Hexapod Robots are being Found More Often in Production Lines
How can the 6-axis movement of hexapods work for you?
007 Level Secrets: Managing vibration acoustics with piezo transducers
Imagine turning walls, windows or furniture into speakers or hands-free microphones. Or protecting against break-in and eavesdropping, like a secret agent.
Advanced Gantry Control
Gantries for 3D printing and laser material processing
A new hybrid gantry design combines the advantages of air bearings and traditional bearings into one compact, high performance system. Operated with state-of-the-art ACS motion controllers, higher accuracy and throughput can be achieved, while programming of complex motion profiles is facilitated with easy to use software. Applications are found in laser machining, 3D printing, photonics, robotics, microscopy, and precision industrial automation applications.
Stick-slip Principle
Miniature motors make for smaller positioners
Size matters in miniaturization and automation - smaller is usually better. Traditional electromagnetic motors have limitations when it comes to shrinking dimensions while maintaining high efficiency and accuracy of motion with minimized energy consumption. Piezo ceramic inertia motors can fill this gap.
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Air Bearings vs Mechanical Bearings
Air bearings myths and FAQ's
Unlike mechanical bearings, air bearings free of wear and friction. The article answers questions on when to use air bearings and when to go with mechanical or flexure bearings.
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Mini Piezo Ratchet Motion
Overview of different types of precision motorized systems
Motion drive and control technologies are advancing rapidly, giving engineers access to an expanding spectrum of options to leverage previously unattainable performance and form factors.
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Six Degrees of Freedom
Hexapod robots in automation applications
Hexapods, six-legged parallel-kinematic machines, are quickly gaining ground in a broad range of industrial automation applications after “learning” how to directly communicate with PLC or CNC controllers via fieldbus interfaces. As far as the semiconductor and electronics industry, automobile industry, and precision assembly are concerned, many production processes have become inconceivable without them.
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Bio-Medical Applications
Advances in piezo mechanics aid eye surgery
Piezo motion-based mechanisms provide a variety of features that are highly sought after in life-science and medical engineering applications, such sterile ceramic designs and lubricant-free drives. Ceramics are also non-magnetic, an advantage in high-energy imaging/scanning based on strong magnetic fields.
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Stewart Platforms
6-Axis Parallel Kinematic Machines (PKM's)
PKM's are often referred to as Stewart Platforms. Based on a 6-axis (XYZ, Pitch, Roll, Yaw) actuator system arranged in parallel between a top and bottom platform, PKM's have many advantages over serial kinematics designs, such as lower inertia, improved dynamics, smaller package size and higher stiffness.
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Nanometer Precision
Piezo nanopositioning basics: precision, speed, stability
Piezo motion-based mechanisms provide a variety of features that are highly sought after in life-science and medical engineering applications, such sterile ceramic designs and lubricant-free drives. Ceramics are also non-magnetic, an advantage in high-energy imaging/scanning based on strong magnetic fields.
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Because pictures are better than words, watch how a piezo ratchet mechanism works, how XY air bearings work, and the principles of 12-axis silicon photonics alignment automation.
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