Motion Control Features

Taking the shock out of product handling processes

Increased automation is delivering many benefits to industrial processes, including the ability to increase the speed of products as they transit to the dispatch point. These speed increases mean that greater care is required for the products as they are moved from point to point. Introducing industrial shock absorbers can offer a range of benefits to a business, including improved productivity and a better working environment.

From mass production to mass customisation

Paige West, Editor of DPA & Connectivity, spoke to Alan Conn, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation about the move towards mass customisation and how smart factory motion control solutions from B&R help companies strive for that ‘Batch Size 1’ production.

On-board electronics make linear actuators safer and smarter

Where traditional electric linear actuators have provided the most basic machine functionality, the increasing integration of advanced electronics is making today’s actuators safer, smarter and easier to network with agricultural, construction and mobile off-highway equipment.

Imperial College London develops sophisticated drone test rig arena

The college has recently opened the Brahmal Vasudevan Multi Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena. The Arena is the first of its kind in Europe, enabling engineers to test the next generation of aerial robotics for urban environments and extreme conditions.

More Motion Control Features Features

Linear guides for high duty, trolley packing application(06/04/2018)

Mechelec Automation has recently developed a trolley collation and packing system for the dairy industry. The TP1002 Trolley Packer is designed to provide fully automated, cost-effective trolley loading, at faster operating speeds than current systems.
Developing the revolutionary designs of Tesla Coils(01/03/2018)

Mention a Tesla Coil (TC) to many people, and they might guess it has something to do with the pioneering electric car named after Nikola Tesla, a contemporary and rival of Thomas Edison.
ContiTech ensures more comfort in American public transport(18/12/2017)

Congested roads and packed city centres, and crammed subway trains and buses that cleave their way through the city: Rush hour in the cities of the US is a huge day-to-day challenge for all road users. However, whereas private transport increased significantly in American metropolises in recent years, now public transport is becoming increasingly important.
Common drive technology challenges and how to deal with them(01/12/2017)

If there’s one thing that continues to hamper the UK manufacturing sector, it’s the ongoing struggle for greater productivity.
Extremely high precision positioning XYZ systems(01/12/2017)

The demands for ever increasing levels of accuracy and repeatability in scientific applications where XYZ tables may be deployed for sampling and testing applications are very high.