Options abound for increased efficiency in lubrication.

This Q&A session with various experts at Thomson Linear Systems covers linear slides & stages, clutches & brakes, bearings and actuators.

Servo system from Bosch-Rexroth helps create more efficient beverage palletizer.

Sunnen grows product portfolio with motion control solution from Siemens.

ABB Robotics gets free advertising via summer blockbuster.

The complete Product News section from the August 2009 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

This case study presents how electronics and software can be applied to a mobile hydraulic application, as well as how electro-hydraulics have evolved over time.

The demand for stepping motors with high efficiency and low losses has been increasing, although the demand had been previously focused on high torque. Also, the selection of the most suitable grade of lamination for improvement in fastening of the laminated cores has reduced losses significantly at their peak, when compared to conventional stepping motors. Lowering the losses of the motor has enabled continuous operation that was previously impossible. An expansion of the stepping motor’s usage into applications where another motor has been used for continuous operation and other uses—due to the heat generation problem—can now be pursued. In addition, these motors are very effective for energy saving. This paper explains the technology used for lowering the iron losses of the stepping motor.

The federal government estimates that manufacturing uses about one third of the energy consumed in the U.S., so manufacturing companies can play an important role in building a sustainable future.

Opto 22 Embeds Snap Motion Control subsystem in production equipment to control, monitor and gather operational data.