Slip-resistant connection links encoders to motors
28 October 2015 The motor manufacturer Kollmorgen claims to have come up with a new way of connecting motors to rotary encoders which, it says, will not slip,… Read More
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Safety-certified encoder will protect machine operators
19 October 2015 The German sensor-maker Sick has launched a PLd / SIL2-certified incremental encoder that can be used to ensure safety in machinery requiring frequent operator involvement. Read More
Aerospace technology will help to monitor earth-based machines
11 August 2015 A new British company called Senseye is developing a technology for predicting the health of industrial machinery, based on concepts that are already being used… Read More
Apps are used to program ‘most compact’ robotic arm
9 June 2015 The German gripper specialist Schunk has developed a lightweight robotic arm which, it claims, is the most compact of its type. The 12kg arm, which… Read More
Pulsed blowing can halve compressed air consumption
3 June 2015 Parker Hannifin has developed a device that, it claims, can halve the air consumed in air-blowing applications – which account for almost half of all… Read More
Kit will help to develop drives and motor controls
14 May 2015 Texas Instruments (TI) has announced a hardware and software kit that it says will make it easier to develop and evaluate drives for a variety… Read More
VSDs use same instructions as servodrives
13 May 2015 Rockwell Automation has announced the first AC drive designed specifically to work with its Logix-based programmable automation controllers (PACs). The Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 527 drive can… Read More
Successor is on the way for a VSD stalwart
29 April 2015 Danfoss used the recent Hannover Fair to preview a new variable-speed drive that will eventually replace the VLT 2800, which has been on the market… Read More
‘Quantum leap’ in enclosure cooling cuts energy use by 75%
20 April 2015 The German enclosures giant Rittal has developed a new way of cooling enclosures that it describes a “quantum leap”. Initial results from a pilot installation… Read More
Six-axis table-top robot gives a ‘third hand’ to workers
25 March 2015 The Danish robot-maker Universal Robots has announced a compact, six-axis, table-top robot that weighs just 11kg, but has a payload of 3kg, 360-degree rotation on… Read More
