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FAULHABER Unveils “World’s Smallest” Integrated Motion Controller

FAULHABER recently announced the latest addition to its product line, a new family of brushless motors with an integrated controller and encoder, all in an impressively small form factor.

one day ago by Bob Odhiambo

Control Looks Ahead to the Future of Industrial Tech at Automate 2024

Join us as we check out the latest in today's industrial control system technology when we visit Chicago in early May, enjoying the sights and sounds of Automate 2024.

2 days ago by David Peterson

News From Hannover Messe: Rockwell’s Motor, Drive, and Edge Solutions

Rockwell Automation’s display at the Hannover Messe trade show in Germany has revealed new solutions for motor control centers, FactoryTalk edge IoT, and analytics for variable frequency drives.

3 days ago by David Peterson

Experience the Efficiency of Kollmorgen’s Updated AKD2G Servo Drive

Kollmorgen, a company in motion control systems, has recently unveiled the latest update to its AKD2G servo drive, marking a significant expansion in its offerings.

5 days ago by Austin Futrell

Applied Motion Products Launches Low-voltage Integrated Servo System

Applied Motion Products has released a compact, low-voltage integrated servo system that can run on standard control voltage. The system combines a servo drive, motor, and encoder into a single unit.

April 19, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich

Simple, Cost-Effective I/O: Control Techniques Releases Drive Expansion

Expanding motor drives with I/O is a cost-effective way of increasing local control without burdening the control system. Control Technique’s new SI-I/O 24 Plus expands I/O right on the drive unit.

April 18, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell

Big Boxes? No Problem With Festo’s New Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry

Festo has eased the jobs of OEMs and engineers by releasing a new heavy-duty palletizing gantry with a 400-pound pick capacity and online tools to reduce design time to as little as 20 minutes.

April 09, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell

Precise Motion With New Servos and Drive Units From Oriental Motor

Oriental Motor recently released the new AZX series of servo motors and drives, designed to deliver higher speeds and torque than the previous product line.

April 02, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich

How-To: Servo Motor Control Concepts and Programming

Learn how to control servo motors from a PLC using Allen-Bradley servos and Rockwell Automation’s Studio 5000 using a simple-to-understand method.

March 27, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich

KEB Automation Adds Functionally Safe Encoders to DL4 Servos

Safety is a top priority in the fast-paced manufacturing world. Brusatori Electric Motors, part of the KEB Automation brand group, has integrated functional safety features into its DL4 motor series.

March 23, 2024 by Austin Futrell

Two Newcomers in the World of Motion Control From Dunkermotoren and Baumer

Two new encoders have hit the industrial market: Dunkermotoren has released a high-precision encoder, and Baumer has developed a rugged encoder for mobile equipment.

March 20, 2024 by Damond Goodwin

Driving Permanent Magnet Motors: Control Techniques’ New C300 PM VFD

Control Techniques recently added to the existing line of Commander general-purpose VFDs with a drive designed to maximize the efficiency of a sensorless permanent magnet AC motor.

March 19, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich

Control Bits: A Roundup of Automation News You May Have Missed

Flow controllers, sensors, AI, motors, conveyors… Check out the Control editorial team's top picks for news and headlines from the world of robotics and control automation over the past few weeks!

March 14, 2024 by David Peterson

Redefining HVAC Efficiency: Danfoss Introduces Alsmart Universal Controller

Danfoss has announced the next generation of HVAC programmable controllers to upgrade an already extensive portfolio in building management and control solutions for heating and cooling.

March 08, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo

Too Much Current! Breaker Curves and Overload Trip Classes

We know what a circuit breaker is meant to do: stop the flow of electricity in case of a fault or failure. But just like fuses, breakers and overloads respond differently depending on the load.

March 06, 2024 by David Peterson

New IE5 SynRM Liquid Cooled Motor From ABB Promises Reduced TCO

ABB has released a liquid-cooled motor that reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) by greatly increasing efficiency, reducing weight, and adding flexibility to automation system design.

March 05, 2024 by Seth Price

What is a Servo, and How do Servo Motors Work?

Servo motors are common in all kinds of motion control applications for various industries, but what are these devices, and what makes them different from standard AC or DC motors?

February 27, 2024 by David Peterson

Danfoss Launches iC2-Micro Family of Compact and Intelligent Drives

Danfoss has released a new family of smart, compact variable frequency drives to replace its existing VLT Micro Drive product line. The new drives are suitable for HVAC and general-purpose applications.

February 25, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich

Accelerometers and Gyroscopes: Understanding The Metrics of Motion

Many sensors, like prox, optical, and ultrasonic, are familiar to control engineers. More and more modern devices are incorporating advanced motion profiles requiring motion sensing in many axes.

February 19, 2024 by David Peterson

UL Has Certified a New Siemens Motor Drive With Simulation and Digital Twins

In a first for the industry, one aspect of a Siemens controller has been certified by UL Solutions using a digital twin representation This may pave the way for new methods of product verification.

February 16, 2024 by Seth Price