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Industry News

• How MCMA Is Helping Members During this Crisis
  During this time when in-person meetings are being canceled, your digital presence is so important.
• Entrepreneur Mark Cuban Joins OnRobot and Hirebotics CEOs to Discuss the Future of Manufacturing
  In a virtual panel hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), robotics thought leaders gather November 19.
• LINAK releases family of field-tested CANopen actuators
  LINAK, a worldwide leader in electric linear actuation solutions, has expanded available control options to include CANopen.
• Nexen Announces New Engineered Solutions Brochure
  Nexen Group, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision motion control components, power transmission, and web tension control products, is pleased...
• Red Lion Introduces Secure Industrial Remote Access Platform
  Red Lion, the exclusive North American partner for MB connect line GmbH, announces the launch of its Secure Remote Access...

Technical Features

• Motion Control Trends to Watch in 2021
  Industrial end-users face challenges on all sides. Customers expect more performance at a lower price point.
• Why Industrial Edge Computing Might Be Your Best Path to Digitalization
  Keeping time-sensitive processing near the source cuts latency, shrinks bandwidth demand, and opens up new use cases?find out how.
• Understanding Sensors for Motion Control and Manufacturing
  By leveraging a variety of modalities, industrial sensors monitor everything from axis position to fill level in bottles.
• Time-Sensitive Networking, Eventually
  Time-sensitive networking (TSN) --a set of extensions to Ethernet standard IEEE802.1 defining protocols and requirements for deterministic, real-time industrial communication
• IO-Link: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies
  Promising simplified connections between fieldbuses or industrial Ethernet networks and sensors and actuators on the factory floor, IO-Link has...

New Product/Service News

• maxon introduces a multi-axis controller for highly dynamic positioning tasks
  maxon is launching the next generation of Motion Controllers
• POSITAL’s New Multiturn Counter Module: Battery-Free Rotation Counts
  POSITAL’s Multiturn Counter Module is a zero-maintenance rotation counter designed to be integrated into motors or other types of rotating...
• 5 challenges an electric motor has to overcome on Mars
  Outer space is unforgiving. This is why precision drives
• New Rollon Linear Guide Handles Higher Loads, Solves Misalignment
  Rollon has introduced its Compact Rail Plus — part of its new generation of high-performance linear guides.
• ACS Introduces ECMsm Economical Control Module All-In-One Controller with Integrated Drives for OEM Machine Builders
  ACS Motion Control launches the first in a new line of Economical Control Module products.