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Motion Control Case Studies
Sourcing Custom Cable Harnesses
POSTED: 01/08/2021
BACKGROUND An automotive company urgently needed over 80,000 custom cable harnesses for a project. Prototypes had yet to be built for approval and stringent requirements meant that standard commercial cables could not be used. To build the cables, individual wires would need to be sourced, cut, stripped, terminals added and bundled
Height adjustment in the transport robots
POSTED: 11/05/2020
The Berlin-based company InSystems Automation GmbH uses electric linear actuators from LINAK for the height adjustment mechanism in their proANT vehicles. In addition to safety, reliability plays an important role. They are extremely hard-working, fast and reliable, and they move through production and manufacturing as if by magic. Not only is
Actuators serve surprising purposes
POSTED: 11/05/2020
A linear actuator from LINAK can be used almost anywhere that requires linear movement. Actuators have many uses, particularly in industries where some of them serve a rather different purpose. On this page, we have highlighted some of the applications where an actuator has been used as a smart solution
Automation is key to safety in the future of grain handling
POSTED: 11/05/2020
With safety being a major concern in grain facilities, automation is becoming a top priority for both new and existing facilities. At Amber Waves Inc., a grain facility manufacturer in Richardton, North Dakota, owners view automation as a way to expand their product offering and reach new customers. One of
Fewer heavy lifts in the construction industry
POSTED: 11/05/2020
Together with LINAK®, the Danish company Smartlift has developed electric and battery-driven lifts that can lift objects such as panes of glass weighing up to 600 kg. This is a tremendous boost to ergonomics for the people usually lifting these panes by hand. Working in the construction industry has
Optimal weeding with an electrically powered robot
POSTED: 11/05/2020
A new large-scale vegetable weeding robot from Naïo Technologies helps farmers save time weeding. The mobile robot ‘Dino’ is lighter and more efficient than a tractor and also far more energy- and environmentally-friendly. Thus, Dino is designed to alleviate farmers’ manual workload and allow optimal weeding without compacting the
POSTED: 07/15/2020
softMC software-based motion controller for KUKA AGV KUKA KMP600 is a mobile robot delivering mobile racks to workstations for item picking in automated warehouse and logistics centers around the world. In a joint development with Servotronix Motion Control, a custom Linux-Kernel based motion control hardware and software were developed
Autonomous order fulfillment robot
POSTED: 07/15/2020
Autonomous robots outperform any other collaborative robot solution used in logistics fulfillment. For example, they can operate faster in human-free work spaces and thus reach higher throughput than collaborative solutions at a lower operating cost. Also, by operating in a ‘sterile’ environment, there’s no need to go through
POSTED: 07/15/2020
On-demand fulfillment centers are reshaping the supply chain and retail sector. A U.S.-Israeli robotics startup, builds automated micro-fulfillment centers for retail customers, reducing costs and speed deliveries of online orders. A recently published
POSTED: 07/15/2020
The MCM is a brushless digital servo drive supporting CANopen®. Originally designed for a specific application in the medical industry. This product complies with the medical EMI standard IEC 60601-1-Rev 3. Servotronix has developed a custom all-in-one brushless DC motion control module for GE’s NM (Nuclear Medicine), CT (Computed Topography), PET (Positron Emission
High positioning accuracy Highlights Digital Signage System
POSTED: 06/25/2020
ScreenFLITE® – this is the name of Simtec’s new, spectacular digital signage system, which went into operation in Terminal 3 at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport “Leonardo da Vinci” in summer 2018. With high dynamics and positioning accuracy, low-backlash planetary gearboxes and servo actuators from WITTENSTEIN alpha move twelve giant LED panels
Groundbreaking technologies in heavy-duty applications
POSTED: 05/28/2020
Our smart drive for bolting systems A newly developed encoderless synchronous motor and high performance electronics with a wide-range input and smart software from WITTENSTEIN cyber motor give alki TECHNIK GmbH’s electric torque multipliers not just plenty of drive power but also intelligent data acquisition in line with Industry 4.0
Servo components deliver precision positioning for beam and plate processing machines
POSTED: 05/28/2020
Among other things, Dutch company Voortman manufactures machines for beam and plate processing. For customers, it’s important that their products comply with the specified tolerances precisely. To guarantee this, Voortman’s designers must develop robust and highly reliable systems. It’s vital, for example, that workpieces can be positioned precisely in the
