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Articles & News on Motion Control

Improving Manufacturing Productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision

  • March 25, 2019
  • Feature

By Nir Zamir, Inspekto Having a happy workforce may be the first step to improving productivity, but proper tools and advanced technologies will take productivity significantly further, particularly for industrial manufacturers. This article explains how manufacturers can improve productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision systems.

maxon motors announces opening of Massachusetts manufacturing facility

  • March 20, 2019
  • News

The building will provide design engineering and production operations, advancing maxon precision motors presence and capabilities in North America.

Applied Motion Products announces tools for Python language with its stepper and servo motors

  • March 15, 2019
  • News

These new tools, including an application note and sample code, guide Python programmers in sending high-level motion commands, using Applied Motion’s Serial Command Language (SCL), to one or more axes of stepper and/or servo motors.

Automate announces seven Launch Pad Startup Competition finalists

  • March 13, 2019
  • News

On April 10 at 3 p.m. in the “Win the Future” theater, the seven finalists will have five minutes to pitch their technology solution to a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and investors.

Wunderlich–Malec announces acquisition of Control Concepts & Case M&I, LLC

  • March 7, 2019
  • News

This acquisition is intended to strengthen both companies by providing customers a broader range of industrial engineering and system solutions to meet their needs from a single source solutions provider.

Is IT/OT Convergence Becoming Misguided Thinking?

  • March 5, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The convergence of Information Technology (IT) & Operations Technology(OT) has been a growing topic of importance in manufacturing. Many times, however the focus on IT/OT convergence can be too narrow in scope to leverage the increasingly advanced technologies to achieve a manufacturing competitive advantage

Hannover Messe 2019 Preview: Digital Networking Humans & Machines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  • by Bill Lydon
  • February 26, 2019
  • Feature

During a January preview for the event, over 120 journalists, including yours truly, gathered for presentations and discussions from the Hannover Messe team, and over 40 exhibitors, expanding on the topics and technologies that so many will experience

Carnegie Mellon research aims at identifying causes for defects in 3D Printing

  • February 22, 2019
  • News

New research published today in Science, led by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory, has identified how and when these gas pockets form, as well as a methodology to predict their formation – a pivotal discovery that could dramatically improve the 3D printing process.

Calculating Acceleration for Linear Motion

  • February 22, 2019
  • News

By H2W Technologies Determining the right motion control solution may require some calculations to match the specifications found on a given motors data sheet.

Maplesoft and Sigmetrix announce direct operations in China

  • February 21, 2019
  • News

The two Cybernet Group companies now have an office in Shanghai that is staffed by local experts to provide products and solutions to their customers within all of China.