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Controls/Motion
Nord Motors Provide Additional Strength, Stability, and Cooling Advantages
Eliminate need for NPT adapters
Controls/Motion
Amway’s Energy Drink Meets Skyrocketing Demand Through Digital Thread
Supplier Submitted
Beckhoff Electric Cylinders Provide Precise, Energy-efficient Motion
Controls/Motion
Linear Servo Track System Allows Production-on-Demand for Liquid Filling
Supplier Submitted
Electronic Position Indicator
Controls/Motion
Augmented Reality Speeds Machine Troubleshooting
Emerson’s new Augmented Reality option runs on its Movicon SCADA platform and allows operators to control equipment through an iPad or AR device and gather metrics on the machinery.
Controls/Motion
Servomotors
Siemens introduces the SIMOTICS S-1FS2 line of servomotors designed for the clean condition requirements of the food, beverage, sterile packaging, pharmaceutical, and other process industries.
Sponsored
Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings
Aurora Bearing Company develops key components for dairy machinery, high speed sorters and inserters, baggers and carton erectors. Aurora's engineering experts solve the most difficult applications using ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified products.
Controls/Motion
Bosch Launches E-Commerce Portal for Design Engineers
The Rexroth Store provides easy access to product and account information, CAD files, and the ability to verify system designs with Rexroth product engineers.
Controls/Motion
Spur Gears
KHK USA’s spur gears are cylindrical disks that have involute shaped teeth cut into their face. They are available in various materials, configurations, modules, and numbers of teeth.
Components/Instrumentation
Guide Actuator for Symmetrical Movement
THK's Type KR-RL LM Guide Actuator features a driving element that uses right/left threads and enables symmetrical movements with a single motor.
Controls/Motion
SICK and Vention Partner to Bring Enhanced Robot Guidance Systems to Manufacturers
Vention’s manufacturing automation platform accelerates the design and deployment of modular applications for robot guidance systems with SICK.
Controls/Motion
Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop
The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.
Controls/Motion
Miniature Photoelectric Sensor
SICK’s W4F miniature photoelectric sensor can detect jet black, highly reflective, flat, or transparent objects in tight installation spaces for proximity applications.
Controls/Motion
Absolute Bus Encoder
The Model A58SB absolute bus encoder from Encoder Products is designed for harsh factory and plant floor environments. It is available in both single- and multi-turn resolution.
Controls/Motion
Drive System for Conveyor Applications
Siemens’ Sinamics G115D compact drive system is specifically designed for horizontal conveyor applications. The motor, drive, and gearbox are in one unit and is offered in two versions—wall- and motor-mounted.
Controls/Motion
Sirius Modular Systems for Industrial Control Panel Design
Allied Electronics & Automation and Siemens team up to offer systems for control panel building.
Controls/Motion
Liquid Atomizing Spray Nozzle
Exair’s 1/2 NPT FullStream liquid atomizing spray nozzle, designed for cooling, washing, and rinsing applications, provides a full cone spray pattern for pressurized liquids.
Controls/Motion
Counting System Achieves High Speeds
Is suitable for a variety of products
Controls/Motion
Motors for a Range of Applications
Bison Gear & Engineering’s VFsync line of permanent magnet AC synchronous (PMAC) motors is designed for use within a wide range of applications, including: conveyor systems, bottling equipment, bagging equipment, packaging machines, and more.
Controls/Motion
Robotic Tool-Changing Systems
Stäubli Connectors offers a new range of compact robotic tool changing systems covering a payload range up to 80 kg. They can accommodate several transfer technologies precise repeat accuracy of +/-1.5 µm.
Controls/Motion
Fortress Uses ARM Microprocessors in Metal Detectors
Fortress Technology’s Interceptor and Interceptor DF, its latest generation of digital food metal detectors, feature the latest ARM microprocessors.
Controls/Motion
NORD Provides Drive Electronics for a Wide Range of Applications
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS' portfolio includes motor starters and variable frequency drives of up to 30 HP for decentralized applications and up to 200 HP for control cabinets – characterized by scalable functions, high precision regulation, and easy installation.
Controls/Motion
Linear Electric Actuator
The SMAC LDL electric actuator, available in 1/2-in. and 1-in. widths, is said to be cost competitive with pneumatic cylinders.
Controls/Motion
Variable Frequency Drives Are Smart and Compact
Provide greater flexibility in configuration and function
Controls/Motion
Zip Chain Actuator
U.S. Tsubaki’s electric linear Zip Chain Actuator is designed to provide high speeds and multi-point stopping in a compact footprint.
Controls/Motion
Servo Drives
Beckhoff’s ELM72xx EtherCAT servo drives deliver an output current (Irms) of up to 16 A at 48 V DC for the power supply.