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Stainless Steel Resolvers Designed for Extreme Duty and Food Grade Applications
 AMCI realizes the need for extreme-duty sensor feedback in harsh industrial environments, and in response, has developed a family of stainless steel resolver transducers. Options include 303 or 304 stainless steel housing and shaft, and a variety of mounting styles. The IP67 rated product line comes standard with either a 1/4", 3/8", or 5/8" stainless steel shaft and an oversized double row sealed bearing. The input shaft in each of these stainless steel resolvers extends through the internal core of the resolver rotor windings. This one-piece rotor design eliminates internal coupling components, increases shaft strength and maximizes reliability.
Aerotech ANT95-XY Linear Motor Stage Brings Nanometer Accuracy AND Long Travel to Two-Axis Applications  Aerotech NanoTranslation (ANT95-XY, ANT95-XY-H) cross-roller-bearing, linear motor, dual-axis stages are the newest release and continue the evolution of ANT series stages. The ANT95-XY and ANT95-XY-H are three-piece designs that allow travel in two dimensions (X and Y). The sleek design provides an extremely low profile of only 60 mm and a compact footprint. The stage comes with proprietary direct-drive motor technology, noncontact linear encoders, limits, an integrated cable management system, and two grades of accuracy. ...More >> Serapid Mechanical Linear Actuators Installed at Sears Tower Sterling Heights, MI - SERAPID, Inc is part of the Sears Tower renovation project opening to the public Thursday, July 2. The new "Sears Tower Ledge" allows visitors to step out over the edge of the building (some 103 stories) above the busy streets of Chicago. The four observation ledges are pushed out approximately 4 feet with SERAPID LinearBeam mechanical linear actuator systems. The systems operate with SERAPID's patented Rigid Chain Technology. The Rigid Chain is a mechanical actuator that is flexible in one direction and forms a steel beam in the other direction ...More >> Touch Operator Panels for QuickStep® and MAC motor® integrated motors  JVL now offers high quality Human Machine Interface panels for use with their integrated servo and stepper motors.Available screen sizes are from 4,3" to 15" with resolutions up to 1024 x 768 Enjoy easy creation of operator screens using the EV5000 development software package for Windows. The newest series even offer integrated CoDeSys Soft-PLC, following the IEC61131-3 standard. ...More >> 46th Design Automation Conference Management Day Provides Timely Insights and Valuable Interaction with Industry Peers Louisville, CO - The Design Automation Conference (DAC) will once again offer a special Management Day Tuesday, July 28 to provide managers with timely information to help them make decisions where business and technology intersect. Management Day, which this year is sponsored by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., will be organized into three sessions focused on the business and technology criteria managers need to consider as they deal with the development of today's complex SoCs. Two sessions will feature managers from leading independent device manufacturers (IDMs), fab-light ASIC providers and fabless companies, while the final session will be an interactive panel discussion and brainstorming session about the emerging solutions discussed and their economic impact. A cocktail reception will end the day. The 46th DAC will be held July 26 - 31 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. ...More >> AMCI Stepper Motor Drives Accepted Into Rockwell Automation Encompass Program  AMCI's family of stepper motor drives have been granted membership into Rockwell Automation's exclusive Encompass Program. Meeting the Program's strict requirements, AMCI Stepper Drives are recognized as value-driven products, capable of enhancing or extending Rockwell Automation's efforts in the field of Stepper Motor Controls.Terryville, CT - Advanced Micro Controls Inc, a Connecticut based industrial controls company, has fortified their position as the premier manufacturer of Allen Bradley compatible stepper motor control products. The Rockwell Automation Group, corporate parent of Allen-Bradley, recently accepted AMCI's entire line of stepper motor drives into their Encompass Program, establishing the company as a global partner supporting stepper motor control on the factory floor. Inclusion into the Encompass Program is contingent on several criteria, specifying that a product must deliver unique functionality supported by a reputable, sound company - AMCI. ...More >> 3M Offers Wide Range of Power over Camera Link Cabling Solutions for Machine Vision Applications Austin, TX - 3M Electronic Solutions Division now offers new cabling solutions for users of high-performance digital camera applications. The High Speed 0.8 mm Cable Assemblies for Power over Camera Link (PoCL) from 3M is based on the PoCL base configuration for machine vision applications. The 3M family of 0.8 mm cable assemblies provides a broad range of interface solutions for Camera Link applications. PoCL cables mate to industry standard Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) 26-position PoCL camera connections. They enable machine vision cameras to be powered through the data cable rather than a separate power cable, which potentially eliminates the need for a power connector, saving board space and panel real estate, and allowing the design of smaller cameras. PoCL cable assemblies from 3M are designed to offer high performance and reliability even in the toughest industrial settings. These assemblies are built to rigorous standards of workmanship with premium, quality materials. PoCL cable assemblies from 3M provide excellent signal integrity and low skew, helping customers attain low bit-error rates. ...More >> Trio Announces Ethernet Analysis Tool to Help Diagnose and Identify Connection Issues  Trio's Ethernet connection tool helps user in fault finding of an Ethernet connection and to assist management of a number of controllers on a network. The Visual BASIC code is available free from Trio. The idea behind the Ethernet connection tool is to help analyze Ethernet connection issues and to assist management of a number of controllers on a network. You can check for free IP Addresses and fault find a connection to a singular address or look at a range as detailed below. This application is based on the technical details in Trio's Application Note AN-211, available at www.triomotion.com. The Ethernet Tool source code is available (in Visual Basic) so that you can incorporate the tool into your application or modify it to your own network settings. You will need to have the Trio PCMotion ActiveX installed to use the application as well as Microsoft .net 3.5 or later. Ethernet connections have common parts which are the same for any Ethernet Node. The IP address for example is allocated to an Ethernet Node and any communications traffic for that node must use the IP address in order to access it. ...More >> KLD Energy Technologies Announces New Scooter Powered by High-Performance Motor System Austin, TX - Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, Inc. is making its high-performance, transmissionless electric motor system available in the United States through a new, sleek electric scooter. The road-ready E165 scooter, powered by KLD Technologies' patented NeueTM drive simpleTM motor, can now be preordered. KLD's E165 scooter features the NeueTM technology, a breakthrough transmissionless electric motor system that reaches speeds of up to 65 miles per hour and possesses a range of over 100 miles on a standard lithium battery. "We have received worldwide interest in our motor system and are excited to be offering it to consumers in the U.S.," said Christian Okonsky, founder and CEO of KLD Energy Technologies. "We have worked to develop a scooter with a leading manufacturer that highlights our motor systems' transmissionless design and provides an exhilarating and comfortable experience for both scooter aficionados and those interested in emission-free, high-performance vehicles." ...More >>Bison Gear Significantly Increases Torque Range of Verdant Duty™ AC Gearmotor Line  Following the successful introduction of its 100 in-lb (11.3 N-m) inverter-duty AC gearmotor line, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has increased by seven times the output torque capability of its Verdant DutyTM 3-phase AC offering with the introduction of the new 650 Series variable speed gearmotors. Driven by 1/4 or 1/2 hp (186 or 373 W) three phase 230 volt TEFC AC electric motors, these specially constructed inverter-duty gearmotors are designed for long life variable frequency drive operation with continuous duty torque outputs from 148 to 717 in-lbs (16.7 to 81 N-m). "These new Verdant DutyTM AC gearmotors are ideally suited for equipment designs that can benefit not only from higher efficiency three-phase input, but also variable speed to suit load conditions as in conveying and other dynamic load applications," said Bunnyray Larmond, Bison Gear regional sales manager. ...More >> Volvo: Heavy trucks of the future will be super-light Stockholm, Sweden - Regulatory News: The Volvo Group's engineers have created a method for constructing trucks that weigh less while carrying the same loads. Lighter vehicles would entail a significant reduction in fuel consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions. To date, lightweight technology has mainly been used in Volvo Aero's aircraft engine components, but engineers at AB Volvo's research company, Volvo Technology, foresee favorable opportunities in using similar technology to reduce the weight of the cab and chassis in heavy trucks by at least 20% within ten years. ...More >>AMCI'S Resolver Sensors Enjoy Widespread Recognition from OEM Manufacturers  AMCI's expertise with resolver sensor technology has produced one of the most comprehensive collections of rotary position sensors and related interface products for the industrial controls market. With over twenty years of experience developing specialized resolver products, OEM Machine Builders and Control System Integrators are consulting AMCI as the authority on resolvers, resolver transducers, and resolver interface products. ...More >> Tesla Gets Loan Approval from US Department of Energy San Carlos, CA - Tesla Motors has received approval for about $465 million in low-interest loans from the US Department of Energy to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles. Tesla will use $365 million for production engineering and assembly of the Model S, an all-electric family sedan that carries seven people and travels up to 300 miles per charge. |
