New Drives and Motors Help Cut System CostsLAM Technologies’ wide range of micro-stepping drives and stepper motors provide high-performance with cost saving features.Click here to learn more...

A note of caution when repairing motorsTypically motor repairs are for mechanical damage like worn bearings, faulty holding brakes, or a burnt-out winding. But only specialist repairers will be able to carry out a full functional test of the servo motor.Click here to learn more...

Summary of changes to the list of Machinery Directive Harmonised StandardsClick here to learn more...

Maintaining old technologyAlthough we tend to think of new technology as progress there is plenty of old automation equipment that is still providing reliable service and doesn't need upgrading from analogue to digital. The only problem that tends to occur is when maintenance is required on older components that may no longer be supported by the original manufacturer.Click here to learn more...

Agents of AxorMotor Technology has been appointed an Approved Reseller by the Italian servo drive and motor manufacturer Axor Industries.Click here to learn more...

Bespoke servo solution delivers precision cuttingA brief look back on an exciting project from 2006 where we provided a bespoke servo solution to provide the power, speed and pinpoint accuracy for the manufacture of a high-tech product for the paper making industryClick here to learn more...

We’re agents for LTi DrivesThis is great news for both ourselves and our customers as LTi Drives manufactures one of the widest and most innovative ranges of servo drives in the business.Click here to learn more...

For an interesting day out over the holidays: why not meet the Baby?Click here to learn more...

Good news to end the year on: manufacturing growth strongest since 1995 says CBIClick here to learn more...

A very Happy Christmas and New Year to all!View our Christmas and New Year closing times.Click here to learn more...

New Gearbox Catalogue and Online Design ServiceTramec’s new 52-page gearbox catalogue and on-line configurator provide comprehensive technical details on their range of planetary gearboxes.Click here to learn more...

Our new web site: controlinmotion.com

As 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!Click here to learn more...

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 Little Humour: Two Ways to Solve an Engineering ProblemClick here to learn more...