Verti-Lift presents a full line of scissor lift tables, turntables, and tilt tables with virtually any type of conveyors built in to optimize production, ergonomics and operator safety. The company works closely with distributors and system integrators to design, build and integrate their material handling equipment with ball transfer conveyors, gravity roller conveyors, heavy duty […]
Dorner’s new universal conveyor drive simplifies motor and mounting package options for 2200 Series conveyors
Dorner’s new Universal Drive — a universal conveyor drive — for its 2200 Series low profile end drive belt conveyor platform, features a single part number that covers all speed, load and mounting positions. This new drive technology, developed by Electric Torque Machines (ETM), along with Dorner’s unique mount package is designed to integrate universally […]
2016 trends in linear motion design
Technology improvements continue in linear motion design, with packaging and medical leading the charge this year. In fact, the biggest trend has been more reliance on flexible machine designs, which require that machine axes constructed for one purpose easily reprogram for others. “Flexible machine designs—ones that engineers can reconstitute for multiple functions—are what machine builders want […]
Trend in conveyors is toward compact and custom setups
Conveyors today are high-performance motion systems that incorporate more engineering than ever before. They outperform legacy iterations thanks to material advances and modular builds to suit specific applications. More specifically, many of today’s conveyors, from large conveyors for material handling to miniature varieties engineered for discrete product sorting, sport increasingly job-specific features. Just consider how many […]
Actuator manufacturer PHD, Inc. releases new complete solutions catalog
PHD, Inc., a leading manufacturer of industrial automation actuators, now offers a new product catalog, available in a traditional printed version and on the PHD website as a PDF. The new PHD main catalog features: • PHD’s complete comprehensive standard product line • 21 new products • The Optimax line of global drop-in actuators • The PHD […]
Global Motion Control shipments contract 3.9% in 2015
Global shipments for motion control products declined by 3.9% to $2.9 billion in 2015, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control & Motor Association (MCMA), the industry’s trade group. “In 2015 the motion control market experienced a modest decline from 2014 due to a slowing manufacturing sector late in the year and contractions […]
Precision vertical elevator stage from Optimal Engineering Systems (OES)
The AZ60-A Motorized Vertical Elevator Stage from Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES) is a low-profile and compact 183.7 mm x 80 mm x 38 to 42-mm (raised) stage. It works for low cost, high resolution, wedge type, vertical elevator applications requiring precise vertical positioning. The 60 mm x 95 mm (2.362 in. x 3.740 in.) drilled and tapped stage […]
Motion Industries to acquire Epperson and Co.
Today, Motion Industries of Genuine Parts Co. has entered into a definitive agreement whereby Motion Industries has agreed to acquire Epperson and Co., an industrial distributor specializing in material handling products and services since 1932. Execution of the transaction is expected to take place March 1, 2016. A leading supplier of bulk material conveying products […]
PTDA Foundation Now Accepting Nominations for 2016 Wendy B. McDonald Award
The PTDA Foundation’s Wendy B. McDonald Award recognizes a woman who has established herself as a critical contributor to her company’s success and has affected positive change within the power transmission/motion control industry. More after the jump. The PTDA Foundation established the award in 2014 to honor the memory of Wendy B. McDonald, one of […]
Recap of top linear-motion technologies at MD&M West
Last week, a large contingent of the Design World staff got to go to MD&M West 2016 colocated with ATX in Anaheim, California. Hot topics at the show included the Internet of Things (IoT), smart components, plummeting robot prices, and increased automation even down to assembly tasks — not to mention changes in the medical industry itself. […]