This webinar with Bimba Manufacturing and Design World Editorial Director, Paul Heney, discusses the capabilities of pneumatic mechanical, electro-pneumatic and electric stepper/servo actuation and control for use in commercial and industrial process applications. Beginning with “hard-stop” pneumatic actuators the whitepaper shares how these components work, the positioning accuracies that they can achieve and their cost.…
High-speed Synchronization with EPOS3 70/10 EtherCAT
The digital positioning controller EPOS3 70/10 EtherCAT meets the highest demands in real-time positioning of synchronized multi-axis systems. Extremely compact in size, the EPOS3 possesses a wide nominal…
GAM Gear offers two-week delivery for gear reducers
GAM Gear announces a new two-week standard delivery program for the PE series of inline planetary gear reducers. The PE series has precision gears and robust dual output…
Renovation facility celebrates 10,000th turbine component repair
PSI Repair Services Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries and independent service provider (ISP) to the wind-energy industry, recently reached a service milestone with the shipment of its 10,000th wind turbine component repair. Since 2009, PSI has offered economical repairs, including upgraded and longer-life products, for out-of-warranty electronic, hydraulic, and precision mechanical components that
Servomotor controllers help underwater vehicle maneuver longer
by Terry Persun/ Technology Journalist The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) developed the Tethys long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV) as a tool for ocean scientists. The range and endurance of the Tethys expands the types of observations and experiments that are possible with autonomous platforms. According to Brian Kieft, Software Engineer at the MBARI,…
EtherNet/IP uses less energy
The Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5500 servo drive, Kinetix VP low-inertia (VPL) servo motor, and single-cable technology are an integrated motion system on EtherNet/IP that is compact, easy to use, and simplifies system wiring. For packaging, material handling or converting systems with more than six axes, these units do not require discrete power rail or additional accessories,…
Servo tuning
Pro-Motion 4.5 motion systems offer visual tools for prototyping servo hardware, developing motion code, and optimizing servo loops. Key capabilities includes frequency-based servo analysis, easy-to-use axis wizard setup tool, fast and accurate servo loop auto-tuner, Windows 32 and 64-bit compatibility. Select between Bode plots or a frequency sweep in sin-, triangle-, or square-wave waveforms. Performance…
M is for Motion Control
During the last decade or so the controls industry has adopted the term “Mechatronics” as a replacement for the previously used phrase “motion control”. I will respectfully break with the current trend and suggest that motion control is the proper term because it better defines the field of knowledge. For one thing, the term […]
DC Servo Motor Sizing Made Easy Seminar
Location/Date: Hilton Garden Inn Dorval Aeroport St. Laurent, PQ Tuesday February 19, 2013 Location/Date: Radisson Plaza Mississauga- Toronto Airport Mississauga, ON Wednesday February 20, 2013 Time: 9:00 am…
Feedback
In the past I would have said I was more familiar with the kind of feedback that came from an electric guitar and amplifier. Lately I have become more familiar with the kind that shows up on servomotors and linear feedback on actuators. Feedback technology has become more sophisticated and some vendors like Timken Motion […]
STOBER Rolls Out EZF Hollow Bore Servo Motor
STOBER Drives, Inc. of Maysville, Kentucky has introduced its EZF /PY hollow-bore pipe drive into its new product line. Only a few manufacturers in the world manufacture a…
Class 5 SmartMotor upgrade simplifies spooling and winding applications
Moog Animatics, a division of Moog Inc., has released a firmware upgrade to their Class 5 SmartMotor (fully integrated servo motor) product line featuring innovative capabilities to simplify…Motion Control Tips
Zero-Max’s Clamp Style Hub Design For Handling Larger Shafts And Higher Torque
Zero-Max ServoClass® couplings now feature improved clamp style hub design for handling larger shafts and higher torque. ServoClass couplings are designed for high speed reversing loads and precise positioning requirements in today’s demanding servomotor applications at speeds up to 10,000 rpm. The new clamp style hubs provide superior shaft engagement for these high speed applications. […]
Faulhaber launches new linear DC servo motors with axial type connection
Faulhaber Minimotor has expanded its linear DC servo motor product series with new variants that integrate an axial type connection, making them suitable for operations with limited space…Motion Control Tips
Scale Effect – Part 2
Other considerations of scale effect occur in control systems as well. When considering a control system problem, the bandwidth or scaling of the control parameters themselves are often a major issue. What happens when the velocity of a system needs to be controlled over a range 1000 to 1 or greater? This was the exact […]
TI’s Delfino microcontroller eliminates need for resolver-to-digital converter
Texas Instruments Inc created a microcontroller that eliminates the need for an extra resolver-to-digital converter IC in precision servo motor control systems — the 32-bit C2000(TM) Delfino(TM) microcontrollers….
Tuning-free NX Series servo motor operates without vibration
The NX Series tuning-free servo motor and driver package from Oriental Motor U.S.A. Corp. allows smooth and easy operation in high inertia drive and belt mechanism drive applications without the need to adjust gain. Manual gain adjustment will also enable operation even in more rigid load conditions. With automatic tuning, NX Series operates up to […]
Heason Technology’s ‘Edge’ ceramic motor – the smallest motor of its kind
Heason Technology has recently released a new 20-page catalogue that features Nanomotion’s ceramic servo motors, as well as piezo sub-systems and drives. In particular, it showcases the miniature EM1-S-O ‘Edge’ ceramic motor — the tiniest industrial direct-drive motor of its kind. The EM1-S-O ‘Edge’ ceramic motor can be easily installed into space restricted mechatronics assemblies. […]
Stainless Steel W Series servomotors offer Goldline® motor technology
Kollmorgen introduces the Goldline® motor technology, an addition to its W Series of hygienic servo motors especially designed for applications in wet areas as well as in high-pressure washdown environments. The Goldline® motor technology is made of stainless steel housing making it suitable for applications which require frequent high-pressure cleaning. The motor’s connectors and shafts […]
High performance ACSM1 digital servo drive allows speed control of servo motors
Motion Control Products Ltd has released its flagship product, the ACSM1 digital servo drive, a series of high performance, brushless AC servo drives used for tough machinery applications such as controlling induction motors, high torque motors as well as synchronous and asynchronous servo motors with various feedback devices. The ACSM1 digital servo drive series uses […]
HELUKABEL® USA will feature cable solutions at IMTS
Representatives from HELUKABEL® USA will be in attendance at the 29th International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, IL from September 10-15, 2012 to discuss their cable solutions for the manufacturing industry. HELUKABEL® USA will be exhibiting within the Industrial Automation North America Pavilion at booth E-4256 located in the East Building of McCormick Place. […]
Elmo Motion Control will display its motion control solution for industrial applications at IMTS
Elmo Motion Control will display at IANA, IMTS 2012, Chicago its motion control solution for industrial applications. Elmo’s solution comprises the advanced, easy-to-use Gold Maestro multi-axis network controller that handles up to 100 axes and supports EtherCAT and CANopen; the multi-functional, user-friendly Elmo Application Studio (EAS) design environment that can program, tune, configure, optimize, set-up, […]
Integrated Motion Control – A Machine Builder’s Secret Weapon
Successful companies don’t talk about their “secret weapon”, fearful that competitors will discover and use the technology. While the trend in automation is towards integration, many machine builders have quietly and covertly found success with fully integrated motion control and the numerous benefits and cost savings it provides. And we’re going to let you in…
Kinetix 6000M integrated drive-motor simplify cabling
Rockwell Automation has combined the technologies of Allen-Bradley MP Series food-grade servo motor with Kinetix 6000 multi-axis servo drive into a compact, on-machine package that allows machine builders to reduce the time spent on wiring while simplifying cabling. Specifically designed to integrate with the Kinetix 600 as well as Kinetix 6200 multi-axis servo-drive systems, the […]
Minitec Linearmodul LMS offers up to 1400mm of travel
The latest range of linear positioning actuators from MiniTec UK Limited (www.minitec.co.uk) delivers up to 1400 mm of travel and is completely compatible with its ProfileSystem range of machine building and framing components. Driven by precision ballscrew, the Linearmodul LMS is housed in a 90 mm x 90 mm extruded aluminum profile that comes with […]