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Garrett Harmon

Linear drive now with option for fine adjustment of travel distance

★ By Garrett Harmon Leave a Comment

Amacoil-Uhing Model RG linear drive assemblies now feature an option for fine adjustment of travel distance. The option enables more precise location of the drive unit reversal points. This is useful in linear motion applications where precision setting of the reversal points enhances process accuracy and integrity. The Model RG drive is used in various […]

Filed Under: Linear drives (all) Tagged With: Amacoil

Dorner’s Next Generation 3200 Series Modular Belt Conveyor

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Dorner is launching the next generation in the 3200 Series platform, giving customers more options and added flexibility to serve a greater range of markets, including industrial, packaging and assembly. The new line that’s debuting this month was created by merging and improving Dorner’s 5200/5300 Series Conveyors with the 3200 Series conveyor platform. The new […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain drives for linear Tagged With: dorner

Dorner Appoints New Regional Sales Manager

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Mike Wilkins has been appointed a Regional Sales Manager for Dorner Mfg. Corp. In this new position with Dorner, Wilkins will be working with sales channel partners and key accounts to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business throughout the upper Midwest region of the United States. Wilkins joins Dorner after a seven-year career […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: dorner

Compact, Precision Ball-Screw Stage with Linear Encoder

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Compact stage with travels to 100 mm Precision-ground ball-screw drive DC servo or stepper motor High resolution (0.025 µm), repeatability (±0.1 µm) and accuracy (±0.75 µm) A compact, high-performance linear positioning stage, Aerotech’s MPS75SLE features exceptionally smooth travel combined with outstanding accuracy, repeatability and positioning resolution capability to 25 nm. Ideal applications include optics positioning, […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O Tagged With: aerotech

New Linear Kit Encoder with Extremely High Mounting Tolerances

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HEIDENHAIN is adding another absolute linear kit encoder to its already successful kit encoder family. The LIC 2100 series was developed as an addition to HEIDENHAIN’€™s LIC 4000/LIC 4100 encoders to serve applications where very high mounting tolerances and unlimited reliability are more important than maximum accuracy. This is especially useful in applications in the […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O Tagged With: heidenhain

HEIDENHAIN Corp Hires Skaer As Systems Product Specialist

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HEIDENHAIN Corporation announces the new hire of Mark Skaer as Systems Product Specialist, ETEL. Of particular interest to the semiconductor and high tech equipment industries, ETEL’s motion stages are known worldwide as high quality systems, and are available in North America through parent company HEIDENHAIN Corporation. Skaer is now positioned to assist area customers and […]

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