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What is the difference between full-stepping, the half-stepping, and the micro-drive?
POSTED: 09/05/2019
In addition to the motor body, the performance of the stepper motor is greatly affected by the driving method. What exactly is a driving method? Here is the explanation for you: There are three basic drive modes for stepper motor drives: full-step, half-step, and micro-step. FULL-STEP DRIVE During the full-step drive, the stepper
Move Hundereds of Pounds Easily with a Simple Push or Pull
POSTED: 06/25/2018
This customer manufactures slides and guides for drawers in a wide variety of applications, including industrial storage, offices, medical equipment, and residential kitchens and bathrooms. Many of these applications require mechanisms that keep the drawer closed when pushed in, or provide a natural push on the drawer if someone begins
High-Reliability Drone Systems Deliver Blood to Rural Patients Fast
POSTED: 04/12/2018
Postpartum hemorrhaging is a major cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. The condition requires immediate medical treatment and transfusion with appropriate blood products. Accessing
5 RTOS Performance Compared on EtherCAT Master – IntervalZero’s RTX/RTX64 Stands Out
POSTED: 03/15/2017
The KINGSTAR Soft Motion platform supports multiple industry-leading EtherCAT Masters to guarantee that devices from different manufacturers can work together seamlessly. The centralized controller architecture provided by an EtherCAT Master ensures all of the benefits of EtherCAT technology, like real-time operations, short cycle times, and maximum performance for minimal expense. One
What to Consider When Choosing a Rotary Encoder
POSTED: 05/06/2015
Controlled servo drives are used in many areas of automation technology, converting, printing, handling and robotics including production machines and machine tools. The selection of a rotary encoder or encoder technology for use within the system is dependent on the accuracy requirements of the application whether it is position and/or
POSTED: 10/30/2014
Background and Challenges Precision Machinery Research and Development Center (PMC) is a Taiwan-based company created in 1993 by the government and the Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). PMC has teams of engineers from all fields related to machinery, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and information technologies. PMC conducts
Siemens Drives, Motors Breathe New Life into Aging Extrusion Lines
POSTED: 04/16/2010
Production boost of 20% reported by Amgraph on food packages “We gave them a pretty intense schedule. What’s remarkable about this project is that it was done on-time. We have some machines that came in before we did this project and they’re still not up and
Thinking Outside the Box…Literally
POSTED: 02/18/2010
By combining careful engineering and high-functionality motion control components from Siemens, R.A. Jones produced a high-speed, high-flexibility cartoner that had the customer coming back for seconds. There is a saying in retail that the package sells the product. While this might not be true across the board, for OEM machine builder
Coast Composites Achieves Higher Accuracies on Invar Tooling for Aerospace Structures
POSTED: 02/18/2010
Coast Composites Inc., part of the UK-based Hampson Industries Plc, is a major supplier of Invar tooling, as
Streamlining Machine Controls Automation in the Disposable Products Industry
POSTED: 07/02/2008
Seamless integration of Siemens drives, automation and controls products enabled faster startups and improved system productivity with Curt G. Joa, Inc. production machines in the non-woven’s industry. In the market of baby diapers and personal hygiene products competition runs high. Major players in this market know that the slightest changes
A Masterpiece in Motion: Chrysler Gets In Sync with Siemens
POSTED: 08/28/2006
You would expect fender benders in Chrysler’s test facilities, but not in the paint prep shop at the manufacturer’s minivan assembly plant in St. Louis. Transport chains and heavy mechanical carriers move about 1,000 chassis of the popular vehicle every day through a series of hot phosphate treatment stations,
