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Linear Motion in the Third Industrial Revolution

★ By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

According to The Economist magazine, a third revolution is coming for the manufacturing industry, ushered in by 3D printing, new materials, and collaborative manufacturing services. Anyone who has watched the 3D printing industry develop over the past decade, or even the past five years, will likely agree. Gartner forecasts that worldwide shipments of 3D printers […]

Filed Under: Applications, Linear actuators (all), Linear bearings, Linear drives (all), Linear motors, Slides + guides (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: Ball Screw, Linear Actuator, Linear Actuators, Linear Drives, linear guide, Linear Guides, linear motion, Linear Motor, linear stage

Linear Motor vs. Ball Screw

★ By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

While ironless linear motors have been used in semiconductor and electronic applications for more than a decade, they are still viewed by many designers and OEMs as “niche” products. But the perception of linear motors as a costly solution for unique applications is slowly changing, as more industries are adopting them as replacements for ball screws […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Actuators, Ball Screw, Linear Actuator, Linear Actuators, Linear Drives, linear motion, Linear Motor

ETEL Offers an Ironless Line of Linear Motors

★ By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

ETEL presents its line of ironless high-speed linear motors, the ILF and the ILM series. Built for use in the semiconductor and electronics industry, this line of ironless linear motors adds to the wide range of motors and solutions that ETEL provides to those industries and beyond. Of particular importance to the semiconductor and electronics industries, […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: heidenhain, linear motion, Linear Motor

Linear Shaft Motor Stage Offers Nanoprecision

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Radford, Va. – Nippon Pulse America’s new SCR100 stage is an ultra high precision, compact single axis stage that integrates a slide guide, encoder, and Linear Shaft Motor. It offers a wide range of advantages for ultra high performance and accuracy applications. The Linear Shaft Motor is a coreless direct drive linear motor which has […]

Filed Under: Linear motors, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear motion, Linear Motor, linear stage

Miniature Linear Vibration Actuator from Nidec Copal

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Torrance, Cal. – Nidec Copal’s new LD14 miniature linear vibration actuator uses a new voice coil technology to develop an acceleration output of 1G at 150Hz operated by square wave output. The actuator is a compact 0.552” (14mm) long by 0.433” (11mm) wide by 0.10” (2.5mm) high, with only 2V and 77mA needed to excite […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Actuators, Linear Motor

35mm Linear Stepper Motor from Nippon Pulse

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Radford, Va. – Nippon Pulse’s PFL35T LINEARSTEP® tin-can type linear actuator gives engineers the ability to design a linear motion system simply and at a low cost. Nippon Pulse’s LINEARSTEP series offers direct linear motion without the need for any mechanical transformers, allowing users the ability to design a simple system at a low cost.  […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Actuators, Linear Motor

Nippon Pulse Linear Shaft Motor Features Sub-Micron Resolutions

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Radford, Va. – The Nippon Pulse Linear Shaft Motor is designed and constructed for ultra high-precision applications needing sub-micron resolutions. Because of its design features, the Linear Shaft Motor is more energy efficient and can achieve motion profiles that similar linear motors can’t. The design of the Linear Shaft Motor maximizes use of magnetic flux, […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor

Linear Shaft Motor caters to ultra high-precision market

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Nippon Pulse (www.nipponpulse.com) has introduced the first linear motor that is constructed and designed with the intention of catering the demands of ultra-high precision market. The Linear Shaft Motor’s distinct features are more energy efficient compared to similar linear motors of its kind. Achieving motion profiles that similar linear motors fail to achieve, the Nippon […]

Filed Under: Linear motors Tagged With: linear motion, Linear Motor, linear shaft motor, nippon pulse

Heason releases new MMG-AL linear motor driven positioning stage

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Heason Technology (http://www.heason.com) has introduced an all-new high throughput version of the Mini-MAG linear motor driven positioning stage from distribution partner Dover Inc. (www.dovercorporation.com). While the new, ultra-compact MMG-AL still incorporates the main design and dimensional characteristics of the range, it replaces the stainless steel base and top plate with an optional single phase linear […]

Filed Under: Slides + guides (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: heason, linear motion, Linear Motor, linear stage, mmg-al, stage

High Speed, High Force, Sub-micron Positioning, Voice Coil Stage Features 20 mm Aperture

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Sunnyvale, Calif. – Equipment Solutions’ VCS-2020 Voice Coil Stage features a 20 mm diameter aperture, 20 mm (0.7874 in.) travel, and sub-micron (1.1811 10-6 in.) positioning resolution. An integrated Analog position feedback sensor assures 100 nanometer (3.937 10-6 in.) repeatability.  The cross-roller voice-coil stages are self contained, compact, and can be mounted in a horizontal […]

Filed Under: Linear motors, Slides + guides (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: Linear Motor, linear stage

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