Systems
QVPAK® 10.0 vision measurement software includes numerous productivity enhancements
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Mitutoyo America Corporation announces availability of version 10.0 of its QVPAK® suite of vision measurement software. Now provided as standard with all Mitutoyo QuickVision® 3D CNC vision measurement systems, QVPAK® 10.0 makes it even easier and more intuitive to control all relevant vision measurement processes including lighting control, magnification and part programming. |
Plastic bushings are the backbone of students’ robot
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FIRST® Robotics teams use igus products The 21st annual FIRST® Robotics Championship came to a close on April 28th in the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO. |
Ingenia develops a library for communication between NI LabVIEW and CANopen Digital Servo Drives
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This library allows for single-axis movement using Ingenia CANopen Digital Servo Drives. This will significantly improve the development time for any application using DC, stepper or brushless motors with LabVIEW and will allow the user to rapidly start performing movements. |
Profinet for JVL integrated servo motors
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JVL has for many years been one of the leading companies in the field of integrated servo- and stepper motors. JVL has set the goal of being the world leader in industrial Ethernet for integrated motors with the widest range of Industrial Ethernet communications for its range of Integrated Servo and Stepper motors. In recent years, JVL has gained a high level of know-how and technological expertise and can now present a very smart way of using several Ethernet communications with only one expansion module. |
EtherCAT-based SPiiPlus Soft Control Platform From ACS Turns Standard PCs Into Powerful Multi-axis Machine Controllers With Software Alone
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ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion and machine control systems, has developed a software-based EtherCAT motion control platform that maximizes performance while minimizing costs for semiconductor, HDD, biomedical, PV equipment and LED manufacturers. The SPiiPlusSC (Soft Controller) enables standard PCs to run a 64-axis real-time motion controller and high-speed PLC entirely in software. The advanced soft controller solution simplifies the connectivity of the entire motion control system by eliminating dedicated controller hardware as well as Windows dependence or latency. |
World’s first 0.1μm Micrometer
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Mitutoyo America Corporation announces availability of its new, High-Accuracy Digimatic® Digital Micrometer – the first micrometer to offer 0.1μm resolution measurement. Now, high-accuracy measurement can be had in a convenient, hand-held tool. |
GalilSuite Software – Powerful Tuning and Analysis Tool
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Galil has recently released GalilSuite Software, a new version of GalilTools, providing a more powerful and flexible tool for configuring, analyzing and tuning Galil motion control systems. GalilSuite includes enhanced servo tuning capabilities with multiple tuning methods and allows the various analysis tools such as the scope, tuner and terminal tools to be executed individually. The new software also allows multiple connections to be made from GalilSuite to multiple controllers. The GalilSuite software package provides five tools for working with Galil controllers: |
Development Kit Accelerates Design-In of the World’s Smallest Complete MIL-STD-1553 Solution…Total-AceXtreme
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Data Device Corporation (DDC) now offers a hardware/software development kit that provides engineers with time and cost saving design tools to quickly implement a 1553 board solution utilizing the world’s smallest and highest performance complete MIL-STD-1553 single package …Total-AceXtreme™. The kit provides comprehensive support to accelerate development and deployment while leveraging the full capabilities of DDC’s AceXtreme® architecture. |
XPR2 PowerStations
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The XPR2 family sets a new standard as a durable and affordable platform for Interact Xpress HMI applications. Available in No display, 6 inch , 8 inch , 10.4 inch and 15 inch display sizes, all XPR2 PowerStations include 2 Serial ports, 2 USB ports a 10/100BaseT ethernet port and 512MB of CompactFlash. |
Parker releases I31 EtherCAT fieldbus option
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The high-performance motion-bus networkis now installed in Compax3 servo drives. Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division, a leading supplier of motion controltechnology, is pleased to announce the release of its EtherCAT fieldbusoption. EtherCAT is an open, real-time, high-speedmotion-bus network that operates over fast Ethernet at 100 Mbit. It isa fast-growing industrial network and, similar to other Ethernet-basedmotion-bus networks, it offers speeds that are faster than DeviceNet, ModbusTCPand Profibus. |
Highlighted Companies
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Advanced Micro Controls, Inc. 20 Gear Drive Terryville, CT,06786 |
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ALIO Industries 11919 W. I-70 Frontage Rd North Wheat Ridge, CO,80033 |
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ARC Systems, Inc. 2090 Joshuas Path Hauppauge, NY,11788-4764 |
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FASTECH 401 dong, Bucheon Techno Park Yakdae-dong 193, Wonmi-gu, ,420-734 |
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Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions Inc 1500 Meriden Road Waterbury, CT,06705 |
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Infranor USA Inc 299 Ballardvale St - Ste 4 Wilmington, MA,01887 |
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JVL International ApS Blokken 42 Birkeroed, ,3460 |
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Mitutoyo 958 Corporate Blvd Aurora, Illinois,60502 |
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SFO-Takumi Inc 970 Rincon Circle San Jose, CA,95131 |
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