Composite gear design at igus is proving that lightweight, smart and maintenance-free solutions are the future of industrial motion. Machine Design checked in at the igus booth at Pack Expo to speak ...

Dexter Magnetic Technologies of Elk Grove Village, Ill., recently devised a dual-axis robotic manipulator that controls sputtering in the manufacture of computer hard drives. Unfortunately, the device ...

Gears without teeth: that's the surprising invention from a team at New York University. This system uses cylinders set in rotation by a fluid, replacing traditional toothed wheels. The concept ...

Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...

Researchers from Donghua University in China and the University of British Columbia have introduced a novel design methodology for 3D rotary braiding machines, offering a significant step forward in ...