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Electric Linear Actuators: Make or Buy?
Engineering an electric linear actuator system in-house is often the most cost and time-efficient route to an automated motion solution. Sometimes you are better off buying. Who could know better than you exactly what your electric linear actuator needs are? And today you can buy so many ready-m...Read more -
New Ventilator Prototypes Rely on Linear Actuators
The safe and efficient delivery of oxygen to patients. Bag valve masks, also called ambu bags (artificial manual breathing units) are used to deliver oxygen to patients who aren’t breathing on their own. But while they have saved many lives, they are not well-suited for treating patients with th...Read more -
Increasing Step Motor Torque Without Increasing Frame Size
The key is adding stacked rotors and stators, but you must live with a physically longer motor. Step motors provide accurate position control without the need for feedback, traditionally in open-loop control schemes. A stepper motor’s shaft normally makes discrete angular movements of essentiall...Read more -
Understanding Your Options in Corrosion Resistance
Choices for linear bearings include bearing material, coatings, and sourcing. Corrosion is an oxidation reaction that affects most metals. In the case of steel, the iron oxidizes when exposed to air and water to form rust, which can gradually destroy the material over time. The surfaces of steel...Read more -
Crawling Robots and Flying Drones Detect Damaged Wind Blades
Robots, drones, and sensors help with inspections now and could be fully automated in the not-too-distant future. Drones and crawling robots outfitted with special scanners could help wind blades stay in service longer, which could lower the cost of wind energy at a time when blades are getting ...Read more -
Picking, Purchasing and Programming Your First Industrial Robot
Some quick advice on getting the most out of that first purchase. Robots don’t disappoint. After a manufacturing company buys its first industrial robot installation, it goes back time and time again to buy more to further automation to their factories. Given that robots boost productivity, prof...Read more -
Pulse Control Basics for Motion Control
For automating machines that require only two to three axes of electric actuators, pulse outputs may be the simplest way to go. Using pulse outputs from a PLC is a cost-effective way to get simple motion. Most, if not all, PLC manufacturers provide a way to control servos and steppers using a pu...Read more -
1800N Thrust Load 0.2mm Position Accuracy Electric Linear Actuator
DC Motor Quiet design, solve the noise problem when the putter is working. Metal Gear Powder metallurgy, pure metal gear, super high strength, double the toughness. Upper and Lower Limit Switch The telescopic rod will automatically stop when it reaches the top or bottom to ensure that the...Read more -
5 Tips to Keeping Your Surface Preparation Equipment Healthy
Here’s what you need to know about maintenance, responsibility, and selection of industrial machines. Prior to the Second World War, machines were basic, bulky, and slow-running. Because production demands were low, machine downtime did not cause considerable problems. However, with technologica...Read more -
10 Benefits of Using a Pick-and-Place Machine
The road to improved productivity and product quality often starts with pick-and-place automation. Pick-and-place machines have become an essential part of the modern manufacturing environment, offering customizable ways to solve problems and ultimately bolster companies’ bottom lines. Here are ...Read more -
What Makes a Linear Guide Suitable for High Temperature Use?
Metal components, Plastic components, Lubrication, Optional components and accessories. For most recirculating ball and roller linear guides, the allowable operating temperature range is -10° to 80° C, with some configurations rated up to 100° C for brief periods. But not all applications fall w...Read more -
How to Reduce the Effects of Stiction (stick-slip) in Linear Guides
What causes stiction? How to reduce them. Unless you’re playing the violin, stiction, or stick-slip, is an unwanted condition caused by the difference between static and dynamic friction between the two surfaces. When stiction occurs in linear guides, it can lead to chattering (“jerky” motion), ...Read more
