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Power, speed & precision – all in one linear unit
Heavier, larger loads. Higher speeds. Enhanced precision.You can have it all with the Powerline WM Series Linear Unit. When you spec Thomson PowerLine (WM) Series linear units for your designs, you're providing peace of mind that applications are getting the VIP treatment in linear motion. These slides feature a unique, internal movable ball screw support, which...
Clean and Productive — Improving Food Safety and Packaging Machine Reliability
Food packaging plays an essential role in preserving product quality, enhancing convenience and promoting brand identification. The rapid emergence of COVID dramatically altered the food-packaging landscape, bringing new demands for single-serve packaging, aseptic materials, ecommerce-friendly packaging and more. As packaging has become significantly more complex...
Selection of a suitable high-precision cycloidal gearbox and the effect of Lost Motion and Hysteresis parameters on its accuracy and operating characteristics
The TwinSpin® high-precision backlash-free cycloidal reduction gearboxes manufactured by SPINEA® are among the world market leaders. The individual components of gearboxes are manufactured to extremely high precision, but there is always some dimensional variance in series production. The TwinSpin® high-precision backlash-free cycloidal reduction gearboxes...
Greater Comfort & Safe Mobility in Exoskeleton Design
The exoskeleton market is at a tipping point. With an aging population, increases in chronic disease and no end in sight for serious labour shortages, exoskeletons offer tremendous potential. In fact, market reports estimate that the exoskeleton market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 40% between now and 2028 — when it will reach $3.7 billion....
TwinSpin® high precision reduction gears for medical applications
Each medical application has different requirements put on motion equipment it uses. On the next lines, we want to point out a few technical features of TwinSpin® reduction gears, which may be interesting for designers of medical equipment. Gone are the times when doctors carried all the medical tools with themselves in one bag. Nowadays, health care equipment is a...
The PC-MCAT-2 Software Integration Controller from Trio is available from Micromech
PC-MCAT-2 is an innovative ‘Motion + PC Solution’. A choice of Intel processors (from Celeron through to core i3 – core i7) is used to drive both a high performance motion controller and a compact PC that can run user applications under Windows. A rugged, finned metal case houses the controller and provides adequate cooling. PC-MCAT-2 is especially suitable where a...
How TwinSpin® reduction gears improve dental milling machines
TwinSpin ® gearboxes belong to the category of backlash-free gearboxes, which provide high positioning accuracy essential for the overall accuracy of dental prosthesis production. Thanks to the unique transmission mechanism, high production accuracy, and the use of high-quality lubricants, TwinSpin ® gears keep high positioning accuracy throughout their service...
Certified RTA products as safe solutions for industrial excellence
UL certification and STO Function for RTA products Increased security for industrial excellenceFor details of the full R.T.A. range or for technical help contact our sales team.Disclaimer The use of this news article and images came with permission from RTA.
Smart Technologies Are Changing Packaging Performance
The rise in consumer demand is driving the growing need for more throughput, more product per minute, and more repeatable and accurate performance of packaging machines. This demand is moving the industry toward more integrative and automated technologies to deliver efficiencies and performance in the packaging machine market. This integration is also creating...