Archive for the ‘Motion control’ Category
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
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A project team consisting of experts from science and industry, including the Swiss drive specialist maxon motor, is developing the new humanoid robot by the name of “Roboy”. On 9 March 2013, Roboy will be presented to ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
The new Faulhaber ball screws series BS 22-1.5 enables linear movements with minimum travel variations of max. 5 µm over the absolute total travel. According to the firm, the combination with motors and mounted components such as high-resolution encoders, integrated motion controllers or stepper motors in micro-stepping operation guarantees maximum ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., manufacturer of nanopositioning stages and precision motion-control equipment for biomedical, semiconductor, imaging and nanotechnology applications, has released a new catalogue on nanopositioning systems. The 160-page catalogue focuses on piezo flexure based nanopositioning systems capable of repeatedly moving distances as small as the diameter of an atom.
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Motion control specialist Thomson wants to improve your smartphone's IQ. The company has introduced the EngineersCALC app, which contains four different, frequently used calculation programmes that support machine and positioning system designers and engineers.
EngineersCALC allows users to quickly convert figures from one unit of measurement to another, determine the inertia ...
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
PI (Physik Instrumente) and PI Ceramic have announced that they are planning to invest approximately US$13 million for the third extension of their piezo ceramics facility and R&D centre in Thuringia, Germany, over the next three years. At the groundbreaking ceremony, PI CEO Dr. Karl Spanner noted that after hiring ...
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Piezos are suitable for fast switching, as they offer electromagnetic quietness, good repeatability, high reliability and fast speeds. However, fast acceleration can mean recoil forces excite vibration in the pipette and both piezo and stepper actuators have suffered from these in the past, causing unwanted, repetitive solution switching for many milliseconds. Engineers ...
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
It’s not uncommon for a company to develop a custom product for a customer and use that research as a jumping off point to improve a standard technology. That is how LoadSense drive technology came to be developed by Sonceboz. The resulting motor is on display at the company’s stand ...
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Supplier of linear motion systems Thomson has published a brochure describing the use of its components in a range of medical engineering applications. The Medical Motion Solutions brochure is divided into four application categories: diagnostic and treatment equipment, patient transport and personal mobility, ergotherapy and rehabilitation apparatus, and laboratory automation.
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Printed armature motors, also known as pancake or servo disc motors, bring a host of features as well as compact dimensions to a number of applications. Traditionally, they have also brought along a high price tag, which has kept the technology from widespread adoption. Printed Motor Works Ltd hopes to ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
Compact high-precision Squiggle motors from New Scale Technologies are suitable for an array of medical device applications including robotic surgical devices, endoscopes, implantable devices and drug-delivery devices. Non-ferrous versions can be made for use in high-magnetic (MRI) environments.
The NSD-2101 accepts direct 2.3 VDC to 5.5 VDC battery power and uses ...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
You might say that conventional power saws that are used to cut through casts add insult to injury. Loud and cumbersome, they have frightened legions of children over the years (and probably a few adults, as well). A new cast removal system has brought this technology into the modern era, ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Maxon motor, headquartered in Sachseln, Switzerland, helps provide innovative solutions for numerous applications in the medical device industry such as hand-held surgical devices and robots, micropumps, dialysis and dosing systems and radiation equipment. The company’s product range includes DC motors, planetary gears, spur gears and special gears, sensors, servo amplifiers, ...
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