Motors and Motion Control
Web services for designers
MISUMI USA Inc, a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation has introduced two new Web services. ...
Multiaxis motor control motherboard
Intelligent control applications often call for multiaxis products to meet demanding performance requirements...
Speed Controller SC 5004 & 5008 for brushed and brushless motors
Two new speed controllers have been added to Clearwater, FL-based MICROMO’s (FAULHABER Group) controller range...
Medical table poses challenges met by PMDC motor
Precision positioning and high torque are top priorities....
Medical motors shrinking in response to low-power challenges
Whether battery-operated devices or low-power surgical tools, today’s motor challenges are anything but small...
Device makers spark innovations in motion control technology
Four examples show how...
Wearable blood pressure monitors relies on microdrive
A miniature and mobi le blood pressure monitor by Schiller AG, Baar, Switzerland, is designed to be worn continuously and unobtrusively, resulting in long-term blood pressure monitoring...
High-resolution linear actuator
The 19000 series captive linear actuator by Waterbury, CT-based Haydon Kerk is 20mm diam. can-stack with a 7.5° step angle resulting in smaller move increments and finer positioning ability...
Smaller and mightier electric actuators help advance medical applications
Technological advances and changes in environmental, safety, and ergonomic requirements have increased motion control options and their capabilities...
Shafting for smoother motion
LinearRace shafting by link Thomson Industries, Inc, Wood Dale, IL, is 65% lighter than typical linear shafting, resulting in smooth and easy linear motion positioning for plan-bearing applications...
Actuator for finer positioning
The 19000 series high-resolution linear actuator by HaydonKerk, Waterbury, CT, is a 20mm-diam can-stack offering with a 7.5° step angle, resulting in smaller move increments and finer positioning ability...
Demystifying ball-spline specs
Place a recirculating-ball bushing on a shaft and what do you get? Frictionless movement of the shaft. But, create grooves along the axial length of the...
Remote motor system drives tissue removal system
Fibroids affect more than 30% of women in the U.S. according to the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk...
Piezo ceramic replacement actuators
Compact ceramic piezo motors and actuators by PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Auburn, MA, serve as effective replacements for classical actuators and motion control components in medical and pharmaceutical applications...
Precision via piezo
Recent advances in piezoelectric motors and actuators are impacting medical applications...
Piezon ceramic replacement actuators
Compact ceramic piezo motors and actuators serve as effective replacements for classical actuators and motion control components in medical and pharmaceutical applications...
High-torque motors enable one-time multiple biopsies
Automated biopsy system includes three DC micromotors...
Motion control in medical equipment
CANopen lets devices easily communicate...
Motion control in medical equipment
Complex medical equipment often groups multiple servo axes, along with their embedded processors, into modules that talk to each other through a standard known as CANopen. ...
Can-stack linear actuator
The G4 37000 Series Can-stack Stepper Motor Linear Actuator by Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc, Waterbury, CT, is a 36mm linear actuator...
Most sought-after products
The most sought-after new products on the Medical Design website in 2009 according to online clicks represent advancements in a wide range of materials and components...
Clicks reveal most sought-after 2009 articles
Modeling, designing, materials and manufacturing were the most sought-after topics on the Medical Design website in 2009 according to our Top 10 articles for most clicks. ...
Guide wheel sports patented bearing technology
Bishop-Wisecarver Corp. announced it has been awarded a third U.S. patent for a washdown wheel with a new kind of bearing....
Servo motors with digital filters speed medical imaging
The motion control system has become one of the most important components in supporting the automation of medical imaging systems because it provides...
Non-contact power supply
The power demands of highly technical medical equipment and systems present challenges. If wired power is the preferred option, cables often get in the...
Sterilizable motors
The EC5 and EC13 sterilizable drives by Maxon Precision Motors (maxonmotousa.com), Fall River, MA, are for use with or without planetary gearheads in medical applications up to 90,000 rpm...
Moving patients with ease
Astir Technologies, Concord, MA, astirtechnologies.com, has developed a fully automated device called the PowerNurse that lets a single nurse safely and...
Medical ac-dc power supply
The single-output CSS65 Series of ac-dc 40 to 65-W medical power supplies by TDK-Lambda, San Diego, accept a wide input voltage range......
'Driving' nerve-cell research
State-of-the-art miniature motors are playing a pivotal role in the micro-world of nerve cells when it comes to research to develop new therapies for...
Redesigned blood pump could save lives and dollars
Design changes made to centrifugal blood pumps could reduce the total cost of these life-saving devices by as much as 95%. Currently pumps cost about...
