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Our Industry News page features relevant items related to servo, motion control and automation applications including the latest standards, practices and other useful information.
Cable colour coding – understanding DESINAThe coding provides a quick indication of the type of signal or power connections that are being madeClick here to learn more...
Technical Answers – What is the smallest speed increment you can set on a servo motor? Part Two: Speed ResolutionPart Two of our Speed Resolution story looks at the handling of the demand signal and how it can affect the application.Click here to learn more...
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.Click here to learn more...
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.Click here to learn more...
Know your Duty CyclesEstablishing the duty cycle of a motor and drive for a given application will help you to save costs. Click here to learn more...
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?Click here to learn more...