Motion Control

January 3, 2006

Special Feature: 2006 Predictions

This is Part One of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeremiah Bryant, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the new...

December 16, 2005

SatCon Sells its Shaker and Amplifier Line To QualMark

SatCon Technology Corp. has sold its Ling Shaker and Amplifier product line to QualMark Corp. of Denver, Colorado for approximately $2.3 million in cash. Under the Ling Products name, SatCon has manufactured and sold electrodynamic shakers through the Power Systems Division located in Worcester, Massachusetts. This asset sale includes the intellectual property, manufacturing equipment and […]

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Communications Power

December 16, 2005

Power Sources Adds 1500W PFC AC-DC from Cotek

Power Sources Unlimited, a leading technical distributor of power supplies and related products, has introduced the Cotek Electronics 1K5U Series of 1500W...

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December 15, 2005

Interface Modules from Molex Reduce Wiring Time

The new 39170 series interface modules from Molex Inc. provide a cost effective method to interface field wiring to PLC’s and other...

December 14, 2005

Actel Ships Mixed-Signal FPGA for Power Management

Actel Corp. has announced the Fusion™ Programmable System Chip (PSC) FPGA (field programmable gate array) family. The Actel Fusion PSCs bring the benefits of programmable logic to application areas, including power management, smart battery charging, clock generation and management and motor control. The new Actel Fusion PSCs deliver the core analog blocks required for applications […]

December 13, 2005

Empire Magnetics&#039 Motors Pass Six-Month Continuous Duty Use Test at Cryogenic Temperatures

Empire Magnetics‘ cryogenic motors have been tested by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for continuous duty at cryogenic temperatures. The testing conditions were in one atmosphere nitrogen at approximately 110 K (-163 °C). The motors operated nearly continuously at 60 RPM, about the speed that JPL expects the aerobot/blimp propeller motors to operate at on […]

November 30, 2005

Ansoft Releases Maxwell 3D for Industrial/Power Electronic Systems

Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh) has released Maxwell(R) v11, 3D electromagnetic analysis software used to accurately predict the performance of low-frequency electromechanical (EM) components encountered in advanced automotive, aerospace and industrial/power electronic systems. This release introduces Ansoft desktop technology into Maxwell and adds unparalleled capabilities for 3D analytical and FEM-based machine design. This Ansoft-pioneered graphical user interface […]

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Sun Motor International Offers AFF-N20-14110 DC Motors

Sun Motor International Inc. (Hong Kong) offered its new AFF-N20-14110 dc motors that are rated at 3 V and run at speeds...

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TI Presents Miniature DCP010507DB DC-DC Converter

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Houston, TX) presented a new 1 W isolated, unregulated dc-dc converter in a miniature package. The new module...

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Empire Magnetics Moves to New Facility

Empire Magnetics Inc. (Rohnert Park, CA) reported that it recently moved to a new facility to make room for increasing demand for...

Schneider Electric Acquires Crydom-Brand Assets

Schneider Electric (Palatine, IL) announced the acquisition of Silicon Power Corp.'s solid state relay assets, sold under the Crydom brand name, for $71 million. Schneider Electric expects to extract synergies from the combination of Crydom's offer and skills with its own solid state relay business, to offer a comprehensive range of products for a broad […]

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GrafTech Promotes Julian Norley to Senior Corporate Fellow

GrafTech International Ltd. (GTI, Wilmington, DE) announced the promotion of Julian Norley to Senior Corporate Fellow, the company’s highest research and development...

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November 18, 2005

Analog Devices Intros AD8538/AD8613 Series Amplifiers

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) announced its new AD8538 Series of auto-zero amplifiers and the AD8613 family of operational amplifiers (op...