Beewen is specifying Lenze compact and energy-efficient MCS synchronous servo motors for customised telescopic conveyors used in storage and retrieval systems.
20th February 2009
Giuseppe Giana Spa is using Redex Andantex TwinDRIVE rack and pinion drives on a new generation of large machine tools that achieve such high precision that the need for finish grinding can often be eliminated.
Users are finding that Igus lubrication-free DryLin R linear plain bearings can replace rolling element linear guides and give a substantially longer operating life.
18th February 2009
1st Pass Ltd has developed a cost-saving subsystem that enables dynamometer test rigs to share a single calibration unit based on a digital TorqSense transducer from Sensor Technology.
Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology explains how torque monitoring can identify problems before they become critical in continuous process industries.
Sensor Technology's TorqSense non-contact torque transducers are being used to achieve much improved control of dry bulk handling.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have demonstrated vastly improved dynamics for servo systems using a non-contact TorqSense torque transducer from Sensor Technology.
Festo has worked closely with Engineered Arts, supplying fluidic muscle pneumatic actuators that control the major movements on a humanoid robot called RoboThespian.
29th January 2009
The Antaris 2.5 small wind turbine benefits from Igus igubal self-aligning spherical bearings.
28th January 2009
