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A straight line to effective linear motion

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

linear actuators

Servo- and stepper-driven electrical linear actuators are an efficient and economical way to provide accurate motion control for a wide variety of machine applications. Chip McDaniel  AutomationDirect  When it comes to automated machinery, there’s no doubt that observing a high-speed robotic arm zoom through intricate movements can be impressive. But although the price and complexity […]

Filed Under: Featured, Linear actuators (all), Linear drives (all) Tagged With: automationdirect, Linear Actuators

New SureMotion LAHP Series linear actuators and slides from AutomationDirect

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

linear actuators

The SureMotion LAHP series linear actuators, slides, and accessories are XYZ gantry components that allow creation of a motion system with up to three axes of movement. These motor-ready linear actuators and sliding components have travel lengths of up to 910 mm. They turn rotary motion into linear motion and provide a variety of X-Y […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: automationdirect

AutomationDirect adds inductive linear position transducers

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

linear position sensors

Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs) from Alliance Sensors Group convert the linear displacement of an object into a proportional electrical signal output of 0 to 10 V or 4 to 20 mA (depending on model). LVITs are contactless devices designed for dimension or position measuring applications where the sensing element cannot be attached to the […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O, Featured Tagged With: automationdirect, linear sensors

AutomationDirect adds linear position potentiometers and accessories

★ By Heather Hall Leave a Comment

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

Linear shafts, shaft supports and rotary shafts from AutomationDirect

★ By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

AutomationDirect has added linear and rotary shafts to its line of mechanical power transmission products. SureMotion® linear shafts are precision ground for exceptional straightness, accurate diameters, and a surface finish of 10 RMS. Available in C1060 medium-carbon steel or 440C stainless steel, all shafts are heat treated for additional hardness. Starting at $7.75, carbon and […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides, Industry news Tagged With: automationdirect

Controllers keep trains on track

★ By Patrick Curran 1 Comment

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by Brian Kienlen, Master Electronic Operations Director, Entertrainment Junction, West Chester, Ohio With over 200 trains, 100 individual tracks and more than 1,200 cars, Entertrainment Junction’s complex control system keeps model trains running on time. What does it take to control the world’s largest indoor train display with over 200 G-Scale model trains and more […]

Filed Under: Controls for linear axes Tagged With: automationdirect

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