Motion Controls

More on Motor & Drive integration More on Motor & Drive integration

The motor and drive combination is a basic building block of motion control.  Each component is useless without the other.  So it’s pretty important to come up with a good definition for what the “system” performance needs are to make sure that you end up where you need to be in your design. Generally, we go to single source suppliers... [Read more]

Custom Transfer System Adds Value by the Millisecond Custom Transfer System Adds Value by the Millisecond

Services and products from hydraulics, pneumatics, electrics, and linear technology were linked by Rexroth engineers to produce a custom engineering concept for Swiss company Mikron Machining Technology. “The fact that Rexroth offers coordinated components from pneumatic, hydraulic and electric drive technology right through to high speed control... [Read more]

Motor and Drive Combinations Motor and Drive Combinations

There is a subtle premise that often escapes us as we talk about motors and the controls that run them.  It is that the motor and controller operate as a package.  In most situations, a customer specification is for input voltage and output torque and speed.  That’s all that is important.  How you get there doesn’t matter a great deal. But... [Read more]

New Motion Feedback New Motion Feedback

The field of motion control is heavily dependent on the feedback device.  There are a world of issues encompassed in this statement.  But I will skip the majority of them and jump to the conclusion that magnetic encoder technology has long been a favorite of mine as a potentially ideal solution for a number of reasons.  Magnetic position technology... [Read more]

Magnetics 2010 and Motion, Drive & Automation Magnetics 2010 and Motion, Drive & Automation

There is a small industry conference that takes place every year with a lineup of industry experts that is top notch by any standard.  It’s called the Motion, Drive and Automation Conference put on by E-Drive magazine.  This year it is located at the Disney Hilton Resort in Orlando and is taking place on January 28 & 29.   The conference... [Read more]

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