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IO-Link revenues hit $3.5bn in 2018 and are booming
Global sales of IO-Link compatible equipment were worth more than $3.5bn in 2018 and will grow by a further ...
►Sales of motor-drives and on-machine VSDs ‘will hit $1.4bn’
►Nidec takes 70% stake in German gearbox manufacturer, Desch
►P+F buys US industrial comms specialist Comtrol
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UK axial-flux motor developer signs deal with global OEM
Yasa, the British developer and manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers, has signed a long-term ...
►Industrial robot sales plunged by 15% in the UK during 2018
►Factory in a Box demonstrates smart manufacturing
►Maxon acquires UK geared motor maker Parvalux
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Flexible robotic gripper works like a chameleon’s tongue
A robotic gripper that holds workpieces in a similar way to how a chameleon’s tongue grabs and holds onto insects ...
►Siemens, Festo and Rexroth join forces on carrier system
►Busbar trunking will carry data as well as power
►Polymer frames result in light, efficient, direct-cooled motors
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Motion function cuts machine set-up times by up to 90%
Bosch Rexroth claims that a new drive-based motion control function can cut machine programming and commissioning ...
►Controller-PC allows operators to see machine data
►VSDs with motion controls simplify machine-building
►Drives are optimised for synchronous reluctance motors
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SPS IPC Drives 2018 Exclusive Report
The annual SPS IPC Drives show in Germany is probably the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to development ...
►Hannover Fair 2018 exclusive show report
►SPS IPC Drives 2017 Exclusive Report
►Hannover Fair 2017 exclusive show report
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India's largest car-maker makes the connection
India’s biggest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, is turning increasingly to the CC-Link open network to help it cu ...
►Automated tester puts the squeeze on tennis balls
►Robots help to give whisky barrels a new lease of life
►Etch-a-sketch artwork is up to scratch
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EU: should we stay or should we go? A VSD repairer's view
If the UK votes to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum, it could have far-reaching effects for SMEs operating ...
►Keeping up with the changing face of EN safety standards
►Evolution v technology: influencing natural selection
►Complex assemblies: a grey area for machine safety
