Yaskawa Motoman announces that Germán Villalobos has joined the company as General Manager of Yaskawa Mexico. In this position, he will be responsible for the company’s strategic direction…
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Managers at Minnesota-based Form-A-Feed, a maker of livestock feed, planned a new production line as they saw business growing. As part of the planning process, Form-A-Feed called on engineers from Hamer-Fischbein, a company that designs and integrates bagging equipment and Yaskawa Motoman robotic packaging solutions. The engineers looked at ways to boost speed so the…
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. announces the introduction of Sigma-7, a new line of rotary, linear and direct drive servos and amplifiers that bring…
Designed specifically for end-of-line operations, Yaskawa Motoman’s MPL-series robots are available with 80 to 800-kg payload capacity to suit myriad applications, including palletizing. These high-performance palletizing robots offer the highest allowable…
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Yaskawa offers a variety of integration tools to help make commissioning a drive into a communication network easier. We are pleased to announce that we will be adding a new addition to our toolbox of integration – Add-on Instructions (AOI) for use in Rockwell Automation’s Logix Designer/RSLogix 5000 (version 16 and above). Yaskawa AOI’s will…
Yaskawa America’s Drives & Motion Div. now sells three new motion-control products to improve automation systems and maximize effectiveness when used in combination. The MP3300iec machine controller makes automated equipment more responsive by…
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has released the Z1000U HVAC Matrix Drive, which provides extremely low harmonic distortion in a space-saving design, along with…
Yaskawa Electric Corporation and Solectria Renewables, LLC announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement whereby Yaskawa Electric will acquire Solectria Renewables through its US subsidiary, Yaskawa America Inc. Solectria Renewables will continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in Lawrence, MA, Solectria manufactures high performance photovoltaic (PV) inverters for the residential,…
Yaskawa America, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of the next generation website for www.yaskawa.com. Our goal for this project was to provide a better user experience…
by Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor As robot applications continue to shift into high-mix, low volume situations, the time available to program them shrinks. One solution is open-source programming. This “crowd-sourcing” approach is helping manufacturers deliver robots to the market quickly. Can open-source software help you develop application-specific robots faster? For a number of robot developers,…
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. recently signed DRV, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA, as its first medium voltage drive distributor in the United States. DRV,…
The live webinar was recorded on October 29, 2013. Join an expert panel put together by the Design World editorial team to examine the latest developments and challenges in the ever-changing field of robotics. We’ll learn about Clearpath Robotics’ unmanned vehicles, used for research and development, and what design challenges they faced in developing their…
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America announces the release of the MV1000 medium voltage AC drive family. Designed for energy savings and improved process control, MV1000…
Design World Magazine and online network www.designworldonline.com announce the winners of their 2012 Leadership in Engineering Program. Leadership in Engineering is an industry recognition program to acknowledge engineering leadership across several disciplines. Winners for the Sixth Annual Program were chosen by Design World online users via a registration based online voting system. The following companies…
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America Inc. announce that it has acquired the business and operations of Wermac Electric Ltd. in Calgary, AB, Canada. Wermac is a 25-year partner with Yaskawa and has been an innovator and leader in applying Variable Speed Drives and Electrical Controls in the Oil & Gas industry. Wermac […]
The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. announces the release of the P1000 variable speed drive. The P1000 drive provides simple, reliable, cost-effective control for variable-torque loads through 500 HP and planned expansion through 1000 HP later this year. Specific application features, energy savings, and network connectivity make the P1000 a great choice…
By Jamie Solt, Senior Product Engineer, Yaskawa America, Inc. One of the first items considered when developing a product should be product testing. Product testing is one of the last steps performed before a product is released. The testing phase can be monotonous, expensive and time consuming. Development team members may view it as providing…
Motoman Inc. and Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. announced they will combine to form Yaskawa America, Inc. The Motoman Inc. operations, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, will form the Motoman…
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Two primary photovoltaic technologies are used to make solar energy modules: crystalline silicon and thin film. Crystalline silicon technology currently makes up about 80% of the market. This technology uses silicon wafers as its main raw material. The wafers are cut from cast ingots in very thin slices with a thickness in the range of…
Motion Control editor Miles Budimir talks to Marketing Communications Manager for Yaskawa Neil Keopke about some of the new things the company is offering.
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. announces the release of the EtherCAT and Fully Closed Loop option modules for its Sigma-5 servo amplifier product family. The EtherCAT (CoE) Network Option Module implements the CANopen drive profile (CiA402) in EtherCAT communication (real-time Ethernet communication). This allows the user to control a Sigma-5 amplifier with an EtherCAT master in…
At California Expanded Metals Co. (CEMCO), a mechanical line shaft would stretch and perforate coils of cold-formed steel, creating a mesh pattern in the steel. CEMCO manufactures steel-framing and metal lath products. The versatile mesh metal material is often used as reinforcement for all types of construction, including walls, ceilings, and as an aid in…
