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NORD UNIVERSAL motor offers cost-effective solution in compliance with the new Ecodesign Regulation

From 01 July 2021, the new Ecodesign Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 tightened the measures with regard to energy efficiency of electric motors and speed controls. The use of IE3 motors in additional performance […]

Moog presents its new Silencer® BN Series Brushless DC Motors designed for oxygen concentrators

For patients reliant on oxygen therapy for a severe lung disease, oxygen concentrators offer more mobility than heavy, bulky oxygen tanks. But patients say even smaller devices weighing as little as five […]

Beckhoff’s new XPlanar planar motor system features new software-based 360-degree mover rotation functionality

The XPlanar planar motor system from Beckhoff enables the contactless, parallel and individual transport of products. The XPlanar movers can fly freely in two dimensions over the XPlanar tiles and execute lifting […]

The new DuoDrive drive solution offers highest system efficiency with low noise emissions

With DuoDrive, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS provides the ideal drive solution for conveyor systems in the food industry and intralogistics. The patent-pending geared motor consists of a high-efficiency IE5+ permanent magnet synchronous motor and […]


Simplex Motion releases new version of its SimplexMotionTool and a new Firmware

The continued work on improvements has resulted in a new updated version of SimplexMotionTool and a new Firmware. Simplex Motion Tool 0.3.6: Added parameter files for firmware 1.30 Check implemented to make […]


SMC Corporation

SMC: The technical challenge of sustainable packaging

The trend is clear, and there is no going back. Consumer environmental and sustainability concerns, in terms of plastic pollution and the rise of Circular Economy principles consciousness compel the packaging industry […]


Rollon GmbH

Rollon: Portfolio expansion: multi-axis systems for heavy loads

Rollon acquires iMSRollon, a leading manufacturer of linear guides, linear axes and multi-axis systems, has acquired Intelligent Machine Solutions Inc. (iMS), a US-based manufacturer of standard and customised linear assemblies for the […]


Franke’s wire race bearings helps Risomat optimizes its manufacturing capabilities

Whether in an electric toothbrush, in an e-car or in the generator of an emergency power unit – electric motors of all different sizes move our world and their number is constantly […]


igus GmbH

Horse 2.0: Electric all-rounder LyteHorse braves desert, forest and water

The Canadian company LyteHorse Labs shows that electric vehicles are by no means inefficient. The company has designed an innovative all-terrain electric vehicle that is suitable for a wide range of applications. […]


NORD’s decentralised drive technology fulfills requirements for wide range of applications

With its extensive modular product range of decentralised drive electronics – mounted directly on the motors or in the immediate vicinity – NORD DRIVESYSTEMS covers practically all requirements and applications. The drive […]


Rollon GmbH

Rollon launched Blog „Designing together“

Customer orientation, application advice and individual solutions have always been cornerstones of the Rollon philosophy. Now the specialist for linear motion systems is going one step further. On its new blog “Designing […]


Rollon GmbH

igus: Sustainability at the touch of a button with e-kette in Drop Water beverage dispenser

The Drop Station is a new sustainable beverage vending machine that fills beverages into compostable containers at the touch of a button. The water for the vending machine does not have to […]


igus GmbH

igus drive technology configurator: Find and order linear modules quickly

Spindle, rack or toothed belt drive? Miniature or heavy-duty axle? Motor or handwheel? The search for the right linear module is time-consuming. This is precisely why igus has now developed the drive […]


Maxon to made available its new BIKEDRIVE Air system in summer

First maxon’s drives flew on Mars in the NASA helicopter – now they’re letting bike riders lift off. After several years of development, the company presents the BIKEDRIVE Air – a light […]


Maxon celebrates its female engineers for their achievements in honor of Women in Engineering Day

The women in engineering (WIE) at maxon work eagerly to contribute to the success of advanced technology in the motion control industry. The week in honor of International Women in Engineering Day, […]


Haydon Kerk Pittman launches its new Z-Theta motion platform

As a world leader in compact linear motion systems, Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK® Advanced Motion Solutions division, announces the release of the new Z-Theta motion platform. The Z-Theta […]


maxon collaborates with Auterion to develop state-of-the-art software-defined drones

Strategic partnership will offer industry changing avionics and propulsion system integration for software-defined drones that mark future of drone scaling. Drive specialist maxon – whose precision electric motors are enabling the autonomous […]


Faulhaber introduces its new magnetic AEMT-12/16 L absolute encoder

In combination with brushless DC-servomotors, the new magnetic AEMT-12/16 L absolute encoder delivers absolute angle information with a preset multiturn resolution of 16 bits (65536 revolutions) and a singleturn resolution of 12 […]