Motion control
Equipment that aids the control of industrial processes subject to continuous changes in position. Includes drives, motors, gears, chains and belts, bearings, actuators, brakes and clutches.
Product & Service Resources
Emerson offers remote-mount digital valve controller suitable for harsh environments weblink
Emerson Process Management’s Fischer Fieldvue DVC6205 remote-mount digital valve controller is suitable for applications where accessibility, extreme temperatures (up to 120°C/250°F), extreme vibration or confined space make integral mounting difficult or impractical.
Cargo-handling terminal cranes benefit from Mentor MP DC drives from Control Techniques weblink
Terminal de Contenedores de Yucatán (TCY) is using advanced Mentor DC drives from Emerson Control Techniques to modernise the control system on an ageing ship-to-shore crane in Progreso, Mexico.
Rotork supplies pneumatic valve positioners suitable for use in hazardous environments weblink
Rotork Valvekits has announced that it is now supplying the Centork range of valve positioners. The pneumatic positioners are designed for the operation of quarter-turn or linear-actuated valves in accordance with a proportional control signal.
Video demonstrates the benefits offered by Igus's Xiros range of polymer ball bearings weblink
The Xiros range of ball bearings from Igus is suitable for applications including medical equipment, pumps, measurement machines and transport and conveying technology, particularly in the chemical, food, laboratory and packaging industries.
Application note: calibration and positioning of IR camera for laser-gated imaging downloadweblink
A Newport customer manufactures vehicle-mounted laser-gated imaging systems for border security and surveillance forces. Due to the inevitable vibration caused by the vehicle engine, achieving motion stability is critical for the camera positioning system.
Technical article: grease — its components and characteristics downloadweblink
Depending on the application, grease can present several benefits over fluid lubrication. Greases provide a physical seal preventing contamination ingress, resist the washing action of water and can stay in place in an application even in vertically mounted positions. Greases are suitable for applications where relubrication is infrequent or economically unjustifiable, due to the physical configuration of the mechanism, the type of motion, the type of sealing or the need for the lubricant ...
Application note: large holographic grating inspection with high-accuracy XY stages downloadweblink
A Newport customer fabricates large gratings using the holographic technique. In the process of grating inspection, high accuracy of motion becomes key in examining the micro-defect. Newport provided a custom XY system to help meet the client’s needs.
AMRC engineers utilise brushless DC motor from Maxon to create passive-input gearbox weblink
Engineers in the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s (AMRC’s) new Design and Prototyping Group have used an EC-4pole brushless DC motor from Maxon to develop a compact, passive-input gearbox for a robotic drilling system.
Aerotech stages utilise direct-drive technology to achieve excellent positioning performance weblink
Aerotech is offering a series of nanopositioning stages that utilises advanced direct-drive technology to achieve a high level of positioning performance for high-precision positioning, disk-drive fabrication, fibre alignment, optical delay element actuation, sensor testing and scanning processes that require smooth and precise motion.
Video feature: Iglidur PRT slewing-ring bearing system from Igus videoweblink
This video demonstrates Igus’s Iglidur PRT slewing-ring bearing system, which is designed to support high-load rotational applications such as machine tools, clean rooms, assembly lines, wind turbines, production facilities and robots.
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DSP Robotics video article
DSPRobotics are the manufacturers of the ‘FlowStone’ computer programming language for engineering and education.
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Tandler Precision video article
Tandler have been at the forefront of gear manufacturing technology for more than half a century. Wherever high quality gearing is required, in industrial, aerospace, military and automotive applications, from one-offs to volume production, we can manufacture gears of all types to meet ...