There’s a certain class of parts that just can’t be made on a standard 3-axis mill, nor with a 3D printer or a lathe. These parts — weird screws, camshafts, strange gears, or simply a shaft with a ...

What’s in it for you? That is, how can the increasingly hallowed movement called Industry 4.0 help you? If you’ve been following the development and adoption of Industry 4.0, you already know that the ...

A good majority of power tools in the average workshop are all about speed. Drills, grinders, and sanders all whizz along at thousands of revolutions per minute. Sometimes though, you need to do ...

Sensata’s new solution actively monitors rotary assets for faults using a multi-modal sensor and AI-driven analysis capabilities from Nanoprecise through the Sensata IQ platform. Nanoprecise’s AI ...

The blank is fed into the first workstation and clamped in the collet. The completely machined workpiece is unloaded from the machine at the last station, so 22 workstations are available. Using the ...

Rotary actuators produce oscillating power by rotating an output shaft through a fixed arc. They are compact, simple, and efficient. They produce high instantaneous torque in either direction and ...

Manager Danaher Motion Wood Dale, Ill. Direct-drive rotary (DDR) systems are available in frameless, housed, and the newly developed cartridge motor format. Although many engineers are familiar with ...

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