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Heather Hall

Thomson moves operations to larger facility to make room for growth

★ By Heather Hall Leave a Comment

Thomson Industries, a provider of linear motion control solutions, is moving its Kristianstad, Sweden, operations into a larger space to meet the growing demand for its motion control technology. The Kristianstad plant has been a steadily growing supplier of Thomson electric linear actuators and linear motion systems to European customers and is on track for […]

Filed Under: Industry news Tagged With: thomson, Thomson Industries, thomson linear, thomsonindustries, thomsonlinear

Thomson’s new actuators give motion system designers options

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Thomson, a provider of linear motion control solutions, has introduced a high-capacity, high-performance electric linear actuator that gives motion system designers more cost-effective options to replace hydraulic cylinders. Among the many new features of the Thomson Electrak XD linear actuator are load handling up to 25,000 N (5000 lb), depending on configuration, for a combined […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: thomson, thomson linear, thomsonlinear

igus modular linear axis for travels of any length

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igus, the Germany-based manufacturer of motion plastics, is launching the drylin Endless Gear linear module (EGW), a modular, lubrication-free linear guide with rack and pinion drive. The modular system can be extended to any travel length, costs little, and is almost as light as the guide for a toy train. Several carriages can travel on […]

Filed Under: Linear bearings Tagged With: igus

Festo’s motion automation innovations provide reliability in battery assembly

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In an active demonstration, as shown in this YouTube video of the demo, pneumatic and electric actuators from Festo handle and pierce battery cells. This new demonstration showcases the company’s motion automation innovations in battery and electric vehicle assembly. In battery production applications, high speeds and throughput are required, as are reliability and repeatability. In […]

Filed Under: Pneumatic cylinders Tagged With: festo

Aerotech launches second generation of nanopositioning stages

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Aerotech Inc. has released the second generation of its popular ANT nanopositioning stages. Building on its best-in-class predecessor, this line is engineered to bring superior performance to applications that demand truly outstanding dynamics and nanometer-level precision. “We’ve made the ANT nanopositioning stages even better, giving our customers options with impressive dynamic capabilities, industry-leading positioning performance, […]

Filed Under: Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech, Aerotech Inc, aerotechinc

Kollmorgen’s DS4/6 high-precision modular positioning tables offer superior design flexibility

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 The DS4/6 Series is Kollmorgen’s most versatile and modular line of positioning tables, offering design flexibility and a wide variety of configurations for high-precision positioning applications. The DS4/6 series is available in single and multi-axis configurations, including XY, XZ, XYZ and Cartesian arrangements. The tables are driven by a precision ball screw (with 5, 10 […]

Filed Under: Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: kollmorgen

Industry’s smallest slide with anti-cage creep technology

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PM introduces the next generation of miniature slides: the MSR. This product has been developed according to the rising demand for smaller, compact linear slides for use in dynamic and accurate applications. The miniature slides are developed for increased output in micro-assembly machines and pick-and-place machines. The MSR miniature slide can also be used in […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides Tagged With: PM

IMScompact: Guidance and measuring system requires no additional space

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With its sensor system completely integrated in the ball runner block, Bosch Rexroth’s new IMScompact integrated measuring system determines the exact position with a high repetition accuracy of ±1 μm. IMScompact enhances the range of linear guides and is available in sizes 15, 20 and 25, making the measuring system for ball rail systems a […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides Tagged With: Bosch Rexroth

AutomationDirect adds linear position potentiometers and accessories

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GEFRAN linear potentiometers and accessories are now available from AutomationDirect. Linear potentiometers are used to detect position and linear direction movement. A sliding contact moves along a linear resistive element acting as a variable resistor. The proportional change in resistance indicates the position and provides a distance measurement signal. A signal conditioner can be used […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: automationdirect

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