Best Practices in CONTROL
Submitted by Jon Irvine
Considering the number of variables, gaining precise control of a process heating application can be a difficult task. In industries with a high demand for consistent quality, controlling the temperature of a substance from the start to the finish of a process is an absolute necessity. Learn more.
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Introducing the Cost-Effective SCARA Robot Pulse Motor IXP
Submitted by IAI
IAI's new IXP Series Robots cost around 1/2 of that of a conventional model due to the adoption of the pulse motors. The IXP achieves a payload equivalent to that of a conventional model by adopting high-output drivers. All IXP models come standard with battery-less absolute encoders.
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Lower Running Costs by 1/3 with IAI Electric Actuators
Submitted by IAI
With air cylinders, a compressor is operated with electricity to generate compressed air, and generated air is supplied through a line to the air cylinder where it is then converted to linear-motion force. This mechanism is subject to significant energy loss.
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Advanced Control Methods as 'Commodities'
Submitted by Renee Robbins Bassett, Featured in Automation World Magazine
Advanced Process Control (APC) methods used to be so advanced as to be esoteric- too complex and unusable except by a few high-level experts. Today, however, it seems APC is little talked about for an entirely different reason: It's become a commodity.
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