If you're weighing the relative merits of manufacturing your product in house versus outsourcing to a contract manufacturer, there are a number of factors you should consider. Our white paper, "Should … [Read more...] about Should you manufacture your product?
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The Best Springs You Haven’t Tried Yet
Flat wire wave springs offer the best balance of size and spring force. Here's what you need to know to design with these high-performance alternatives to traditional springs. … [Read more...] about The Best Springs You Haven’t Tried Yet
Autotuning Servos Optimize Machine Performance Effortlessly
An ideal autotuning servo drive features proactive autotuning capabilities to prevent command sequences from exciting resonances and reactive autotuning to eliminate any additional error that crops up … [Read more...] about Autotuning Servos Optimize Machine Performance Effortlessly
Understanding Incremental Encoder Signals Data
Incremental encoders are used on servo motors as feedback devices to determine position and direction. Motor controllers can also use the position information from the encoder to calculate velocity … [Read more...] about Understanding Incremental Encoder Signals Data
THE BENEFITS OF AMETEK CUSTOM PROGRAMMABLE AND CONTROLLABLE MOTORS, BLOWERS, FANS AND PUMPS
Fans, blowers, and other air/fluid movement products have benefitted from many technology improvements in recent decades, primarily with the long life and controllability offered by electrically … [Read more...] about THE BENEFITS OF AMETEK CUSTOM PROGRAMMABLE AND CONTROLLABLE MOTORS, BLOWERS, FANS AND PUMPS
3D Printing Materials: Choosing the Right Material for Your Application
3D printing has matured over the last decade, due in large part to the breadth of available materials. Additive manufacturing now offers many of the thermoplastics and metals found in traditional … [Read more...] about 3D Printing Materials: Choosing the Right Material for Your Application
Clancy Moving Systems Rooftop Installation
The grid-tie 469 kW-DC/392 kW-AC solar PV system on the roof of Clancy Moving Systems represents a unique advance in system design and string inverter installation. To satisfy code requirements, keep … [Read more...] about Clancy Moving Systems Rooftop Installation
Tips & Techniques for Making Power Supply Testing Easier
Power supplies are driving to a level of efficiency never seen before, requiring design engineers to perform numerous specialized power measurements that are time-consuming and complex. Our poster is … [Read more...] about Tips & Techniques for Making Power Supply Testing Easier
A guide to selecting a hydraulic flow meter
I don’t bother measuring flow, measuring pressure is much easier”. The technician I was talking to was adamant about this. And he’s partly right. But it misses the bigger point. As all engineers know, … [Read more...] about A guide to selecting a hydraulic flow meter
Harmonic Distortion and Variable Frequency Drives
Designed to meet the demand for clean power, Control Techniques offers the latest in both microprocessor and power semiconductor technology to provide the industry with economical, compact and highly … [Read more...] about Harmonic Distortion and Variable Frequency Drives