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Reaching new heights
The world’s steepest funicular railway has gone into operation in the Swiss Alps, a 1.7km route whose two 36-passenger cable cars are powered by electric motors from ABB.The new funicular replaces one...
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The best choice
Engineers and designers working on power transmission applications can often face a daunting task when it comes to specifying the most appropriate drive coupling for the task in hand. Detailed...
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The invisible door opener
The lift manufacturer Schindler transports more than a billion people every day. Its lifts operate in skyscrapers as well as apartment buildings, where they travel up and down all day long. Who...
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Single stage helical gear unit
Nord Drivesystems has extended its successful NORDBLOC.1 series with a single stage gear unit for applications with high speeds and torques. The new NORDBLOC.1 helical gear unit features ultimate...
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Updated electric motor housings
For motor manufacturers, designing and manufacturing customer-specific electric motors in small batch sizes is a major challenge, particularly in terms of cost effectiveness. FAG flanged housing units...
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Compact precision ring drive system
Nexen Group recently introduced the Compact Ring Drive (CRD) system with precision-grade bearing and drive mechanism in a sealed housing. Freely programmable, the three-drive design configurations...
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High-resolution encoder
maxon motor presents a top-of-the-range high-resolution encoder. The ENX 16 RIO offers an impressive resolution of up to 65,536 counts per turn in a compact and rugged housing.Requirements on encoders...
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Drives for pallet conveyor technology
Pallet conveyor technology primarily requires economical drive solutions with high overload capacity. NORD Drivesystems supplies optimally matched, individually configurable and flexible drive...
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New closed loop linear actuator
Applied Motion has introduced a closed loop linear actuator that offers greater acceleration rates, shorter move times and higher throughput than conventional step motor-based linear actuators....
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New compact hydraulic brake packages
Twiflex has launched a range of compact hydraulic brake packages, which are designed to meet the challenging braking requirements experienced in a wide variety of industrial applications.The standard...
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Intelligent health care for industrial gear units
Industrial gear units are drive technology heavyweights which need to handle large torques. Due to the large forces involved, small defects which are not detected in time can quickly result in complete...
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New ISO15552-certified pneumatic cylinders
Parker Hannifin has introduced a new family of ISO15552-certified pneumatic cylinders. Available in bore sizes from 32 to 125mm, the P1F series is suitable for general industrial applications, such as...
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Decentralised frequency inverters
Nord Drivesystems offers decentralised drives, with which even demanding applications, such as synchronised movement and flying saw, can be implemented easily. An integrated PLC and position control...
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Surface treatment – an alternative to stainless steel
The nsd tupH surface treatment offered by Nord Drivesystems is an outstanding anti-corrosion treatment for gear units, smooth motors, frequency inverters and motor starters in washdown-optimised cast...
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Compact positioning controller
The devices from the successful EPOS4 Compact series can now also be incorporated into EtherCAT networks, thereby creating new opportunities for a huge range of applications.The space-saving design of...
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New cages for cylindrical rolling bearings
The new MPAX brass cage from Schaeffler is a rib-guided, single-piece solid brass cage. It has a higher load carrying capacity for radial centrifugal forces (higher radial rigidity) than its...
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New torque limiters to protect drivetrains
Reich Drive Systems UK has expanded its product portfolio with the addition of a new range of Torque Limiters. The new products complement Reich’s range of drive couplings, and could open up new...
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Understanding PD phenomenon
Designing high-voltage motors and generators with low partial discharge (PD) can be costly and fail to deliver reliability. Jari Jäppinen explains why it is better to design equipment that fits its...
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Machine tool motor line expands
NUM has expanded its portfolio of motors for machine tool applications by launching a range of high performance brushless torque motors.Employing optimised magnetics, NUM’s new TMX series direct drive...
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Robots that reach
It started as a project by two engineers who were close to retirement. Today, the modular inspection robots by Canadian company Inuktun are successfully in use all over the world – defying even the...
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