Custom-designed, super precision ball bearings are playing a vital role in easuring the stability and reliability of optical guidance systems and stabilised camera mounts used in both military and commercial applications.
After more than 10 years of operation, spherical roller and spherical plain bearings are continuing to ensure that the London Eye keeps turning safely and reliably.
Quarry conditions – with all the shocks, dust and dampness inherent to them – make major demands on machinery and components. Hydraulic lines to stand the test in the grueling day-to-day construction site routine
Proportional valves regulate pressure during positioning and test processes
Oil rig drilling platforms are extremely high cost capital investments. So designers and end users of such massive structures have reliability and availability at the very top of their list of ‘must haves’ when they consider critical equipment
Innovative bearing solutions are helping automotive manufacturers to produce lighter, more energy efficient vehicles that are also kinder to the environment
Lubricating chains effectively is a problem to which there is no easy solution. Methods range from manual to PLC controlled spray systems, but often the lubricant doesn’t seem to get where it is needed.
Machines and systems without sensors are barely conceivable any longer. They ensure safety, a high level of efficiency and therefore increased competitiveness.
Displacement measurement in hydraulic cylinders
Audiences will soon see plays in a whole new light after a literally revolutionary development in theatre lighting with flat, brushless motors playing a leading role.
The ageing control system of a famous rollercoaster was becoming costly in both maintenance and downtime. Chessington World of Adventures needed to improve the ride’s reliability ahead of the summer’s peak-season.
A three axis motion platform based on Ethernet-compatible drives is helping to increase the realism of crane training
AC drives control the fans on air-curtains used to keep out the cold at one of the United States Postal services largest mail sorting centres. Energy usage has been improved by 60%
An innovative Wind Resource Measurement System is used to determine optimal sites for offshore and onshore wind farms. A customised positioning solution with ceramic motor technology offers precision and robustness.
Electric motors in robotic applications
The Chinese Academy of Science uses 600 eddy current sensors on the LAMOST (Large sky Area Multi-Object fibre Spectroscopic Telescope), the largest reflector telescope in China
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