Over-engineered automation systems create hidden costs and delays. Right-sizing, openness and resilience offer a smarter path ...

Electromechanical actuators are mechanical actuators where the control knob or handle has been replaced by an electric motor. The rotary motion of the motor is converted into linear displacement. The ...

Beckhoff USA, Minneapolis, Minn., has unveiled a modular, DIN-rail mounted industrial PC that offers mid-range PLC and motion control functions in one lowcost platform Ormec Inc., Rochester, N.Y., is ...

Sponsored by Encoder Products Company, Harmonic Drive LLC, maxon, Performance Motion Devices Encoders convert motion to an electrical signal that can be read by some type of control device in a motion ...

Thanks to hype in the popular media, the term “automation” tends to conjure images of robots, artificial intelligence and the cloud in the minds of most people. The root of most manufacturing ...

MEMS gyroscopes offer a simple way to measure angular rate of rotation, in packages that easily attach to printed circuit boards, so they are a popular choice to serve as the feedback sensing element ...