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HARTING’s new Han-Modular® Sliding Frame specially designed for Motor Control Centers

With the Han-Modular® Sliding Frame, HARTING has developed a new connector for Motor Control Centers (MCC). By using the connector, the drawer system can – mechanically simple – take a test position. […]

WEG’s new soft starters SSW900 series features high-performance with integrated PLC capabilities

WEG, a leading global manufacturer of motor and drive technology, has recently launched the SSW900 series of soft starters. These compact soft starters, which replace the current SSW06 soft starter series, are […]

NORD’s new extruder flanges specially designed for heavy duty operation

As an all-new supplement to the modular industrial gear range, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS now provides extruder flanges optimized for heavy duty operation. Several different extrusion flanges are available for each of the industrial […]

Lenze presents its new fully rounded SRU solution package

Enhanced system performance, reduced commissioning times and lower energy consumption – these are the main requirements for next-generation storage and retrieval units (SRUs). Lenze has now brought a fully rounded SRU solution […]

NORD’s new solution for IoT applications enables the availability of drive data real time in the cloud

For IoT-driven machine and plant engineering, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS now offers solutions for making drive data available in real time in a cloud environment. All drive axes can be monitored from anywhere in […]

Lenze’s new g350 compact mechatronic drive package features genuine integrated mechatronic solution

Now Lenze showcases the g350, its new compact mechatronic drive package in three sizes. The g350 is a real material flow pro – and compared to all-rounders, perfectly tailored for the job. […]

Baumüller’s new b maXX 5800 compact multi-axis controller allows control up to six drive axes

With the new multi-axis controller b maXX 5800, Baumüller, the Nuremberg drive and automation specialist, provides a compact solution for controlling up to six drive axes, e.g., for robot and handling applications. […]

Tecnotion’s newly introduced curved magnet tracks designed for more complicated curved movements

How does a linear motor move over a curved track? A seemingly complicated question with straight forward answers. Where traditionally different motion systems can be used to follow up on a linear […]

Lika´s Rotary actuator for positioning operations

RD6 is a compact rotary actuator from Lika Electronic that integrates a BLDC motor, an absolute encoder, and control electronics in a single package. Increasingly, modern industries require automated production processes with […]

WEG introduces its new WG20 geared motors

WEG, a leading global manufacturer of motor and drive technology, has expanded their relatively young WG20 family of geared motors with helical, parallel-shaft and helical bevel gear units featuring rated torques from […]

Watt Drive gear units are utilized in the automated fine ore storage facility in Styria, Austria

At the Erzberg in the city of Eisenerz in Styria, Austria, mining operator VA Erzberg GmbH produces about 2.7 million tonnes of fine ore per year from an extraction volume of roughly […]

Baumüller’s b maXX 5000 now has a new safety solution

The drive and automation specialist Baumüller is now offering a new safety solution for the stackable converter generation b maXX 5000. Here the electric motors are no longer shut off in a […]

NORD expands its industrial gear series with two new gearboxes

At the 2017 Hannover Messe exhibition, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS presented two new gearboxes for nominal torques of 15 and 20 kNm. With these latest additions to the line-up, the series now comprises 11 […]