20% off Axor Minispeed DrivesWe're offering 20% off a limited range of Axor MINISPEED servodrives, exclusively to readers of Motor Technology News.
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Drop-in replacements for old SIZAG encoders are hereFor anyone having difficulty finding suitable replacements for old Siemens SIZAG units, weve got the perfect solution. Drop-in replacements! Simple.
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Puzzle Corner: Find your way to the Castle of TruthThis is a variation on an old theme, but it's a good one, plus we liked the photo of the castle! See if you can work it out and then try it on your friends and colleagues.
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Found on our ebay storeOur eBay store is particularly popular amongst customers looking for one-offs, bits and pieces, and real bargains. Just recently though it really came to the rescue.
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A touch of classSave around 30% in application programming time using the new Trio UniPLAY touch-screen panels
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Price drop on high performance drivesThe new SE edition ARS 2000 with Ethernet and USB interface, STO safety functionality and four times peak current capability.
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Dictionary: What is Jerk Limitation?"Jerk Limitation is a function of a position controller" and "This leads to smoother motion and allows faster and more accurate travel" are extracts from the Dictionary of Electrical Drive Technology, published by Festo. Why not request a free copy?
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Factfile: when are Steppers better than Servos?Despite many claims to the contrary servo motors do not necessarily provide the best performance on every application.
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New test and programming unit for sensors has WIFI web interfaceLenord + Bauer has launched a new test and programming unit, the GEL 211, for the MiniCODER comfort and plus series' with WIFI web interface
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End of Support for LTi's MC 6000 and 7000 drivesLTi have announced that support for the obsolete MC 6000 and MC 7000 series drives will cease at the end of 2014.
Any customers still operating these drives should contact us for options...
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Puzzle Corner: A Poor Fisherman's SongNormally we try and make our Puzzle Corner puzzles intellectually challenging, thought provoking, or just fun. This one is one of the latter -- it's just fun, but it made us laugh and we hope that it will you too!
A poor fisherman was sat at the bar in the Black Dog Inn overlooking the harbour and wondering how he was going to pay for enough fuel to put to sea again after the last two fishing trips had yielded only minimal catches.
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What do the modern 4 to 20mA loop and a pneumatic control system have in common?The 4 to 20mA loop is currently the most common signal standard in modern use, but inherent within it is the ratio of 1:5 that is present even in pneumatic control systems.
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Alan Turing’s codebreaking machine voted engineers’ favourite artefactEngineers were asked to vote for their favourite recipient of an Engineering Heritage Award, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Awards scheme and the presentation in October 2014.
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Economy Drive - a spotlight on LTi's CDE drivesNot all applications need high-end drive controllers with features like simultaneous position measurement systems, super high resolution...
In these instances LTi’s range of CDE drives is the perfect solution.
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