All posts by Sean Gately

It’s Time to Update Your Profile

Meet the versatile modular T-Slot aluminum profile system ideally suited for machine bases and frames, linear slide systems, safety guarding and enclosures, worktables, structural framing, and material handling. Parker’s T-Slot Aluminum Framing has a comprehensive offering of metric- and inch-based profiles. 100+ individual high-strength   aluminum profiles Unique T-slot design for reliable connection and easy … Continue reading It’s Time to Update Your Profile

Want an instant boost in packing output?

Want an instant boost in packaging output? Add a new high-performance Yaskawa component to an existing automation system. MPiec Machine Controllers –  up to 62 axes of motion control with industry-leading speed, conformity to the IEC61131-3 and PLCopen global programming standards. Sigma-7 Servo Systems –  a completely new line of servomotors and amplifiers with greater … Continue reading Want an instant boost in packing output?

Methods to keep your “Following Axis” in phase when using electronic gearing/camming

by David Fairchild, Application Engineer Whether it’s found in our cars or in our industrial machinery, it is common to find that various mechanical outputs happen in synchronization to one master axis.  In an effort to minimize wear-and-tear to components (e.g. belts and gears) and increase performance, many machine builders have elected to install individual servo … Continue reading Methods to keep your “Following Axis” in phase when using electronic gearing/camming