A linear induction motor with a twist 1st Quarter 2016, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Just steps from the beach you can launch yourself into a spiralling scream-fest. This is not just a coaster, it’s a double-twisting impulse coaster – one of the tallest and fastest in the world. You’ll ...
Hope for the future 4th Quarter 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE The 2015 Pneudrive Challenge mechatronics competition is well advanced. Technews editors, Kim Roberts and Steven Meyer spent a fascinating afternoon with the top three groups from Wits Mechanical Engineering Department, together with their lecturer, Professor Joao Nobre, to find out what’s involved from a student’s point of view.
Small, powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator 4th Quarter 2015, Siemens South Africa, Hydraulic systems & components Researchers at Siemens have developed a small but powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator. Although it is only about nine centimetres long, it can apply a force of more than 150 newtons – equivalent to a weight ...
New legislation to affect skills development rebates 3rd Quarter 2015, News & events Motion Control’s editor visited SAFPA council members, Hugo van Niekerk and Wessie van der Westhuizen to find out what the implications are for the fluid power industry and how SAFPA is meeting this challenge.
Advanced valve engineering 3rd Quarter 2015, Tectra Automation, Pneumatic systems & components Tectra Automation’s new generation range of pneumatic valves from Aventics sets new standards in compactness, lightness and advanced safety features.
SupraMotion 3rd Quarter 2015, Festo, Robotics & Mechatronics Completely new and previously unimaginable applications in automation technology are possible with superconductors. They allow hovering, contactless motion using very little energy and without wear. Festo ...
Miniature servo valves control quadruped robot 3rd Quarter 2015, MOOG, Robotics & Mechatronics A team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) based in Genova, Italy selected Moog Industrial Group, a designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision control components and ...
A comet chaser stirs 3rd Quarter 2015, Horne Technologies, Robotics & Mechatronics Drive systems from Faulhaber defy the harsh conditions of a 10-year journey through space.
Pneumatics on steroids 2nd Quarter 2015, Pneumatic systems & components Motion Control’s editor spoke to Monty Jasper, corporate vice president for safety and engineering at Cedar Fair, about the engineering behind the Power Tower.
Smart sensors reshaping the automation landscape 2nd Quarter 2015, Other technologies The state of automation is rapidly changing. One of the main reasons for this changing landscape is the advent of smart devices. ARC Advisory Group defines smart devices as having: • Embedded computing ...
Trends in asset management and maintenance 1st Quarter 2015, Technews Publishing, Other technologies The recessionary state of manufacturing around the world has created a renewed interest in sweating assets.
Servo terminals move a virtual ocean 1st Quarter 2015, Beckhoff Automation, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Norwegian oil company, Lundin Norway, recently presented its unique kinetic art creation at the ONS Energy Convention, the world’s largest offshore energy trade show. It comprised 529 Plexiglas tubes ...
The changing role of system integrators 1st Quarter 2014, Other technologies System integrators are playing an increasingly important role in engineering fluid power systems for next generation manufacturing and automation equipment. Tom Price, president of Price Engineering in Hartland, Wisconsin, USA, recently gave some perspective on this trend.
