Our new web site: controlinmotion.comAs from September we're officially moving to a new home on the web, controlinmotion.com, to better reflect the nature of our business and the wide range of modern, high-tech products available from our many suppliers.
We've been building the site for quite some time, and many of you may already have paid us a visit, but until now it has never been our main home on the web. We've done it for customers looking for the very latest products and technology and to separate these modern solutions from older products that we still support.
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Beefed up servos test jet combustionWe’re looking back to 2006 when we were asked to design a servo system to drive a rotating drum in, of all things, the exhaust of a jet engine combustor!
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Famous false 'facts' – who invented the light bulb?Everyone knows who invented the lightbulb, it was Thomas Edison, right?
It's one of those facts that just rolls off the tongue or has people muttering, 'easy,' and shaking their heads in pub quizzes while they scribble down the answer.
But it's completely wrong, and it's perhaps one of the most famous incorrect 'facts' of modern times.
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A new definition of the kilogramThe UK's National Standard Kilogram, a copy of the international prototype and the standard for all mass measurements in the UK is to be made obsolete. But why?
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Running for Better Mental HealthOn Sunday 20 May 2012, Andrew Fallows, Motor Technology's managing director, his son Mike and daughter Vicky are all running in the BUPA Great Manchester Run to raise money for the charity Mind.
The 10 kilometre run has a city centre route and will be braodcast live on BBC TV. Up to 40,000 will be taking part in the event, some running as individuals, and some running to raise money for their favourite charities.
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Your one stop accessory shopHere at Motor Technology we have a dedicated spares and repairs department and we supply literally hundreds of accessories and components for drives and motors. This includes things like, connecting cables, filters, gearboxes, etc.
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Metering Pumps Range has New European AgentsMotor Technology has been appointed sole European agent for Fuji Techno Industries range of specialist triplex plunger metering (TPM) pumps.
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Turbocharger production gets a boostGarrett Engine Boosting Systems asked us to look at automating the turntable jigs used to set the required inlet and outlet port angles, so that each one would fit perfectly.
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Networked automation system speeds helical insert productionContinuing our series of articles in which we look back at interesting applications, we're going back 10 years to a networked automation system we designed for new machinery at WTI Fasteners of Measham.
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Ten good reasons not to use EN 954-1Jon Severn, editor of MachineBuilding.net, suggests ten reasons not to use EN 954-1 for designing safety-related control systems for machinery, but rather to use EN ISO 13849-1 or EN (IEC) 62061.
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Run for charityAndrew Fallows, the managing director of Motor Technology is taking part in the Great Manchester Run, with his daughter Vicky and son Mike, to help raise money for the charity Mind.
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Old favourites live onWith over 25 years of service the old Seidel 60WKS servo drives are still going strong.
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Motor Technology Award WinnerThe winner of Motor Technology's annual award for The Most Improved or Best Higher National Student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stockport College is Grzegorz Blachut.
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How the new Machinery Directive handles ergonomicsErgonomics in the workplace is all about eliminating injuries and illnesses, such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) by reducing exposure to hazards.
Ergonomics is dealt with by the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the web site Machine Building has written an excellent explanatory article on it.
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