Products for Motion Control

KOGANEI Expands Motion Control Capabilities with Air Picker and Air Gripper Components

KOGANEI International America, Inc., has added the Air Picker and Air Gripper (Bridgestone Series) components to their selection of high performance pneumatic grippers.

Teknic Presents New I/O and Motion Controller with Four Axes Control

Teknic recently launched ClearCore, a low-cost, multi-axis, motion and industrial I/O controller offering OEMs a new way to save space, money and wiring in their automated machinery.

Performance Motion Devices Launches Revolutionary New Ultra-Compact Motion Controller

• PMD Automation

ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives are compact, PCB-mountable intelligent motion control amplifiers that feature full programmability, 1 KW output capacity, support for quadrature, sin/cos and BiSS-C encoders, and more.

Siemens Introduces New Servo Drive System Simplifying Motion Control for Machine Builders

• Siemens

Siemens offers a new servo package consisting of drive, motor and controller for
a wide variety of motion control applications.

STXI Motion's Compact Microcontroller Delivers Multi-Axis Motion Control and Robotic Innovations to Packaging Systems

Developed by Servotronix with an EtherNet/IP interface from STXI Motion, the softMC compact microcontroller enables any major OEM programmable logic controller (PLC) to seamlessly control any motion control component, including robots, drives, and motors, to add innovation and modularity to packaging systems.

Bosch Rexroth Offers New Solutions for the Factory of the Future With Smart MechatroniX

• Bosch Rexroth Corporation

The first mechatronic solution packages are already available or are in the test phase.

Teknic Launches ClearLink, an EtherNet-IP Motion and I/O Controller

Teknic recently launched ClearLink, a Motion and I/O Controller offering users of EtherNet/IP compatible PLCs, such as CompactLogix™, MicroLogix™, and ControlLogix®, a new way to save space, money, and wiring in their automated machinery.

Bosch Rexroth’s BSHP and BASA: 20,000 km Without Relubrication

• Bosch Rexroth

Ball rail systems and ball screw assemblies with longer lubrication intervals reduce operating costs and protect the environment.

Beckhoff's TwinCAT/BSD Offers Alternative Operating System

• Beckhoff Automation

The new multi-core-capable, Unix-compatible operating system supports all TwinCAT 3 real-time applications.

Festo Introduces a Miniature Valve for In-vitro Diagnostics, Point-of-Care Devices, and Labs on a Chip

• Festo Corporation

At 6 mm wide and with low power consumption, the VOVK is ideal for compact valve terminals and battery-powered solutions.