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  • Zero-Max publishes ServoClass coupling Brochure

    This brochure explains the oscillation phenomena of servomotors and shows how to evaluate resonant frequency of a ball-screw system, which is an important consideration in the selection process of couplings.
    31 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Compact AC Drive market growing

    IMS Research forecasts that global compact AC low-voltage drive sales will grow to $3 billion in 2016.
    30 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Apple Rubber publishes Seal Design Guide

    This 12-part Guide consists of information such as Rules of Thumb, O-Ring Basics, Seal Types, Material Selection, Special Elastomer Applications, and newly added Inspection Specifications.
    29 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Art to Part Manufacturing Shift

    Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor Art to Part has been a vision since the 1970's to have a holistic computer aided product design to manufacturing process. The technology is available today, but manufacturers also need to make organizational changes to fully leverage it.
    25 January, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • igus renews plain bearing competition

    The manus competition seeks innovative applications that use self-lubricating, maintenance-free polymer bearings. Entries must be received by February 28, 2013.
    25 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation adds Jacobs Automation's iTRAK

    The iTRAK System provides independent control of multiple magnetically propelled movers on straight and curved paths. The connection will be via EtherNet/IP.
    25 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • LUDECA updates "Laser Align" mobile app

    The application now has an interactive Tolerance Table, where the user can input his own machine RPM and the app will kick back the respective Alignment Tolerances.
    23 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • SDP/SI publishes CD-ROM catalog

    Catalog covers belt and chain drives, shaft accessories, bearings, feed and idler rollers, couplings, vibration mounts and pads, linear motion systems, hardware, right angle drives, gearheads, gearmotors and clutches.
    23 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Thomson publishes Linear Motion Systems catalog

    The 230+ page catalog details the features, specifications, dimensions and ordering information for the company’s complete family of linear units and accessories.
    23 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Siemens Serves Users by Adding EtherNet/IP

    Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor The addition of an EtherNet/IP stack to the Siemens Sinamics drives offers another option and makes life easier for users and machine builders. The Sinamics S120 drive products now support Profibus DP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Ethernet TCP/IP.
    19 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Eastern Europe drives market booming

    Frost & Sullivan says the drives market in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS was $472.5 million in 2011 and will reach $652.1 million in 2016.
    15 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Low Power AC Drives Market in Asia to grow 9%

    The Asian region is the largest market for low power AC drives, representing around 42 percent of the global low power AC drives market.
    14 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Parker Hannifin updates inPHorm hydraulic sizing software

    Sizing software streamlines the process of specifying hydraulic accumulators by increasing efficiency and minimizing the engineering time required to design accumulators.
    14 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • IFR to host Robotics Automation Round Table at AUTOMATE

    The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) will host an exclusive press event for editors - CEO Round Table Discussion - at AUTOMATE in Chicago on 22 January 2013.
    11 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • China makes Global Motion Control Market drop

    Sales of motion control products have decreased in 2012 in China as a result of overcapacity, and the global motion control market is forecast to decline by 1.9 percent compared to 2011.
    10 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • igus releases 2013 bearings catalog

    The catalog covers new product lines, such as knife-edge rollers offering oil-free deflection for conveyor belts, and zero-backlash leadscrew nuts.
    10 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell to upgrade printing at Nordic newspaper

    Honeywell will provide new input/output modules, bring the safety system in line with current standards, and increase redundancy in the drive system.
    08 January, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Heason Technology appoints Tom Wells Application Engineer

    Wells has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in mechatronics and robotics from the University of Surrey and is continuing his PhD in Biomedical engineering.
    07 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Precision Geared Product Shipment Growth Falls

    The Eurozone economy and China’s decelerating economic growth will lead to a decline in precision geared product shipments in 2013.
    18 December, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Schneider Electric Signs Kaman as distributor

    Kaman is a distributor for Schneider Electric’s line of industrial automation and control products as well as select power control and protection products commonly used in motor control applications.
    18 December, 2012 | 2 minutes
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