Requirements vary according to the application, so finding the matching encoder is not an easy thing. As a remedy, Baumer offers a modular encoder platform. The incremental encoders of the OptoPulse … [Read more...] about Flexible, robust, precise and efficient: The new benchmark in modular incremental encoders
Motion Control
Understanding Combitronic™ Technology
What is Combitronic, exactly, and how can this powerful motor-to-motor communications capability help me more easily implement multi-motor applications and get them to market faster? Moog Animatics … [Read more...] about Understanding Combitronic™ Technology
How to Specify Custom Lead Screws
Lead Screws are increasingly being used to produce linear motion when accuracy and reliability are critical. For many designers and engineers accustomed to the constraints of standard configurations, … [Read more...] about How to Specify Custom Lead Screws
Lead Screws 101 – A Basic Guide to Implementing a Lead Screw Assembly for Any Design
The concepts discussed in this white paper cover the basics and provide a solid foundation to design a successful lead screw driven axis of motion. The included design considerations, machine … [Read more...] about Lead Screws 101 – A Basic Guide to Implementing a Lead Screw Assembly for Any Design
Find out how this OEM realized improved delivery times and reduced engineering costs
Learn how AB Graphic International simplified and sped up software design with a PC vision software upgrade, while it reduced installation time via new servo inverter hardware. … [Read more...] about Find out how this OEM realized improved delivery times and reduced engineering costs
Closed-Loop Stepper Motor Performance Gains
Modern motion controllers can include the ability to run stepper motors with encoder feedback, resulting in true closed-loop motion control. This mode of motor control is very similar to standard … [Read more...] about Closed-Loop Stepper Motor Performance Gains
Programmable Rotary Encoders with a Difference
Find out how POSITAL’s UBIFAST programming tool can be used to configure IXARC incremental and hybrid incremental/absolute encoders, right at the job site. Get the performance characteristics you … [Read more...] about Programmable Rotary Encoders with a Difference
Improve the Productivity of your Factory Automation Systems with Lightweight Gears and Actuators
After sliding from its peak more than 25 years ago, U.S. manufacturing appears to be on the way back. Factory automation is a critical element enabling U.S. manufacturing companies to effectively … [Read more...] about Improve the Productivity of your Factory Automation Systems with Lightweight Gears and Actuators
Spectral Decomposition: Coordinated control of fast- and slow-tool servo actuators
As demands for machine productivity increase, there is a growing interest in the use of fast-tool servos in motion control applications. These actuators have a very high bandwidth, but typically a … [Read more...] about Spectral Decomposition: Coordinated control of fast- and slow-tool servo actuators
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