Robots are increasing in demand due to continuing labor shortages and the push for error-less efficiency in manufacturing. In the meantime, other companies are falling behind because they either do not have the capital or engineering know-how to implement robotics automation. While you can buy a robot and pay someone else to program it to do what you want, building and programming your own robot can be easier than you think.
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Stepper Motors,
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Absolute Positioning,
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New Product Introductions
Modular automation is the next phase of factory automation where a production line can be separated into mobile modules and can be quickly reconfigured for different purposes. This article explains the benefits of modular automation and shows how smaller, lighter, and battery-driven motors can help.
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Stepper Motors,
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Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
Speed Control,
VIDEOS,
BLDC Motors,
Application Examples
In this blog post, I will explain how to easily program a timed pressing operation with our MEXE02 universal product support software. This example works for any products included in the AlphaStep AZ Series family, which also includes other series that use the same technology and software.
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Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
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Software,
Application Examples,
Motion Control Basics
No matter how many functions a product offers, without an intuitive, easy-to-use software, those functions can be difficult to implement.
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Stepper Motors,
Absolute Positioning,
Alphastep Hybrid Control,
Linear Actuators,
VIDEOS,
Software,
Application Examples,
Motion Control Basics
Remember the days when we used to go to in-person events, such as trade shows? Robot demos have always generated a lot of foot traffic in booths. What's better to illustrate the synchronism of closed-loop stepper motors than 3 motors working together to create one specific motion?
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The viscosity change in liquids can vary the torque required for mixing. For AC asynchronous motors such as AC induction motors, the rated speed is affected by load torque fluctuations, which may cause inconsistency in the final product. Is there a better motor for the job?
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Washdown,
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For automated factories, motor failures mean lost production and lost revenue. Being able to identify the specific issue in advance and its location is critical to maintaining production efficiency. To be successful, extra sensors must be added to detect abnormalities. There may be an easier way.
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Troubleshooting
Oriental Motor offers many pre-assembled geared motors for quality, consistency, and reliability. In addition, gearheads from our industry partners increase the torque range of our motors further to accommodate more applications. Here are some advantages of geared motors.
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AC Motors,
Stepper Motors,
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BLDC Motors,
Gearheads,
Application Examples,
Rotary Actuators/Index Tables
A gripper is typically an end effector that is installed at the end of a robotic arm or on a cartesian robot and can be used to grip parts in order to transfer them from one location to another. However, there's more to it than just closing the jaws to pinch a part.
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Along with the advancement of industrial technology, maintenance methods of motion control components of a machine, such as motors, drives, and sensors, have also evolved. Which method is the most efficient?
The most common method of maintaining a machine after a failure has occurred was the traditionalreactive maintenancemethod. Realizing the need for improvement, maintenance personnel started to estimate life and replace motion control components before they fail. This is called the preventive maintenancemethod. More recently, with the advancement of IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and real-time availability of status data, another method was born - the predictive maintenance method.
The three maintenance methods have the same goal of eliminating machine downtime but do it differently.
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