Authored by: George Ellis, Chief Engineer, Servo Systems, Kollmorgen, Radford, Va. Key points: Three key measures — accuracy, response, and robust stability — characterize how servosystems perform.

Figure 2: By using smaller servo drives, robots have less dead weight to deal with, reducing their wear-and-tear. The ongoing trend of micro-sized servo drive technology is driven by Moore’s Law and ...

It’s twenty years since Japan’s Ube Machinery commenced the manufacture of large injection molding machines in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Come NPE 2015 and the machine builder will be exhibiting one of the ...

FANUC America Corporation — which develops robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation— reported that its IMTS 2014 presentation would be highlighted by “CNC innovations that improve machining ...

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is announcing the release of the common DC bus servo drive (MELSERVO-J5D) solution. MELSERVOJ5D servo amplifiers are ideal for medium to large servo applications ...

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HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE Large, monolithic parts are the trend in ...

Distributed intelligence has made motion control a much more valuable aspect of automation technology. Motion advances that employ smart actuators—from collaborative robots that can move like humans ...