Part 1 in a series of articles on motor control design starts with an introduction to motors and controllers. Electric motors consume almost half of the electricity produced worldwide. They, in fact, ...

By maintaining high quality production processes, KPower aims to deliver reliable motion solutions that support the growth of ...

Accurate, repeatable positioning is crucial to a host of medical devices — everything from CAT scanners to blood-testing equipment to milling machines for lenses. And motion must often be in more than ...

If you’re engineering medical devices these days, chances are you’re looking for solutions that support miniaturization and increase performance. “A key trend in medical devices is miniaturization,” ...

Improvement in the design of medical equipment for better-streamlined functionality and performance is influenced by a number of critical factors. The research, design, modeling, testing, prototyping, ...

A line of computer-controlled linear actuators, linear slides, rotary stages, mirror mounts, and other motion control devices offer flexibility in automating submicron positioning applications.

JOBY recently announced a new line of content creator microphones, and they’re not done yet. The Spin and Swing are two new motion control devices for mobile content creators. The Spin is a Bluetooth ...

Following a few rules when selecting a single-source supplier makes putting together a motion-control system a snap. Designing a motion-control system can be a trying affair. Time and budget ...

Aerotech’s Sensor Fusion is a 3U data acquisition device integrated with the Automation 3200 (A3200) motion controller that provides precise time alignment of motion and data acquisition functions, ...

Very early motion control systems used mechanical gearboxes and levers to select speeds and drive power, but these systems were quickly replaced by analog electronic controllers that provided much ...

In theory, a distributed architecture simplifies equipment design by putting right-sized automation as close as possible to the driven machine elements. The SIMODRIVE POSMO series of distributed ...