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Sensing expert expands portfolio with Hall effect magnetic sensors
Texas Instruments (TI) has strengthened its motor solutions and sensing portfolio with the addition of a new family of Hall effect magnetic sensors designed for use in industrial applications ranging...
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Easy clean washdown motors
The new Kollmorgen AKMH stainless steel motors, available in the UK from INMOCO of Daventry, are designed for quick and easy cleaning CIP (clean-in-place).With 19 sizes available in multiple standard...
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New hollow shaft actuators
The UK division of precision gear and servo actuator manufacturer Harmonic Drive has announced a new range of lightweight hollow shaft servo actuators. Used in industrial applications where high...
View ArticleSeven-channel, NMOS low-side driver
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a seven-channel, NMOS low-side driver, replacing standard Darlington transistor arrays with a power-efficient, drop-in compatible integrated circuit (IC). The...
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Simulation tools range expanded
Romax Technology, a leading transmission and driveline simulation company, is enhancing its product portfolio with the launch of a number of new releases. Currently used by 14 of the world’s top 15 car...
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Product platform expands to 1,700V range for industrial motor drives
Semikron has added 1,700V modules with six-pack and converter-inverter-brake (CIB) circuit topology to its family of 600V/650V and 1,200V MiniSKiiP power modules.Key benefits of the MiniSKiiP are...
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Grease: how to avoid economic meltdown
A tub of grease costs next to nothing. A seized motor can bring a production line to a standstill, resulting in enormous accumulating losses. Magda Bartosova says that remembering to lubricate electric...
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Top five things that go wrong with electric motors
There are a myriad of issues that can cause electric motors to fail. However, among this rogue’s gallery of problems there is a set of usual suspects that crop up more often than the others. Jonathan...
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Installing and operating electric motors
Lucie Hodkova offers a checklist of things to remember when dealing with new motors.Motors are the workhorses of industry, so commonplace that they are often taken for granted. Now, with the world...
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Space: the final frontier for stepper motors
Alexander Hatzold explains why a new stepper motor standard for space is hitting the spot.Within the past 10 years there has been a continuous shift within the space market. The big space agencies...
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Keep the complicated simple with user experience design
User experience design is becoming a norm in industrial product design, providing users with competitive advantages such as time and money savings with minimum environmental impact. Marjukka Mäkelä...
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Hygienic motor-gear combination
Newly available from INMOCO is an updated version of the Kollmorgen AKM food grade servomotor, which combines a high-performance gear-motor and efficiency-optimised angular gearbox in a compact...
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VSDs with safety built in
A range of built-in safety features for variable-speed drives (VSDs) that make it easier to achieve safe operation of processes and protect maintenance staff working on motor driven machinery has been...
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Motors now include synchronous reluctance
A new control algorithm for Danfoss VLT frequency converters now opens up for synchronous reluctance motors.High efficiency synchronous reluctance is one of the newly-emerged motor technologies...
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Energy efficient flameproof motor
WEG’s W22Xd Super Premium Efficiency range of hazardous area motors are claimed to be the most energy efficient flameproof motors available on the market.W22Xd hazardous area motors are designed to...
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Permanent magnet motors: Why engineers should be familiar with the technology
Every sector of industry strives for improving efficiency and reliability in their equipment, so that they can better serve their customers. One technology set to redefine expectations is the permanent...
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Bearing design for electric motors
As the development of more efficient electric motors continues to keep pace with upcoming regulations, it is important to ensure that all the components are engineered to the latest specifications,...
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How to be cool: life lessons for electric motors
Improving the efficiency of electrical conversion and new methods of thermal management may mean that in future motors run far cooler than they do today. But until then, heat dissipation remains a...
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Gearbox range for high torques
The largest gearbox of AUMA’s new GHT multi-turn gearbox range can transmit up to 120,000Nm to an industrial valve. While AUMA’s SA multi-turn actuators provide a maximum torque of 32,000Nm, the torque...
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Latest IE3 rated pump motors
In line with the introduction on 1 January 2015 of phase 2 of the EU’s IE3 efficiency level legislation for electric motors in Europe, Watson-Marlow Pumps Group (WMPG) has upgraded its relevant product...
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