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While it's easy to relate to a burst of propelled water cutting through and dousing the flames of California's wildfires, it takes a bit more imagination to visualize water cutting through a 6 in. chunk of steel.According to Calypso Waterjet Systems,... more »
Established in 1988, Conflex, Inc (Germantown, WI) quickly became one of the largest suppliers of automatic L-Bar Sealers in the United States. To meet the growing demand for high-speed shrink-wrapping equipment, Conflex began building horizontal form/fill/seal... more »
For 100 years, Cincinnati-based manufacturer R. A. Jones & Co Inc has delivered packaging machines to end users in a wide range of industries. As technology has evolved, the company has implemented several improvements that have helped its customers succeed,... more »
Industry: Industrial Controls/Devices/Systems, SemiconductorProduct: Data Acquisition, LabVIEW, Motion Control, Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), VisionChallenge:Developing a highly automated wafer scriber that requires minimal service and... more »
Synopsis: Today's machine designer is in the fortunate position of having a wide range of motion control options to select from. However, the choice of the best controller for a specific application is often confusing. This article will review the various... more »
High performance motion control over a digital network demands tightly managed timing regimens to ensure synchronous and real-time updates across multiple axes. SynqNet was specifically designed to support high performance centralized control systems... more »
Optimal machine control requires a partnership to achieve affordable solutions and meet performance goals required by the manufacturing community. A partnership between OEM, automation supplier, and manufacturing customer is critical to achieve performance... more »
In late 2001, Dennis Schmiesing, president of Globus Printing and Packaging, and his brother Tim decided to change the way they did business, in order to enhance their productive capability to keep up with growing market demands.Founded in 1957, Globus... more »
Applying conformal coatings, either manually or automated, to printed circuit boards (PCBs) to protect them from solvents, moisture, dust, and other contaminants, can be arduous and costly, particularly when it involves masking. With any PCB, certain... more »
Rotary and linear encoders provide position-feedback for motion control applications.This article looks at various solutions for transporting this data from the encoder to the motion controller.. . To obtain Adobe Acrobat Reader, click on the link below.... more »
Capable of withstanding varying degrees of particle and debris contamination, NSK Series V1 Linear Guide offers significantly higher resistance to fine particles and debris and achieves long life under contaminated operating conditions.Linear guides are... more »
With all new motor and gearhead combinations,Pacesetter™ family of ac inverter duty motors, gearmotors, and ac variable speed controls is designed to provide maximum output power in the smallest package. Applications for the new inverter duty gearmotors... more »
MTS Sensors' R-Series sensor, part of the Temposonics® family of magnetostrictive position sensors, is now offered with standard Fieldbus outputs.The R-Series is also now available in flexible (RF) sensing element application housings, in addition to... more »
Temposonics® C-Series linear-position sensor incorporates the latest in magnetostrictive sensor technology to produce a very small magnetostrictive position sensor. Designed for use in higher-volume OEM products, such as medical devices, small cutting/fastening/forming... more »
Card-level DMC-21x3 Ethernet controller series accepts an array of Galil plug-in, multiaxis amplifier boards designed to eliminate any wiring between the controller and drives.All DMC-21x3 controllers provide high performance features such as 1-8 axis... more »
A new Digital MMC from G & L Motion Control mounts directly in an MMC Smart Drive servo amplifier, and controls the amplifier it resides in and up to 15 additional MMC Smart Drive servo amplifiers. The amplifiers are daisy-chained together with a simple... more »
Three-phase, Synchronous, Linear MotorsThe DSL 56 from Baumuller is characterized by compactness, excellent dynamic response qualities, and peak powers for linear motion. Baumuller servomotors and integrated (roller/ball) screws combine to produce the... more »
Decentralized Motion ControlMotion control is becoming increasingly complex in order to meet market demands for greater system throughput and improved output quality and precision.These objectives must be accomplished while decreasing overall machine... more »
Seeing is believing: sensing and machine vision form the nerve system of collaborative manufacturing, not just in typical QC and QA applications but in design and assembly. See below how sensors and vision systems help keep our money real and our borders... more »
In June 2002, Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems (LMAero) in Marietta, GA opened the initial stages of their new high-rate production line for the F/A-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force's new air superiority fighter jet. LM Aero has been in an EMD (Engineering... more »