Motion Control Features

High-load ball screws – The motion control solution with higher load density

Motion engineering quiz: if you need to actuate a 500kN axial load along a 1500mm stroke, do you use roller screw or a ball screw?

What criteria should I consider when selecting a linear actuator?

There are many types of linear actuators available on the motion control market. Which type to choose, or even where to start the selection process, can be daunting.

Does it fit your profile?

In today’s global economic climate, it is easier than ever to procure counterfeit products intentionally or otherwise. In the world of industrial manufacturing equipment, especially, it represents a disaster waiting to happen for manufacturers and their customers.

Small positioning tables can deliver big performance

When you need a fast, responsive positioning mechanism for semiconductor equipment, inspection instruments or assembly machines, choosing the right one can be difficult.

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Simplified electric motion with combined pneumatics(01/04/2021)

Many machine builders think that they need to choose between electric automation and pneumatic drives. Some claim that electric actuation is cheaper, easier to work with and more energy efficient. Others feel pneumatic technology is far more rugged, simpler and has a higher power density. But is this ‘one or the other’ approach always helpful in meeting the needs of the application?
More ups than downs using Matrix Converters on one of Europe’s largest network of escalators(08/03/2021)

Operating Germany’s largest escalator network in Munich, which transports over half a billion people through the Bavarian capital’s subway system every year, means the scale of any technical innovations can be immense.
Trio Motion Technology: “Everything you need, nothing more”(08/03/2021)

DPA speaks with Tom Alexander, President of Trio Motion Technology, and Dave Greensmith, Product Manager, about the expansion of its motion controller range, business during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance of the UK market.
Hepco’s DTS on the front line against Covid-19(08/03/2021)

Few of us could have anticipated the impact that COVID-19 would have on our lives when it was first reported at the end of 2019. While vaccination programmes start to be rolled out across nations, testing will continue to be important in fighting the pandemic.
“Everything you need, nothing more” – Trio Motion Technology(15/01/2021)

DPA speaks with Tom Alexander, Head of Business Development and Dave Greensmith, Product Manager of Trio Motion Technology about the expansion of its motion controller range, business during the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of the UK market.