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Posted: November 19, 2015YouTube 39min Webinar
For year’s controls and systems engineers have had to balance the robustness of magnetic encoders with the performance of optical encoders. However, this is no longer the case due to recent advances in magnetic sensing technologies. Breakthroughs in microprocessing and signal filtering have resulted in new magnetic encoders that can rival the performance of optical sensors while being more robust and compact. Learn how to select an encoder for a given application and what the future holds.\
Presented by: Jarrod Orszulak
Product Manager, POSITAL-FRABA Inc
Click Here to watch a recording of this webinar. Previously recorded webinars and product videos can also be viewed on our YouTube channel.
Information on Posital-Fraba’s Feedback Devices can be found here.
- Posted: October 25, 2015
Live Webinar Tuesday November 10, 2015 11:00AM EST
For year’s controls and systems engineers have had to balance the robustness of magnetic encoders with the performance of optical encoders. However, this is no longer the case due to recent advances in magnetic sensing technologies.
Breakthroughs in microprocessing and signal filtering have resulted in new magnetic encoders that can rival the performance of optical sensors while being more robust and compact. Learn how to select an encoder for a given application and what the future holds.
Webinar Presenter: Jarrod Orszulak – Product Manager, POSITAL-FRABA Inc
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How Magnetic Sensing Technologies are Changing How You Use Rotary Encoders Webinar - Posted: October 15, 2015
By Gary Rosengren, Tolomatic Inc. | Machine Design
The IP (Ingress Protection or International Protection) code rating is an internationally recognized system developed to standardize the degree of protection that “enclosures” provide against foreign objects, water, or materials entering into these enclosures, causing damage or personal injury. IP codes also apply to linear actuators.
Practically speaking, the higher the numeric IP rating against dry solids and moisture, the higher the level of protection offered. But how do these code ratings apply to rod-type and rodless linear actuators, and which ratings are appropriate for which applications?
Click on the link below to view the remainder of this White Paper.
How IP Ratings Apply to Linear Actuators
Information on Electromate’s IP Rated products can be found at: https://www.electromate.com/products.htmlCategories: Technical Support 
Posted: September 29, 2015Nippon Pulse’s Linear Shaft Motor is a brushless, high-precision direct drive linear servo motor with a tubular design. The motor consists of a magnetic shaft and coil assembly (forcer), and is driven and controlled by the flow of current.
Categories: Technical Support- Posted: August 30, 2015
The maxon academy features several e-Learning modules to help deepen your knowledge on drive technology.
We introduced a series of How-to Videos that are easy-to-follow tutorials with specific information on topics from motor selection to gears, winding and motor type comparisons. These short videos are perfect for busy engineers that need a quick review on the selection of high-precision drives and systems.
Additional information and technical data is available by contacting sales@electromate.com.
- Posted: August 18, 2015
5 minute YouTube Video
Dr. Urs Kafader, of maxon motor AG, provides a short 5 minute tutorial on DC brushless and brush motor type selection based on load torque & speed.
For more information, please contact:
EDITORIAL CONTACT:
Warren Osak
sales@electromate.com
Toll Free Phone: 877-737-8698
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www.electromate.com - Posted: June 28, 2015
A New White Paper from Galil Motion Control
Modern motion controllers can include the ability to run stepper motors with encoder feedback, resulting in true closed-loop motion control. This mode of motor control is very similar to standard three-phase brushless servo motor control, where the three phases are offset 120 electrical degrees. With steppers, the motor has two phases offset by 90 electrical degrees.
The benefits of closed-loop control with stepper motors include greatly improved velocity smoothness and reduced power consumption compared to open-loop steppers and much higher torque at low velocity compared with traditional three-phase brushless servo motors.
Click on the link to download this complete White Paper.
Click on the link below for information on Galil’s Motion Controller Family
Categories: Technical Support - Posted: May 12, 2015
A compression load is a force that tends to compress, or buckle a ball screw shaft. If a compressive force is applied to a screw that exceeds its column strength, the ball screw will bend and cause premature or permanent failure. This can happen in either horizontal or vertical applications. In some cases, you may have to select a more rigid end support housing arrangement, and/or a larger diameter screw in order for the ball screw assembly to withstand your compression load.
If a sufficiently heavy load is applied to a nut with a long ball screw in a horizontal application, the ball screw could buckle. In a vertical application, if a fixed or rigid motor driven housing is mounted below the ball screw, the ball screw weight and load weight could buckle the screw.
Therefore, in a vertical application, installing the motor driven support housing above the ball screw puts the ball screw assembly in a tension mode, while the bottom end support bearing is free to “float axially”...
Categories: Technical Support - Posted: May 07, 2015Originally recorded on 11/19/2014 by DesignNews
Industrial automation continues to benefit from the fruits of the mechatronics industry, namely the increasing inclusion of electronics within the traditional mechanics. However, as this integration grows stronger, more smarts are needed from the design team to ensure that the mechanics are taking full advantage of all that the electronics subsystem has to offer. In the industrial automation space, some of these terms and technologies are less well-known. Never fear, as we’ll discuss these topics in detail on this webinar, ensuring that you can maximize the mechatronics technologies that are at your disposal.
- Posted: April 26, 2015
YouTube Video- 57minutes
With automation expanding out of the factory, machine builders are faced with a varying set of new challenges. Mobile platforms, such as unmanned systems, are expected to operate in extreme environments and carry their own power source; all while being light weight and compact.
To meet the current and future needs of the market, enabling technologies need to be applied and discovered. At the forefront of the enabling technologies are servo drive controllers.
Servo controllers not only make a robot or mobile platform move, they can also be solutions to the other design requirements. A servo is an integral component to any mobile solution and can help with power efficiency, communication, agility and dexterity. This webinar will touch on the challenges presented to robot designers and how servo drives can make them successful.
Webinar Presenter: Shane Beilke, Advanced Motion Controls: Executive Team – Product Strategy
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