‘Servo Drive’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Electric forklift for indoor materials handling from Toyota Material Handling, which we summarised at the time by saying "Toyota Material Handling has launched the 8FBCU range of compact electric forklifts offering capacities of 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 tonnes, designed for all indoor materials handling applications.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Altra explains benefits of flexible couplings from Altra Industrial Motion: "Altra Industrial Motion has explained how flexible couplings can accommodate the flaws and dynamics inherent in motor-driven pumping systems.".
 
In September 2010, we covered the news from Schaeffler - take a look at Schaeffler bearings help reduce vehicle emissions which says: "The Schaeffler Group has developed rolling bearings for tractors and graders that are said to enable greater drive train efficiency, providing reduced fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Virtalis, Virtual-reality system installed at CNH facility, as well as Whitelegg equipment aids traction motor repairs from Whitelegg Machines, and Breaking Torque Wrench targets automotive market from Torqueleader.
 

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Panther servo drive suits extreme environments (August 2010)

Inmoco has extended its Elmo ExtrIQ range of compact digital servo drive products for specialised applications in extreme environments, with the introduction of the ExtrIQ Panther.

CTS system suitable for deep-hole drilling (August 2010)

The new Cyclo Blast coolant-through-spindle (CTS) system from MAG enables owners of Fadal vertical machining centres (VMCs) to maximise machine efficiency and extend tool life.

Compensation units help robots avoid malfunctions (August 2010)

Schunk is offering a range of compensation units to help robots to avoid malfunctions and damages to the tooling or part and to ensure improved efficiency and process reliability.

Leica launches auto-collimating theodolites (August 2010)

Leica Geosystems has introduced a new generation of industrial theodolites for aerospace applications such as satellite alignment and for boresight and heads-up display alignment for combat aircraft.

SL Engineering purchases further Mori Seiki lathe (August 2010)

Following a complete investment appraisal analysis, SL Engineering decided to purchase an additional Mori Seiki NL2000 SY mill-turn lathe, bringing its tally of Mori Seiki machines to five.

Automated linear systems for inkjet coding tasks (August 2010)

Automated linear systems from R A Rodriguez can be adopted for use in inkjet coding applications.

Servo amplifer for high-resolution motion systems (August 2010)

Aerotech has launched a digital servo amplifier with a linear power stage for ultra-high-resolution brushed or brushless linear and rotary motion control systems.

ABB drives help mix rubber compounds (August 2010)

ABB is supplying two variable speed drives and accompanying motors to Rochdale-based Farrel, a manufacturer of processing equipment for the plastics and rubber industries.

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