% lower energy usage, lower motor maintenance costs and a drop in audible noise. Radius Systems’ plant in Derbyshire, UK, houses 14 extrusion lines, each of which produces polyethylene pipes…
AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions expands inspection and compliance capabilities
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…
Motor technology reduces energy maintenance, noise
Radius Systems’ plant in Derbyshire, U.K., houses 14 extrusion lines, each of which produces polyethylene pipes from 16 to 1,200 mm, together with an injection molding facility making associated fittings for use by utilities companies for gas and water transfer. Eight lines are powered by dc motors, many of which are more than 20 years…
What you need for fast and easy bottling machine implementation
Creating a fast bottle labeling (or cupping) machine requires the design and execution of complex and dynamic ECAM movements. There are many challenges involved in operating more than 60 integrated motor/drives on a fast rotating platform and transferring high-power and high-speed EtherCAT communications through slip rings. This type of design would require manipulators using the…
Sterilizable brushless dc-slotted mini motors for surgical power hand tools
It’s always best to use components designed for specific industries or applications. This line of motors was designed for surgical powered hand tools—arthroscopic shavers, ENT microdebriders and large bone drills. Plus, they withstand up to 1,000 cycles of autoclaving. Arthroscopic shaver brushless dc mini motors drive powered surgical hand tools used in minimally invasive joint…
Brushless DC motor with axial flux design
Dunkermotoren breaks the mold with its brushless DC motor development. The result is a motor concept which is characterized by a high power density and robustness. To meet the market demand with an attractive cost-benefit ratio, Dunkermotoren has developed a new axial flux motor design with stacked windings. The new BGA 22×22 is an ironless…
Everything is really in the drive
For almost two decades, Dunkermotoren has pioneered brushless DC motors with fully integrated control electronics at a power range up to 550 W. With the BG 75 DMC (Direct Mains Connection), Dunkermotoren has succeeded in making an external power supply unnecessary by incorporating it into the motor housing. The 550W BG 75 DMC contains the…
Power and functionality unified
With the BG 95 CI, Dunkermotoren successfully launched a compact drive based on a brushless DC motor with an output power of over 1 kW. The drive with its integrated control and power electronics can provide 1100 W continuous mechanical output power and has an integrated CANopen interface for an easy integration into a CANopen network. With voltage variants…
The lowdown on pressure-reducing valves
Pressure valves are absolutely critical for the safe, reliable and precise control of hydraulic machinery. As anyone would assume by their name, pressure valves are any hydraulic component…
Motor control: Steppers, Brushless DC motors and permanent magnet DC motors
by Chris Francis Electric motors are everywhere. For example, whereas in the past a car would have had only one electric motor – for starting – (and if you go back far enough, not even that), now they have dozens of them. They control windows, mirrors, ventilation flaps and engine functions. Even power steering is…
HTI Technology acquires American Control Electronics
HTI Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired American Control Electronics, LLC. This acquisition will combine HTI Technology’s expertise in AC and DC motor technology and powered mechanism capabilities with American Control Electronics’ technology and market leadership in DC and AC electronic motor drives and controls, including both Minarik Drives and American…
Capacitors for high temperature applications
Military and commercial markets continue to demand capacitors capable of high-reliability, long lifetime performance at operating temperatures in excess of the current 125° C. The AT Series MLCCs offer two new case sizes (0603 and 0805), two new voltage ratings (16 V VHT 250° C and 25 V VHT 200° C), and new C0G and…
WITTENSTEIN cyber® dynamic line servo motors get a boost in power
WITTENSTEIN cyber® motor has enhanced its cyber® dynamic line servo motors with proprietary advanced winding techniques and superior magnetic materials that increase output power by as much as 47%. This enhancement was achieved within the original dimensions of the motors, improving overall performance within the same small footprint that is a signature feature of the…
EL120 explosion proof linear actuator
Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that its Exlar® linear actuator line has been expanded to include the EL120 explosion-proof linear actuators. The EL120 linear actuator meets ATEX requirements for use in potentially explosive atmospheres and are in conformity with the EU ATEX Directive 94/9/EC as well as the IECEx Scheme. Additionally, it is rated for Class I,…
DC power packs
Muncie Power’s DC power packs feature new motors available in 12 VDC and now 24 VDC. Used for numerous applications including dump bodies, single-acting cylinders and lift gates,…
Red Lion extends PAX®2C PID control by adding FlexBus™ support
Red Lion Controls announced the integration of FlexBus™ technology to its PAX®2C proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller portfolio. By inserting field installable FlexCard™ modules, users can now populate PAX2C PID controllers in more than 150 configurations to monitor and control multiple application processes on a single display. Red Lion’s advanced PAX2C modular platform provides an easy upgrade…
Zero-Max overhung load adaptors protect shaft seals in hydraulic systems
Zero-Max Overhung Load Adaptors protect shaft seals in hydraulic systems. They provide an intermediate mounting platform between a motor and pump to absorb both internal and external stress conditions in a hydraulic system. Designed to provide an extra layer of protection to hydraulic actuated functions, Overhung Load Adaptors prevent shaft seal breakdown, a condition often…
Giving ironless dc motors a spin
Edited by: Mike Santora • Contributing Editor Whether it’s Zeppelin, Sam Cooke or The Smiths, most audiophiles agree that music sounds better on vinyl. But most also agree that motor noise, speed control and tone arm tracking can have a huge impact on turntable audio performance. These were the concerns of Expressimo Audio when they…
Universal drive capabilities now available for Windjammer and Nautilair
The families of compact Windjammer® and Nautilair® variable-speed brushless DC blowers now can be equipped with a newly introduced Universal Drive System that allows the blowers to operate over a wide range of voltage inputs from 100VAC-240VAC. This allows our customers to use one SKU globally for their air moving needs. Benefits of an AMETEK Universal Drive Nautilair…
AMETEK MICROjammer Blowers offer precise control of air flow for your air-pillow packaging equipment
AMETEK’s MICROjammer™ series of high-performance, variable-speed brushless DC blowers may be a near-perfect choice of air mover for your air pillow packager. Historically the most compact and efficient unit in its class, the latest state-of-the-art version with full-wave controller allows an unparalleled amount of end user functional control, integrated directly into the blower itself. No…
Lifting column boosts production ergonomics
In the past, Videojet, a manufacturer of coding, printing, and laser marking products, fluids and accessories for the product identification industry, used carts consisting of wire boxes on wheels to move inkjet printing and laser marking products from station to station during the assembly process. The problem was the height of the work surface could…
Dc motors help Rosetta space probe land on comet
At the end of May 2014, the Rosetta space probe moved into an orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to map its surface and prepare for the landing of Philae. This ballistic lander, weighing 100 kg, landed successfully on the comet on Nov. 12, 2014. Landing on a comet—a maneuver that has never been performed before—is…