Motion Control Features

Specifying a servo motion system: The machine designer perspective

For machines with a motion cycle that’s crucial to optimising productivity and process quality, servo motors are typically required for their speed and accuracy. However, specifying a servo-based system needs a holistic consideration of the machine and motion control requirements as a whole. Trio Motion Technology’s Ed Novak summarises the approach.

Control technology: The key to solving the UK productivity challenge?

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, output per hour worked was just 0.6 percent above its pre-pandemic 2019 average in the first quarter of 2023. This leaves the UK’s productivity on the same slow upward trajectory that it has followed since the financial crisis – and well below the trend that prevailed between the early 1970s and 2008.

Smart actuators help robot valets optimise high-volume automobile parking

Manual auto parking results in inefficient space, labour utilisation and burning of fuel, as well as a risk of injury for attendants. Now, France-based Stanley Robotics is on a mission to change that, by optimising high-volume automobile storage and retrieval with the help of smart actuators.

RARUK Automation helps PCS get the measure of linear motion

PCS Instruments is leveraging the benefits of IEF Werner domiLINE linear motion systems from RARUK Automation for its latest innovation. The domiLINE supports a camera and spectrometer system with three axes of motion as part of PCS Instrument’s new-generation EHD instrument, giving users complete adjustment capabilities.

More Motion Control Features Features

Linear rail: Top five questions answered(04/10/2023)

A linear rail is a common linear motion component that allows for the smooth movement of loads along a single axis. Linear rails are indispensable across a wide range of applications that require precise and reliable linear motion.
How to choose the right linear guide for your application(04/10/2023)

Linear guides are pivotal in modern society, providing the foundation for producing everyday items, packaging commodities, sourcing materials, and advancing scientific and medical healthcare practices. Relied upon worldwide, linear guides are the mechanical elements that provide movement within a system in a linear direction, either vertically or horizontally.
Swimming pool on demand(06/09/2023)

A Conmag Engineering solution can transform a terrace into a pool, while saving € 30,000, with the help of corrosion-free linear technology from igus.
Print perfect: Mastering motion control design for 3D printing(30/06/2023)

When developing a 3D printing machine for additive manufacturing, achieving highly accurate and coordinated motion control is essential. Trio Motion Technology’s Ed Novak explores motion system design considerations to ensure high quality and productivity in 3D printing.
Custom motion systems drive energy savings for Ireland’s historic lighthouses(30/06/2023)

The Commissioners for Irish Lights called upon Mclennan to lower energy costs and reduce the carbon footprint across the entire network of lighthouses. These lighthouses help to protect shipping and mariners navigating the Irish coast and islands.