Hybrid Motion Technology combines step motors with servo control technology to offer the best from both worlds. Paul Kling from IMS Schneider Electric Motion demonstrates the technology to Ken Korane of MACHINE DESIGN. 8:45
Learn how the tenets of lean automation and new technology can let engineers reduce or eliminate the need for PLCs in control systems from Amy Beaudry, a technologist from Eaton Corp. 3:11
Lee Teschler looks at a 24-string guitar tree built to demonstrate electronic actuation of pneumatic systems built by Rob Clippard from Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc.6:52
Emergency stop switches, generally referred to as E-Stops, help ensure the safety of people and machinery through consistent and predictable fail-safe responses
Pete McHugh from Turck gives Lee Teschler of MACHINE DESIGN magazine the lowdown on a new line of industrial I/O that does not need to be housed in an enclosure. 9:57
Advanced servomotor systems need an inertia load parameter for proper tuning. This process uses the servomotor in the machine to plot the true inertia of the load.
Data network with intrinsic immunity to noise comes in handy for a 14- m-long carbon-fiber winder used to make components for challenging applications such as rigging for racing yachts
