Machine and robot builders recognize linear motor benefits, but some are reluctant to integrate the components into design because of incomplete understanding of the technology. Here we overcome that ...

Bearings do some of the heavy lifting in linear motion systems. Rather than defaulting to familiar choices by picking a size ...

A broken motor in an automated machine can bring production on a busy factory floor to a halt. If engineers can't find a ...

The integration of rotary and linear motions within a single actuation system has emerged as a transformative development in modern electromechanical engineering. Rotary-linear actuators combine the ...

Already registered? Click here to login now. Linear electromagnetic devices — such as linear motors, generators, actuators, and magnetic gears — play a vital role in precision motion control, energy ...

The modular machines envisioned by the Industry 4.0 initiative are rapidly making their way to factory floors, bringing with them a new level of flexibility for handling the complex processes needed ...

Photonics is promising to handle extensive vector multiplications in AI applications. Scientists in China have promoted a programmable and reconfigurable photonic linear vector machine named SUANPAN, ...