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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Marvellous maths explained. The mystery of the number 1089.In the last issue of Motor Technology News we ran a short article entitled Marvellous Maths, The Mystery of the Number 1089.
The mystery is this: first, take any three digit number, where the first and last digits differ by two or more and reverse the number to produce a new one. Then subtract the smaller from the larger producing another new number.
If you reverse this number and this time add the two, the result will always be 1089.
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Masters of the StormA vast simulator was designed to operate within the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes, a facility big enough for a full size house to be tested.
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Multi Channel Encoders for Rail ApplicationsNew multi-channel encoders designed for rail vehicles, offering both flange mounting and mounting with torque support.
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Miniature encoder has square wave outputThe new GEL 2444 MiniCoder, from
Lenord + Bauer, with a square-wave 5V TTL/RS422 output that is compatible with most servo drives, motion controllers and PLCs.
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